diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b0e46d55d..5cd8ff735 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
         <script src='js/id/actions/add_vertex.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/actions/change_tags.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/actions/delete_node.js'></script>
+        <script src="js/id/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
         <script src="js/id/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
         <script src='js/id/actions/move_node.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/actions/move_way.js'></script>
diff --git a/js/id/actions/delete_relation.js b/js/id/actions/delete_relation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48c62f1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/id/actions/delete_relation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// https://github.com/openstreetmap/potlatch2/blob/master/net/systemeD/halcyon/connection/actions/DeleteRelationAction.as
+iD.actions.DeleteRelation = function(relationId) {
+    return function(graph) {
+        var relation = graph.entity(relationId);
+
+        graph.parentRelations(relation)
+            .forEach(function(parent) {
+                graph = graph.replace(parent.removeMember(relationId));
+            });
+
+        return graph.remove(relation);
+    };
+};
diff --git a/js/id/operations/delete.js b/js/id/operations/delete.js
index d631a2ed7..33c638ce0 100644
--- a/js/id/operations/delete.js
+++ b/js/id/operations/delete.js
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ iD.operations.Delete = function(selection, context) {
 
     var operation = function() {
         var entity = context.entity(entityId),
-            action = {way: iD.actions.DeleteWay, node: iD.actions.DeleteNode}[entity.type],
+            action = {
+                way: iD.actions.DeleteWay,
+                node: iD.actions.DeleteNode,
+                relation: iD.actions.DeleteRelation
+            }[entity.type],
             annotation = t('operations.delete.annotation.' + context.geometry(entityId));
 
         context.perform(
@@ -12,9 +16,7 @@ iD.operations.Delete = function(selection, context) {
     };
 
     operation.available = function() {
-        var entity = context.entity(entityId);
-        return selection.length === 1 &&
-            (entity.type === 'way' || entity.type === 'node');
+        return selection.length === 1;
     };
 
     operation.enabled = function() {
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 16f86b781..120938b5f 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     <script src='../js/id/actions/change_tags.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/actions/circularize.js'></script>
     <script src="../js/id/actions/delete_node.js"></script>
+    <script src="../js/id/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
     <script src="../js/id/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
     <script src='../js/id/actions/move_node.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/actions/move_way.js'></script>
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
     <script src="spec/actions/add_entity.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/change_tags.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_node.js"></script>
+    <script src="spec/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/move_node.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/move_way.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/index_packaged.html b/test/index_packaged.html
index 588c8e0a3..1764e5a9e 100644
--- a/test/index_packaged.html
+++ b/test/index_packaged.html
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     <script src="spec/actions/add_entity.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/change_tags.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_node.js"></script>
+    <script src="spec/actions/delete_relation.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/delete_way.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/move_node.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/actions/move_way.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/spec/actions/delete_relation.js b/test/spec/actions/delete_relation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c96909f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/actions/delete_relation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+describe("iD.actions.DeleteRelation", function () {
+    it("removes the relation from the graph", function () {
+        var relation = iD.Relation(),
+            action   = iD.actions.DeleteRelation(relation.id),
+            graph    = action(iD.Graph([relation]));
+        expect(graph.entity(relation.id)).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+
+    it("removes the relation from parent relations", function () {
+        var a      = iD.Relation(),
+            b      = iD.Relation(),
+            parent = iD.Relation({members: [{ id: a.id }, { id: b.id }]}),
+            action = iD.actions.DeleteRelation(a.id),
+            graph  = action(iD.Graph([a, b, parent]));
+        expect(graph.entity(parent.id).members).to.eql([{ id: b.id }]);
+    });
+});