diff --git a/doc/services/object-store/objects.rst b/doc/services/object-store/objects.rst
index 3bc221dcc..6d7362246 100644
--- a/doc/services/object-store/objects.rst
+++ b/doc/services/object-store/objects.rst
@@ -495,9 +495,19 @@ filenames inside the archive.
 
 `Get the executable PHP script for this example <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace/php-opencloud/master/samples/ObjectStore/auto-extract-archive-files.php>`_
 
-
 Delete object
--------------
+---------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+ $container->deleteObject('{objectName}');
+
+
+`Get the executable PHP script for this example <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace/php-opencloud/master/samples/ObjectStore/delete-object-without-download.php>`_
+
+
+Delete already downloaded object
+---------------------------------
 
 .. code-block:: php
 
diff --git a/lib/OpenCloud/ObjectStore/Resource/Container.php b/lib/OpenCloud/ObjectStore/Resource/Container.php
index ed47a4d35..474d9134b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenCloud/ObjectStore/Resource/Container.php
+++ b/lib/OpenCloud/ObjectStore/Resource/Container.php
@@ -235,6 +235,19 @@ public function deleteAllObjects()
         return $this->getService()->batchDelete($paths);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Delete an object from the API.
+     *
+     * @param string $name The name of object you want to delete
+     * @throws \Guzzle\Http\Exception\BadResponseException When an error occurred
+     */
+    public function deleteObject($name)
+    {
+        $this->getClient()
+            ->delete($this->getUrl($name))
+            ->send();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a Collection of objects in the container
      *
diff --git a/samples/ObjectStore/delete-object-without-download.php b/samples/ObjectStore/delete-object-without-download.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbed09c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ObjectStore/delete-object-without-download.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 Rackspace US, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+require dirname(__DIR__) . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use OpenCloud\Rackspace;
+
+// 1. Instantiate a Rackspace client. You can replace {authUrl} with
+// Rackspace::US_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT or similar
+$client = new Rackspace('{authUrl}', array(
+    'username' => '{username}',
+    'apiKey'   => '{apiKey}',
+));
+
+// 2. Obtain an Object Store service object from the client.
+$objectStoreService = $client->objectStoreService(null, '{region}');
+
+// 3. Get container.
+$container = $objectStoreService->getContainer('{containerName}');
+
+// 4. Delete object.
+$container->deleteObject('{objectName}');
diff --git a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/ObjectStore/Resource/ContainerTest.php b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/ObjectStore/Resource/ContainerTest.php
index c5b191249..2b02418a0 100644
--- a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/ObjectStore/Resource/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/ObjectStore/Resource/ContainerTest.php
@@ -118,6 +118,33 @@ public function test_Delete_NonEmpty_Container()
         $container->delete();
     }
 
+    public function test_Delete_Object()
+    {
+        $container = $this->container;
+        $this->addMockSubscriber($this->makeResponse('[]', 204));
+        $container->deleteObject("someObject");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Guzzle\Http\Exception\BadResponseException
+     */
+    public function test_Delete_Object_With_Failure()
+    {
+        $container = $this->container;
+        $this->addMockSubscriber($this->makeResponse('[]', 500));
+        $container->deleteObject("someObject");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Guzzle\Http\Exception\BadResponseException
+     */
+    public function test_Delete_NonExisting_Object()
+    {
+        $container = $this->container;
+        $this->addMockSubscriber($this->makeResponse('[]', 404));
+        $container->deleteObject("someObject");
+    }
+
     public function test_Object_List()
     {
         $container = $this->container;