diff --git a/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb b/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb
index 7f3f958b99..c01bba49a9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb
@@ -441,13 +441,21 @@ def gen_action_spec_for_resources(cspec, is_subcollection, href, resource)
           next unless render_actions_for_method(cspec[:verbs], method)
           typed_action_definitions = action_definitions || fetch_typed_subcollection_actions(method, is_subcollection)
           typed_action_definitions.each.collect do |action|
-            if !action[:disabled] && api_user_role_allows?(action[:identifier]) && action_validated?(resource, action)
-              {"name" => action[:name], "method" => method, "href" => href}
-            end
+            next unless !action[:disabled] && api_user_role_allows?(action[:identifier]) && action_validated?(resource, action)
+            build_resource_actions(action, method, href, cspec[:verbs])
           end
         end.flatten.compact
       end
 
+      def build_resource_actions(action, method, href, verbs)
+        actions = [{"name" => action[:name], "method" => method, "href" => href}]
+        if action[:name] == "edit"
+          actions << { 'name' => 'edit', 'method' => :patch, 'href' => href } if verbs.include?(:patch)
+          actions << { 'name' => 'edit', 'method' => :put, 'href' => href } if verbs.include?(:put)
+        end
+        actions
+      end
+
       def render_actions_for_method(methods, method)
         method != :get && methods.include?(method)
       end
diff --git a/spec/requests/authentications_spec.rb b/spec/requests/authentications_spec.rb
index d1655411bc..fb11dd2fe5 100644
--- a/spec/requests/authentications_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/authentications_spec.rb
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@
 
   describe 'GET /api/authentications/:id' do
     it 'will show an authentication configuration script base' do
-      api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:authentications, :read, :resource_actions, :get)
+      api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:authentications, :read, :resource_actions, :get),
+                          action_identifier(:authentications, :edit)
+      href = api_authentication_url(nil, auth)
 
-      get(api_authentication_url(nil, auth))
+      get(href)
 
       expected = {
-        'href' => api_authentication_url(nil, auth)
+        'href'    => href,
+        'actions' => [
+          { 'name' => 'edit', 'method' => 'post', 'href' => href },
+          { 'name' => 'edit', 'method' => 'patch', 'href' => href },
+          { 'name' => 'edit', 'method' => 'put', 'href' => href }
+        ]
       }
       expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
diff --git a/spec/requests/custom_actions_spec.rb b/spec/requests/custom_actions_spec.rb
index fe962b9293..c11283e2ce 100644
--- a/spec/requests/custom_actions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/custom_actions_spec.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def expect_result_to_have_custom_actions_hash
       get api_service_url(nil, svc1)
 
       expect_result_to_have_keys(%w(id href actions))
-      expect(response.parsed_body["actions"].collect { |a| a["name"] }).to match_array(%w(edit add_resource remove_resource remove_all_resources add_provider_vms))
+      expect(response.parsed_body["actions"].select { |a| a["method"] == "post" }.pluck("name")).to match_array(%w(edit add_resource remove_resource remove_all_resources add_provider_vms))
     end
   end
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def expect_result_to_have_custom_actions_hash
       get api_service_url(nil, svc1)
 
       expect_result_to_have_keys(%w(id href actions))
-      expect(response.parsed_body["actions"].collect { |a| a["name"] }).to match_array(%w(edit button1 button2 button3 add_resource remove_resource remove_all_resources add_provider_vms))
+      expect(response.parsed_body["actions"].select { |a| a["method"] == "post" }.pluck("name")).to match_array(%w(edit button1 button2 button3 add_resource remove_resource remove_all_resources add_provider_vms))
     end
 
     it "supports the custom_actions attribute" do
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def expect_result_to_have_custom_actions_hash
 
       expect_result_to_have_keys(%w(id href actions))
       action_specs = response.parsed_body["actions"]
-      expect(action_specs.size).to eq(1)
+      expect(action_specs.size).to eq(3)
       expect(action_specs.first["name"]).to eq("edit")
     end