diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
index 56d12253516..585d6450270 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
@@ -99,4 +99,17 @@
     </div>
   {% endif %}
 
+
+  {% if data.id and h.check_access('package_delete', {'id': data.id}) and data.state != 'active' %}
+    <div class="control-group">
+      <label for="field-state" class="control-label">{{ _('State') }}</label>
+      <div class="controls">
+        <select id="field-state" name="state">
+          <option value="active" {% if data.get('state', 'none') == 'active' %} selected="selected" {% endif %}>{{ _('Active') }}</option>
+          <option value="deleted" {% if data.get('state', 'none') == 'deleted' %} selected="selected" {% endif %}>{{ _('Deleted') }}</option>
+        </select>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  {% endif %}
+
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html
index d6f3b285f56..0c3d2872fbb 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         </p>
       {% endblock %}
       {% block delete_button %}
-        {% if h.check_access('package_delete', {'id': data.id})  %}
+        {% if h.check_access('package_delete', {'id': data.id}) and not data.state == 'deleted' %}
           {% set locale = h.dump_json({'content': _('Are you sure you want to delete this dataset?')}) %}
           <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='package', action='delete', id=data.id %}" data-module="confirm-action" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
         {% endif %}