diff --git a/lib/eventType.js b/lib/eventType.js
index 1dc8897ea6..029516a712 100644
--- a/lib/eventType.js
+++ b/lib/eventType.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = {
     featureCreated : 'feature-created',
     featureUpdated : 'feature-updated',
-    strategyCreated: 'strategy-created'
+    strategyCreated: 'strategy-created',
+    strategyDeleted: 'strategy-deleted'
 };
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diff --git a/lib/strategyApi.js b/lib/strategyApi.js
index ec46c0f411..facc307ebf 100644
--- a/lib/strategyApi.js
+++ b/lib/strategyApi.js
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
             .catch(function () { res.json(404, {error: 'Could not find strategy'}); });
     });
 
+    app.delete('/strategies/:name', function (req, res) {
+        eventStore.create({
+            type: eventType.strategyDeleted,
+            createdBy: req.connection.remoteAddress,
+            data: {
+                name: req.params.name
+            }
+        })
+            .then(function ()  { res.status(200).end(); })
+            .catch(function () { res.status(500).end(); });
+    });
+
     app.post('/strategies', function (req, res) {
         req.checkBody('name', 'Name is required').notEmpty();
         req.checkBody('name', 'Name must match format ^[a-zA-Z\\.\\-]+$').matches(/^[a-zA-Z\\.\\-]+$/i);
diff --git a/lib/strategyDb.js b/lib/strategyDb.js
index b8f9f3bcc1..9c23053f5c 100644
--- a/lib/strategyDb.js
+++ b/lib/strategyDb.js
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ eventStore.on(eventType.strategyCreated, function (event) {
         });
 });
 
+eventStore.on(eventType.strategyDeleted, function (event) {
+    knex('strategies')
+        .where('name', event.data.name)
+        .del()
+        .catch(function (err) {
+            logger.error('Could not delete strategy, error was: ', err);
+        });
+});
+
 function getStrategies() {
     return knex
         .select(STRATEGY_COLUMNS)
diff --git a/test/strategyApiSpec.js b/test/strategyApiSpec.js
index 5da09317ac..78f9cba6aa 100644
--- a/test/strategyApiSpec.js
+++ b/test/strategyApiSpec.js
@@ -44,5 +44,9 @@ describe('The strategy api', function () {
             .expect(403, done);
     });
 
-
+    it('deletes a new strategy', function (done) {
+        request
+            .delete('/strategies/deletable')
+            .expect(200, done);
+    });
 });
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diff --git a/test/strategyDbMock.js b/test/strategyDbMock.js
index ebc1400c64..148e20620e 100644
--- a/test/strategyDbMock.js
+++ b/test/strategyDbMock.js
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ var strategies = [
         parametersTemplate: {
             emails: "String"
         }
+    },
+    {
+        name: "deletable",
+        description: "deletable"
     }
 ];