diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/rest/types/DirectoryPatch.js b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/rest/types/DirectoryPatch.js
index fb2a3c050..664dcdcdf 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/rest/types/DirectoryPatch.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/rest/types/DirectoryPatch.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ angular.module('rest').factory('DirectoryPatch', [function defineDirectoryPatch(
         this.path = template.path || '/';
 
         /**
-         * The object being added, or undefined if deleting.
+         * The object being added/replaced, or undefined if deleting.
          *
          * @type {DirectoryObject}
          */
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ angular.module('rest').factory('DirectoryPatch', [function defineDirectoryPatch(
          */
         ADD : 'add',
 
+        /**
+         * Replaces (updates) the specified object from the relation.
+         */
+        REPLACE : 'replace',
+
         /**
          * Removes the specified object from the relation.
          */
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/rest/directory/DirectoryResource.java b/guacamole/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/rest/directory/DirectoryResource.java
index 0230051a9..0ea12c3ef 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/rest/directory/DirectoryResource.java
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/rest/directory/DirectoryResource.java
@@ -478,18 +478,18 @@ public abstract class DirectoryResource<InternalType extends Identifiable, Exter
 
     /**
      * Applies the given object patches, updating the underlying directory
-     * accordingly. This operation supports addition and removal of objects
-     * through the "add" and "remove" patch operation. The path of each patch
-     * operation is of the form "/ID" where ID is the identifier of the object
-     * being modified. In the case of object creation, the identifier is
-     * ignored, as the identifier will be automatically provided. This operation
-     * is atomic.
+     * accordingly. This operation supports addition, replacement, and removal of
+     * objects through the "add", "replace", or "remove" patch operations. The
+     * path of each patch operation is of the form "/ID" where ID is the 
+     * identifier of the object being modified. In the case of object creation, 
+     * the identifier is ignored, as the identifier will be automatically 
+     * provided. This operation is atomic.
      *
      * @param patches
      *     The patches to apply for this request.
      *
      * @throws GuacamoleException
-     *     If an error occurs while adding, updating, or removing objects.
+     *     If an error occurs while adding, replacing, or removing objects.
      *
      * @return
      *     A response describing the outcome of each patch. Only the identifier
@@ -523,8 +523,9 @@ public abstract class DirectoryResource<InternalType extends Identifiable, Exter
                             "executed.");
 
                 // Keep a list of all objects that have been successfully
-                // added or removed
+                // added, replaced, or removed
                 Collection<InternalType> addedObjects = new ArrayList<>();
+                Collection<InternalType> replacedObjects = new ArrayList<>();
                 Collection<String> removedIdentifiers = new ArrayList<>();
 
                 // A list of all responses associated with the successful
@@ -590,7 +591,56 @@ public abstract class DirectoryResource<InternalType extends Identifiable, Exter
 
                     }
 
-                    // Append each identifier to the list, to be removed atomically
+                    else if (op == APIPatch.Operation.replace) {
+
+                        // The identifier of the object to be replaced
+                        String identifier = path.substring(1);
+
+                        InternalType original = null;
+
+                        try {
+
+                            // Fetch the object to be updated
+                            original = directory.get(identifier);
+                            
+                            // Apply the changes to the original object
+                            translator.applyExternalChanges(
+                                    original, patch.getValue());
+
+                            // Update the directory
+                            directory.update(original);
+
+                            replacedObjects.add(original);
+
+                            // Add a success outcome describing the replacement
+                            APIPatchOutcome response = new APIPatchOutcome(
+                                    op, identifier, path);
+                            patchOutcomes.add(response);
+                            
+                        }
+
+                        catch (GuacamoleException | RuntimeException | Error e) {
+                            failed = true;
+                            fireDirectoryFailureEvent(
+                                    DirectoryEvent.Operation.UPDATE,
+                                    identifier, original, e);
+
+                            // Attempt to generate an API Patch error using the
+                            // caught exception
+                            APIPatchError patchError = createPatchFailure(
+                                    op, identifier, path, e);
+
+                            if (patchError != null)
+                                patchOutcomes.add(patchError);
+
+                            // If an unexpected failure occurs, fall through to
+                            // the standard API error handling
+                            else
+                                throw e;
+
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     else if (op == APIPatch.Operation.remove) {
 
                         String identifier = path.substring(1);
@@ -633,7 +683,7 @@ public abstract class DirectoryResource<InternalType extends Identifiable, Exter
                     else {
                         throw new GuacamoleUnsupportedException(
                                 "Unsupported patch operation \"" + op + "\". "
-                                + "Only add and remove are supported.");
+                                + "Only add, replace, and remove are supported.");
                     }
 
 
@@ -666,6 +716,17 @@ public abstract class DirectoryResource<InternalType extends Identifiable, Exter
 
                 }
 
+                // Fire directory success events for each updated object
+                Iterator<InternalType> updatedIterator = replacedObjects.iterator();
+                while (updatedIterator.hasNext()) {
+
+                    InternalType internal = updatedIterator.next();
+                    fireDirectorySuccessEvent(
+                            DirectoryEvent.Operation.UPDATE,
+                            internal.getIdentifier(), internal);
+
+                }
+
                 // Fire directory success events for each removed object
                 Iterator<String> removedIterator = removedIdentifiers.iterator();
                 while (removedIterator.hasNext()) {