diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef8d697c..eec94cc5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -232,6 +232,17 @@ client.createMailbox('INBOX/Foo').then(() => { ... });
 // Do the same on a server where the personal namespace is ''
 client.createMailbox('Foo').then(() => { ... });
 ```
+## Delete mailbox
+
+Delete a folder with the given path with `deleteMailbox(path)`, automatically handling utf-7 encoding.
+
+Command: [DELETE](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.3.4)
+
+Example
+
+```javascript
+client.deleteMailbox('Foo').then(() => { ... });
+```
 
 ## Select mailbox
 
diff --git a/src/client-unit.js b/src/client-unit.js
index f88f8ada..5b6ed753 100644
--- a/src/client-unit.js
+++ b/src/client-unit.js
@@ -572,6 +572,35 @@ describe('browserbox unit tests', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('#deleteMailbox', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      sinon.stub(br, 'exec')
+    })
+
+    it('should call DELETE with a string payload', () => {
+      br.exec.withArgs({
+        command: 'DELETE',
+        attributes: ['mailboxname']
+      }).returns(Promise.resolve())
+
+      return br.deleteMailbox('mailboxname').then(() => {
+        expect(br.exec.callCount).to.equal(1)
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('should call mutf7 encode the argument', () => {
+      // From RFC 3501
+      br.exec.withArgs({
+        command: 'DELETE',
+        attributes: ['~peter/mail/&U,BTFw-/&ZeVnLIqe-']
+      }).returns(Promise.resolve())
+
+      return br.deleteMailbox('~peter/mail/\u53f0\u5317/\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e').then(() => {
+        expect(br.exec.callCount).to.equal(1)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe.skip('#listMessages', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       sinon.stub(br, 'exec')
diff --git a/src/client.js b/src/client.js
index e805e4e3..8117240c 100644
--- a/src/client.js
+++ b/src/client.js
@@ -359,6 +359,23 @@ export default class Client {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Delete a mailbox with the given path.
+   *
+   * DELETE details:
+   *   https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.3.4
+   *
+   * @param {String} path
+   *     The path of the mailbox you would like to delete.  This method will
+   *     handle utf7 encoding for you.
+   * @returns {Promise}
+   *     Promise resolves if mailbox was deleted.
+   */
+  deleteMailbox (path) {
+    this.logger.debug('Deleting mailbox', path, '...')
+    return this.exec({ command: 'DELETE', attributes: [imapEncode(path)] })
+  }
+
   /**
    * Runs FETCH command
    *