diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 3644c11fce7a..76acad1b6518 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -311,6 +311,27 @@ func (c *Client) query(endpoint string, out interface{}, q *QueryOptions) (*Quer
 	return qm, nil
 }
 
+// write is used to do a PUT request against an endpoint
+// and serialize/deserialized using the standard Consul conventions.
+func (c *Client) write(endpoint string, in, out interface{}, q *WriteOptions) (*WriteMeta, error) {
+	r := c.newRequest("PUT", endpoint)
+	r.setWriteOptions(q)
+	r.obj = in
+	rtt, resp, err := requireOK(c.doRequest(r))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	wm := &WriteMeta{RequestTime: rtt}
+	if out != nil {
+		if err := decodeBody(resp, &out); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return wm, nil
+}
+
 // parseQueryMeta is used to help parse query meta-data
 func parseQueryMeta(resp *http.Response, q *QueryMeta) error {
 	header := resp.Header
diff --git a/api/raw.go b/api/raw.go
index 703aedbc0ff8..745a208c99d5 100644
--- a/api/raw.go
+++ b/api/raw.go
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ func (c *Client) Raw() *Raw {
 func (raw *Raw) Query(endpoint string, out interface{}, q *QueryOptions) (*QueryMeta, error) {
 	return raw.c.query(endpoint, out, q)
 }
+
+// Write is used to do a PUT request against an endpoint
+// and serialize/deserialized using the standard Consul conventions.
+func (raw *Raw) Write(endpoint string, in, out interface{}, q *WriteOptions) (*WriteMeta, error) {
+	return raw.c.write(endpoint, in, out, q)
+}
diff --git a/api/session.go b/api/session.go
index fb69f5088409..63baa90e93ed 100644
--- a/api/session.go
+++ b/api/session.go
@@ -93,18 +93,9 @@ func (s *Session) Create(se *SessionEntry, q *WriteOptions) (string, *WriteMeta,
 }
 
 func (s *Session) create(obj interface{}, q *WriteOptions) (string, *WriteMeta, error) {
-	r := s.c.newRequest("PUT", "/v1/session/create")
-	r.setWriteOptions(q)
-	r.obj = obj
-	rtt, resp, err := requireOK(s.c.doRequest(r))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, err
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	wm := &WriteMeta{RequestTime: rtt}
 	var out struct{ ID string }
-	if err := decodeBody(resp, &out); err != nil {
+	wm, err := s.c.write("/v1/session/create", obj, &out, q)
+	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
 	return out.ID, wm, nil
@@ -112,35 +103,20 @@ func (s *Session) create(obj interface{}, q *WriteOptions) (string, *WriteMeta,
 
 // Destroy invalides a given session
 func (s *Session) Destroy(id string, q *WriteOptions) (*WriteMeta, error) {
-	r := s.c.newRequest("PUT", "/v1/session/destroy/"+id)
-	r.setWriteOptions(q)
-	rtt, resp, err := requireOK(s.c.doRequest(r))
+	wm, err := s.c.write("/v1/session/destroy/"+id, nil, nil, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	resp.Body.Close()
-
-	wm := &WriteMeta{RequestTime: rtt}
 	return wm, nil
 }
 
 // Renew renews the TTL on a given session
 func (s *Session) Renew(id string, q *WriteOptions) (*SessionEntry, *WriteMeta, error) {
-	r := s.c.newRequest("PUT", "/v1/session/renew/"+id)
-	r.setWriteOptions(q)
-	rtt, resp, err := requireOK(s.c.doRequest(r))
+	var entries []*SessionEntry
+	wm, err := s.c.write("/v1/session/renew/"+id, nil, &entries, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	wm := &WriteMeta{RequestTime: rtt}
-
-	var entries []*SessionEntry
-	if err := decodeBody(resp, &entries); err != nil {
-		return nil, wm, err
-	}
-
 	if len(entries) > 0 {
 		return entries[0], wm, nil
 	}