diff --git a/js/lib/App.js b/js/lib/App.js
index 03b74f3f0..f75af8e42 100644
--- a/js/lib/App.js
+++ b/js/lib/App.js
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ export default class App {
     options.background = options.background || true;
 
     // If the method is something like PATCH or DELETE, which not all servers
-    // support, then we'll send it as a POST request with a the intended method
-    // specified in the X-Fake-Http-Method header.
+    // and clients support, then we'll send it as a POST request with the
+    // intended method specified in the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
     if (options.method !== 'GET' && options.method !== 'POST') {
       const method = options.method;
-      extend(options, 'config', (result, xhr) => xhr.setRequestHeader('X-Fake-Http-Method', method));
+      extend(options, 'config', (result, xhr) => xhr.setRequestHeader('X-HTTP-Method-Override', method));
       options.method = 'POST';
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Api/Middleware/FakeHttpMethods.php b/src/Api/Middleware/FakeHttpMethods.php
index 1ab514a5a..e397f8fd3 100644
--- a/src/Api/Middleware/FakeHttpMethods.php
+++ b/src/Api/Middleware/FakeHttpMethods.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Zend\Stratigility\MiddlewareInterface;
 
 class FakeHttpMethods implements MiddlewareInterface
 {
-    const HEADER_NAME = 'x-fake-http-method';
+    const HEADER_NAME = 'x-http-method-override';
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}