diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py b/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py
index 073ffcee214..e3dae30bb97 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/plugin.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import ckan.plugins as p
 import ckan.logic as logic
 import ckan.model as model
+from ckan.model.core import State
 from ckan.common import config
 import ckanext.datastore.logic.action as action
 import ckanext.datastore.logic.auth as auth
@@ -251,6 +252,8 @@ def before_map(self, m):
                   action='dump')
         return m
 
+    # IResourceController
+
     def before_show(self, resource_dict):
         # Modify the resource url of datastore resources so that
         # they link to the datastore dumps.
@@ -265,6 +268,27 @@ def before_show(self, resource_dict):
 
         return resource_dict
 
+    def after_delete(self, context, resources):
+        model = context['model']
+        pkg = context['package']
+        res_query = model.Session.query(model.Resource)
+        query = res_query.filter(
+            model.Resource.package_id == pkg.id,
+            model.Resource.state == State.DELETED
+        )
+        deleted = [
+            res for res in query.all()
+            if res.extras.get('datastore_active') is True]
+
+        for res in deleted:
+            db.delete(context, {
+                'resource_id': res.id,
+                'connection_url': self.write_url
+            })
+            res.extras['datastore_active'] = False
+            res_query.update(
+                {'extras': res.extras}, synchronize_session=False)
+
     def datastore_validate(self, context, data_dict, fields_types):
         column_names = fields_types.keys()
         fields = data_dict.get('fields')
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_delete.py b/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_delete.py
index 53f9d487f06..f5c14fd4944 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_delete.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_delete.py
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@
 import ckan.model as model
 import ckan.tests.legacy as tests
 from ckan.common import config
+import ckan.tests.factories as factories
+import ckan.tests.helpers as helpers
+from ckan.logic import NotFound
 
 import ckanext.datastore.db as db
 from ckanext.datastore.tests.helpers import rebuild_all_dbs, set_url_type
 
+assert_raises = nose.tools.assert_raises
+
 
 class TestDatastoreDelete(tests.WsgiAppCase):
     sysadmin_user = None
@@ -99,6 +104,23 @@ def test_delete_basic(self):
 
         self.Session.remove()
 
+    def test_datastore_deleted_during_resource_deletion(self):
+        package = factories.Dataset()
+        data = {
+            'resource': {
+                'boo%k': 'crime',
+                'author': ['tolstoy', 'dostoevsky'],
+                'package_id': package['id']
+            },
+        }
+        result = helpers.call_action('datastore_create', **data)
+        resource_id = result['resource_id']
+        helpers.call_action('resource_delete', id=resource_id)
+
+        assert_raises(
+            NotFound, helpers.call_action, 'datastore_search',
+            resource_id=resource_id)
+
     def test_delete_invalid_resource_id(self):
         postparams = '%s=1' % json.dumps({'resource_id': 'bad'})
         auth = {'Authorization': str(self.sysadmin_user.apikey)}