diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 35a1857..1c6c15b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0
 )
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.15
diff --git a/groupcache.go b/groupcache.go
index 5eda3cf..915e265 100644
--- a/groupcache.go
+++ b/groupcache.go
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ func newGroup(name string, cacheBytes int64, getter Getter, peers PeerPicker) *G
 		peers:       peers,
 		cacheBytes:  cacheBytes,
 		loadGroup:   &singleflight.Group{},
+		setGroup:    &singleflight.Group{},
 		removeGroup: &singleflight.Group{},
 	}
 	if fn := newGroupHook; fn != nil {
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ type Group struct {
 	// concurrent callers.
 	loadGroup flightGroup
 
+	// setGroup ensures that each added key is only added
+	// remotely once regardless of the number of concurrent callers.
+	setGroup flightGroup
+
 	// removeGroup ensures that each removed key is only removed
 	// remotely once regardless of the number of concurrent callers.
 	removeGroup flightGroup
@@ -253,6 +258,34 @@ func (g *Group) Get(ctx context.Context, key string, dest Sink) error {
 	return setSinkView(dest, value)
 }
 
+func (g *Group) Set(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte, expire time.Time, hotCache bool) error {
+	g.peersOnce.Do(g.initPeers)
+
+	if key == "" {
+		return errors.New("empty Set() key not allowed")
+	}
+
+	_, err := g.setGroup.Do(key, func() (interface{}, error) {
+		// If remote peer owns this key
+		owner, ok := g.peers.PickPeer(key)
+		if ok {
+			if err := g.setFromPeer(ctx, owner, key, value, expire); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			// TODO(thrawn01): Not sure if this is useful outside of tests...
+			//  maybe we should ALWAYS update the local cache?
+			if hotCache {
+				g.localSet(key, value, expire, &g.hotCache)
+			}
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		// We own this key
+		g.localSet(key, value, expire, &g.mainCache)
+		return nil, nil
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
 // Remove clears the key from our cache then forwards the remove
 // request to all peers.
 func (g *Group) Remove(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
@@ -425,6 +458,20 @@ func (g *Group) getFromPeer(ctx context.Context, peer ProtoGetter, key string) (
 	return value, nil
 }
 
+func (g *Group) setFromPeer(ctx context.Context, peer ProtoGetter, k string, v []byte, e time.Time) error {
+	var expire int64
+	if !e.IsZero() {
+		expire = e.UnixNano()
+	}
+	req := &pb.SetRequest{
+		Expire: &expire,
+		Group:  &g.name,
+		Key:    &k,
+		Value:  v,
+	}
+	return peer.Set(ctx, req)
+}
+
 func (g *Group) removeFromPeer(ctx context.Context, peer ProtoGetter, key string) error {
 	req := &pb.GetRequest{
 		Group: &g.name,
@@ -445,6 +492,22 @@ func (g *Group) lookupCache(key string) (value ByteView, ok bool) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (g *Group) localSet(key string, value []byte, expire time.Time, cache *cache) {
+	if g.cacheBytes <= 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	bv := ByteView{
+		b: value,
+		e: expire,
+	}
+
+	// Ensure no requests are in flight
+	g.loadGroup.Lock(func() {
+		g.populateCache(key, bv, cache)
+	})
+}
+
 func (g *Group) localRemove(key string) {
 	// Clear key from our local cache
 	if g.cacheBytes <= 0 {
diff --git a/groupcache_test.go b/groupcache_test.go
index a99a60e..e87c62a 100644
--- a/groupcache_test.go
+++ b/groupcache_test.go
@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ func (p *fakePeer) Get(_ context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest, out *pb.GetResponse
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (p *fakePeer) Set(_ context.Context, in *pb.SetRequest) error {
+	p.hits++
+	if p.fail {
+		return errors.New("simulated error from peer")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (p *fakePeer) Remove(_ context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest) error {
 	p.hits++
 	if p.fail {
diff --git a/groupcachepb/groupcache.pb.go b/groupcachepb/groupcache.pb.go
index 85b7c69..d6abd47 100644
--- a/groupcachepb/groupcache.pb.go
+++ b/groupcachepb/groupcache.pb.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ It is generated from these files:
 It has these top-level messages:
 	GetRequest
 	GetResponse
+	SetRequest
 */
 package groupcachepb
 
@@ -86,26 +87,69 @@ func (m *GetResponse) GetExpire() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+type SetRequest struct {
+	Group            *string `protobuf:"bytes,1,req,name=group" json:"group,omitempty"`
+	Key              *string `protobuf:"bytes,2,req,name=key" json:"key,omitempty"`
+	Value            []byte  `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=value" json:"value,omitempty"`
+	Expire           *int64  `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=expire" json:"expire,omitempty"`
+	XXX_unrecognized []byte  `json:"-"`
+}
+
+func (m *SetRequest) Reset()                    { *m = SetRequest{} }
+func (m *SetRequest) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*SetRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*SetRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{2} }
+
+func (m *SetRequest) GetGroup() string {
+	if m != nil && m.Group != nil {
+		return *m.Group
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *SetRequest) GetKey() string {
+	if m != nil && m.Key != nil {
+		return *m.Key
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *SetRequest) GetValue() []byte {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Value
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *SetRequest) GetExpire() int64 {
+	if m != nil && m.Expire != nil {
+		return *m.Expire
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*GetRequest)(nil), "groupcachepb.GetRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*GetResponse)(nil), "groupcachepb.GetResponse")
+	proto.RegisterType((*SetRequest)(nil), "groupcachepb.SetRequest")
 }
 
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("groupcache.proto", fileDescriptor0) }
 
 var fileDescriptor0 = []byte{
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-	0xb8, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	// 215 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
+	0x1f, 0x8b, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0xff, 0x94, 0x50, 0x31, 0x4b, 0xc5, 0x30,
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 }
diff --git a/groupcachepb/groupcache.proto b/groupcachepb/groupcache.proto
index c14ab2c..a24b410 100644
--- a/groupcachepb/groupcache.proto
+++ b/groupcachepb/groupcache.proto
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ message GetResponse {
   optional int64 expire = 3;
 }
 
+message SetRequest {
+  required string group = 1;
+  required string key = 2;
+  optional bytes value = 3;
+  optional int64 expire = 4;
+}
+
 service GroupCache {
   rpc Get(GetRequest) returns (GetResponse) {
   };
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index c7fc689..b1dc10a 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/mailgun/groupcache/v2/consistenthash"
@@ -191,6 +192,34 @@ func (p *HTTPPool) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// The read the body and set the key value
+	if r.Method == http.MethodPut {
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+		b := bufferPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+		b.Reset()
+		defer bufferPool.Put(b)
+		_, err := io.Copy(b, r.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		var out pb.SetRequest
+		err = proto.Unmarshal(b.Bytes(), &out)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+
+		var expire time.Time
+		if out.Expire != nil && *out.Expire != 0 {
+			expire = time.Unix(*out.Expire/int64(time.Second), *out.Expire%int64(time.Second))
+		}
+
+		group.localSet(*out.Key, out.Value, expire, &group.mainCache)
+		return
+	}
+
 	var b []byte
 
 	value := AllocatingByteSliceSink(&b)
@@ -225,7 +254,6 @@ type httpGetter struct {
 	baseURL      string
 }
 
-// GetURL
 func (p *httpGetter) GetURL() string {
 	return p.baseURL
 }
@@ -234,14 +262,19 @@ var bufferPool = sync.Pool{
 	New: func() interface{} { return new(bytes.Buffer) },
 }
 
-func (h *httpGetter) makeRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, in *pb.GetRequest, out *http.Response) error {
+type request interface {
+	GetGroup() string
+	GetKey() string
+}
+
+func (h *httpGetter) makeRequest(ctx context.Context, m string, in request, b io.Reader, out *http.Response) error {
 	u := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%v%v/%v",
 		h.baseURL,
 		url.QueryEscape(in.GetGroup()),
 		url.QueryEscape(in.GetKey()),
 	)
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, u, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, m, u, b)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -261,7 +294,7 @@ func (h *httpGetter) makeRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, in *pb.GetR
 
 func (h *httpGetter) Get(ctx context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest, out *pb.GetResponse) error {
 	var res http.Response
-	if err := h.makeRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, in, &res); err != nil {
+	if err := h.makeRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, in, nil, &res); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
@@ -282,9 +315,30 @@ func (h *httpGetter) Get(ctx context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest, out *pb.GetResp
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h *httpGetter) Remove(ctx context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest) error {
+func (h *httpGetter) Set(ctx context.Context, in *pb.SetRequest) error {
+	body, err := proto.Marshal(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("while marshaling SetRequest body: %w", err)
+	}
 	var res http.Response
-	if err := h.makeRequest(ctx, http.MethodDelete, in, &res); err != nil {
+	if err := h.makeRequest(ctx, http.MethodPut, in, bytes.NewReader(body), &res); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("while reading body response: %v", res.Status)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("server returned status %d: %s", res.StatusCode, body)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (h *httpGetter) Remove(ctx context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest) error {
+	var res http.Response
+	if err := h.makeRequest(ctx, http.MethodDelete, in, nil, &res); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
diff --git a/http_test.go b/http_test.go
index d3b40d4..86b6d34 100644
--- a/http_test.go
+++ b/http_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package groupcache
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func TestHTTPPool(t *testing.T) {
 			"--test_server_addr="+ts.URL,
 		)
 		cmds = append(cmds, cmd)
+		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		wg.Add(1)
 		if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("failed to start child process: ", err)
@@ -151,6 +153,27 @@ func TestHTTPPool(t *testing.T) {
 	if serverHits != 2 {
 		t.Error("expected serverHits to be '2'")
 	}
+
+	key = "setMyTestKey"
+	setValue := []byte("test set")
+	// Add the key to the cache, optionally updating our local hot cache
+	if err := g.Set(ctx, key, setValue, time.Time{}, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Get the key
+	var getValue ByteView
+	if err := g.Get(ctx, key, ByteViewSink(&getValue)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if serverHits != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected serverHits to be '3' got '%d'", serverHits)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(setValue, getValue.ByteSlice()) {
+		t.Fatal(errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("incorrect value retrieved after set: %s", getValue)))
+	}
 }
 
 func testKeys(n int) (keys []string) {
diff --git a/peers.go b/peers.go
index 18d8659..39fd76a 100644
--- a/peers.go
+++ b/peers.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 type ProtoGetter interface {
 	Get(context context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest, out *pb.GetResponse) error
 	Remove(context context.Context, in *pb.GetRequest) error
+	Set(context context.Context, in *pb.SetRequest) error
 	// GetURL returns the peer URL
 	GetURL() string
 }
diff --git a/sinks.go b/sinks.go
index 1c04ee8..894fecf 100644
--- a/sinks.go
+++ b/sinks.go
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ func ProtoSink(m proto.Message) Sink {
 type protoSink struct {
 	dst proto.Message // authoritative value
 	typ string
-	ttl time.Duration
 
 	v ByteView // encoded
 }