diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89163a2..bd2301d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn main() {
 ```
 
 ### status
-  - [x] basic open/put/get/close
+  - [x] basic open/put/get/delete/close
   - [x] linux support
   - [x] rocksdb compiled via cargo
   - [x] OSX support
diff --git a/rocksdb-sys/lib.rs b/rocksdb-sys/lib.rs
index 945f9ae..c29dcfc 100644
--- a/rocksdb-sys/lib.rs
+++ b/rocksdb-sys/lib.rs
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ extern {
   pub fn rocksdb_get(db: RocksdbInstance, readopts: RocksdbReadOptions,
     k: *const u8, kLen: size_t,
     valLen: *const size_t, err: *mut i8) -> *mut c_void;
+  pub fn rocksdb_delete(db: RocksdbInstance, writeopts: RocksdbWriteOptions,
+    k: *const u8, kLen: size_t, err: *mut i8) -> *mut c_void;
   pub fn rocksdb_close(db: RocksdbInstance);
   pub fn rocksdb_destroy_db(
     options: RocksdbOptions, path: *const i8, err: *mut i8);
   pub fn rocksdb_repair_db(
     options: RocksdbOptions, path: *const i8, err: *mut i8);
-
-
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d42c612..352b3ba 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,19 +7,23 @@ use test::Bencher;
 fn main() {
   match rocksdb::create_or_open("/tmp/rust-rocksdb".to_string()) {
     Ok(db) => {
-      db.put(b"my key", b"my value");
+      for i in range(0u, 20) {
+        spawn(proc() {
+          db.put(b"my key", b"my value");
 
-      db.get(b"my key").map( |value| {
-        match value.to_utf8() {
-          Some(v) =>
-            println!("retrieved utf8 value {}", v),
-          None =>
-            println!("did not read valid utf-8 out of the db"),
-        }});
+          db.get(b"my key").map( |value| {
+            match value.to_utf8() {
+              Some(v) =>
+                println!("retrieved utf8 value {}", v),
+              None =>
+                println!("did not read valid utf-8 out of the db"),
+            }});
 
-      db.get(b"NOT my key").on_absent(|| { println!("value not found") });
+          db.get(b"NOT my key").on_absent(|| { println!("value not found") });
 
-      db.close();
+          db.close();
+        });
+      }
     },
     Err(e) => panic!(e),
   }
diff --git a/src/rocksdb.rs b/src/rocksdb.rs
index a9541f0..314e283 100644
--- a/src/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/rocksdb.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,31 @@ impl Rocksdb {
     }
   }
 
+  pub fn delete(&self, key: &[u8]) -> Result<(),String> {
+    unsafe {
+      let writeopts = rocksdb_ffi::rocksdb_writeoptions_create();
+      let err = 0 as *mut i8;
+      rocksdb_ffi::rocksdb_delete(self.inner, writeopts, key.as_ptr(),
+            key.len() as size_t, err);
+      if err.is_not_null() {
+        let cs = CString::new(err as *const i8, true);
+        match cs.as_str() {
+          Some(error_string) =>
+            return Err(error_string.to_string()),
+          None => {
+            let ie = IoError::last_error();
+            return Err(format!(
+                "ERROR: desc:{}, details:{}",
+                ie.desc,
+                ie.detail.unwrap_or_else(
+                  || {"none provided by OS".to_string()})))
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return Ok(())
+    }
+  }
+
   pub fn close(&self) {
     unsafe { rocksdb_ffi::rocksdb_close(self.inner); }
   }
@@ -227,7 +252,8 @@ fn external() {
   let p = db.put(b"k1", b"v1111");
   assert!(p.is_ok());
   let r: RocksdbResult<RocksdbVector, String> = db.get(b"k1");
-  //assert!(r.is_some());
-  r.map(|v| { assert!(v.as_slice().len() == 5); } );
+  assert!(r.unwrap().to_utf8().unwrap() == "v1111");
+  assert!(db.delete(b"k1").is_ok());
+  assert!(db.get(b"k1").is_none());
   db.close();
 }