diff --git a/api/handler/delete.go b/api/handler/delete.go
index e64d5a3a..63814cd8 100644
--- a/api/handler/delete.go
+++ b/api/handler/delete.go
@@ -8,13 +8,20 @@ import (
 
 func DeleteHandler(request *types.APIContext) error {
 	store := request.Schema.Store
-	if store != nil {
-		err := store.Delete(request, request.Schema, request.ID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if store == nil {
+		request.WriteResponse(http.StatusNoContent, nil)
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	request.WriteResponse(http.StatusNoContent, nil)
+	obj, err := store.Delete(request, request.Schema, request.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if obj == nil {
+		request.WriteResponse(http.StatusNoContent, nil)
+	} else {
+		request.WriteResponse(http.StatusOK, obj)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/store/crd/crd_store.go b/store/crd/crd_store.go
index cd8f4df4..d626b95c 100644
--- a/store/crd/crd_store.go
+++ b/store/crd/crd_store.go
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ func (c *Store) ByID(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id stri
 	return store.ByID(apiContext, schema, id)
 }
 
-func (c *Store) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) error {
+func (c *Store) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	store, ok := c.schemaStores[key(schema)]
 	if !ok {
-		return nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 	return store.Delete(apiContext, schema, id)
 }
diff --git a/store/empty/empty_store.go b/store/empty/empty_store.go
index 12418534..3aaa8cc4 100644
--- a/store/empty/empty_store.go
+++ b/store/empty/empty_store.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 type Store struct {
 }
 
-func (e *Store) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) error {
-	return nil
+func (e *Store) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
 func (e *Store) ByID(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/store/proxy/proxy_store.go b/store/proxy/proxy_store.go
index 2b119b97..f5b7c478 100644
--- a/store/proxy/proxy_store.go
+++ b/store/proxy/proxy_store.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (p *Store) Update(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, data
 	return result, err
 }
 
-func (p *Store) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) error {
+func (p *Store) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	namespace, id := splitID(id)
 
 	prop := metav1.DeletePropagationForeground
@@ -202,7 +202,16 @@ func (p *Store) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id st
 		}).
 		Name(id)
 
-	return req.Do().Error()
+	err := req.Do().Error()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	obj, err := p.ByID(apiContext, schema, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return obj, nil
 }
 
 func (p *Store) singleResult(schema *types.Schema, req *rest.Request) (string, map[string]interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/store/tranform/transform.go b/store/tranform/transform.go
index 76198bed..1f5d06b4 100644
--- a/store/tranform/transform.go
+++ b/store/tranform/transform.go
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ func (t *TransformingStore) Update(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.S
 	return t.Transformer(apiContext, data)
 }
 
-func (t *TransformingStore) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) error {
+func (t *TransformingStore) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	return t.Store.Delete(apiContext, schema, id)
 }
diff --git a/store/wrapper/wrapper.go b/store/wrapper/wrapper.go
index fd78832d..879278da 100644
--- a/store/wrapper/wrapper.go
+++ b/store/wrapper/wrapper.go
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ func (s *StoreWrapper) Update(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema
 	}, data), nil
 }
 
-func (s *StoreWrapper) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) error {
+func (s *StoreWrapper) Delete(apiContext *types.APIContext, schema *types.Schema, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	if err := validateGet(apiContext, schema, id); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return s.store.Delete(apiContext, schema, id)
diff --git a/types/server_types.go b/types/server_types.go
index b52dd5f9..12ad40bc 100644
--- a/types/server_types.go
+++ b/types/server_types.go
@@ -156,6 +156,6 @@ type Store interface {
 	List(apiContext *APIContext, schema *Schema, opt QueryOptions) ([]map[string]interface{}, error)
 	Create(apiContext *APIContext, schema *Schema, data map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error)
 	Update(apiContext *APIContext, schema *Schema, data map[string]interface{}, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error)
-	Delete(apiContext *APIContext, schema *Schema, id string) error
+	Delete(apiContext *APIContext, schema *Schema, id string) (map[string]interface{}, error)
 	Watch(apiContext *APIContext, schema *Schema, opt QueryOptions) (chan map[string]interface{}, error)
 }