diff --git a/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/src/index.ts b/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/src/index.ts
index cd5cafbc45..94b301dfd5 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/src/index.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,21 @@ declare module '@uppy/core' {
 export interface XhrUploadOpts<M extends Meta, B extends Body>
   extends PluginOpts {
   endpoint: string
-  method?: 'post' | 'put'
+  method?:
+    | 'GET'
+    | 'HEAD'
+    | 'POST'
+    | 'PUT'
+    | 'DELETE'
+    | 'OPTIONS'
+    | 'PATCH'
+    | 'delete'
+    | 'get'
+    | 'head'
+    | 'options'
+    | 'post'
+    | 'put'
+    | string
   formData?: boolean
   fieldName?: string
   headers?:
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/types/index.d.ts b/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/types/index.d.ts
index 27ecbfd9ce..74852b9d4d 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/@uppy/xhr-upload/types/index.d.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,21 @@ export interface XHRUploadOptions extends PluginOptions {
   timeout?: number
   responseUrlFieldName?: string
   endpoint: string
-  method?: 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'HEAD' | 'get' | 'post' | 'put' | 'head'
+  method?:
+    | 'GET'
+    | 'HEAD'
+    | 'POST'
+    | 'PUT'
+    | 'DELETE'
+    | 'OPTIONS'
+    | 'PATCH'
+    | 'delete'
+    | 'get'
+    | 'head'
+    | 'options'
+    | 'post'
+    | 'put'
+    | string
   locale?: XHRUploadLocale
   responseType?: string
   withCredentials?: boolean