diff --git a/doc/API/API-Docs.md b/doc/API/API-Docs.md
index 17b34e753..e879fe637 100644
--- a/doc/API/API-Docs.md
+++ b/doc/API/API-Docs.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         - [`list_devices`](#api-route-10)
         - [`add_device`](#api-route-11)
         - [`list_oxidized`](#api-route-21)
+        - [`update_device_field`](#api-route-update_device_field)
     - [`routing`](#api-routing)
         - [`list_bgp`](#api-route-1)
     - [`switching`](#api-switching)
@@ -462,6 +463,33 @@ Output:
 ]
 ```
 
+### <a name="api-route-update_device_field">Function: `update_device_field`</a> [`top`](#top)
+
+Update devices field in the database.
+
+Route: /api/v0/devices/:hostname
+
+Input (JSON):
+
+  - field: The column name within the database
+  - data: The data to update the column with
+
+Examples:
+```curl
+curl -X PATCH -d '{"field": "notes", "data": "This server should be kept online"}' -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOURAPITOKENHERE' https://librenms.org/api/v0/devices/localhost 
+```
+
+Output:
+
+```text
+[
+    {
+        "status": "ok",
+        "message": "Device notes has been updated"
+    }
+]
+```
+
 ## <a name="api-routing">`Routing`</a> [`top`](#top)
 
 ### <a name="api-route-1">Function: `list_bgp`</a> [`top`](#top)
diff --git a/html/api_v0.php b/html/api_v0.php
index a64bab30d..426591162 100644
--- a/html/api_v0.php
+++ b/html/api_v0.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ $app->group(
                         // api/v0/devices/$hostname
                         $app->get('/:hostname', 'authToken', 'get_device')->name('get_device');
                         // api/v0/devices/$hostname
+                        $app->patch('/:hostname', 'authToken', 'update_device')->name('update_device_field');
                         $app->get('/:hostname/vlans', 'authToken', 'get_vlans')->name('get_vlans');
                         // api/v0/devices/$hostname/vlans
                         $app->get('/:hostname/graphs', 'authToken', 'get_graphs')->name('get_graphs');
diff --git a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
index 7a903bc65..9caa5c2b5 100644
--- a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
@@ -978,3 +978,39 @@ function list_bills() {
     $app->response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
     echo _json_encode($output);
 }
+
+function update_device() {
+    global $config;
+    $app = \Slim\Slim::getInstance();
+    $router = $app->router()->getCurrentRoute()->getParams();
+    $status   = 'error';
+    $code     = 500;
+    $hostname = $router['hostname'];
+    // use hostname as device_id if it's all digits
+    $device_id = ctype_digit($hostname) ? $hostname : getidbyname($hostname);
+    $data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
+    $bad_fields = array('id','hostname');
+    if (empty($data['field'])) {
+        $message = 'Device field to patch has not been supplied';
+    }
+    elseif (in_array($data['field'], $bad_fields)) {
+        $message = 'Device field is not allowed to be updated';
+    }
+    else {
+        if (dbUpdate(array(mres($data['field']) => mres($data['data'])), 'devices', '`device_id`=?', array($device_id))) {
+            $status = 'ok';
+            $message = 'Device ' . mres($data['field']) . ' field has been updated';
+            $code = 200;
+        }
+        else {
+            $message = 'Device ' . mres($data['field']) . ' field failed to be updated';
+        }
+    }
+    $output = array(
+        'status'  => $status,
+        'message' => $message,
+    );
+    $app->response->setStatus($code);
+    $app->response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+    echo _json_encode($output);
+}