diff --git a/pkg/crane/crane_test.go b/pkg/crane/crane_test.go
index 6bf14d5ea..b325ff1d6 100644
--- a/pkg/crane/crane_test.go
+++ b/pkg/crane/crane_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1/remote"
 )
 
-// TODO(jonjohnsonjr): Test crane.Delete behavior.
 // TODO(jonjohnsonjr): Test crane.ListTags behavior.
 // TODO(jonjohnsonjr): Test crane.Catalog behavior.
 // TODO(jonjohnsonjr): Test crane.Copy failures.
@@ -148,6 +147,30 @@ func TestCraneRegistry(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := compare.Layers(pulledLayer, layer); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	// Delete the non existing image
+	if err := crane.Delete("honk-image"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("wanted err, got nil")
+	}
+
+	// Delete the image
+	if err := crane.Delete(src); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// check if the image was really deleted
+	if _, err := crane.Pull(src); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("wanted err, got nil")
+	}
+
+	// check if the copied image still exist
+	dstPulled, err := crane.Pull(dst)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := compare.Images(dstPulled, copied); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestCraneCopyIndex(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/manifest.go b/pkg/registry/manifest.go
index a22af346a..6a08f5b43 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/manifest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/manifest.go
@@ -161,6 +161,32 @@ func (m *manifests) handle(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) *regErro
 		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 		return nil
 	}
+
+	if req.Method == "DELETE" {
+		m.lock.Lock()
+		defer m.lock.Unlock()
+		if _, ok := m.manifests[repo]; !ok {
+			return &regError{
+				Status:  http.StatusNotFound,
+				Code:    "NAME_UNKNOWN",
+				Message: "Unknown name",
+			}
+		}
+
+		_, ok := m.manifests[repo][target]
+		if !ok {
+			return &regError{
+				Status:  http.StatusNotFound,
+				Code:    "MANIFEST_UNKNOWN",
+				Message: "Unknown manifest",
+			}
+		}
+
+		delete(m.manifests[repo], target)
+		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	return &regError{
 		Status:  http.StatusBadRequest,
 		Code:    "METHOD_UNKNOWN",
diff --git a/pkg/registry/registry_test.go b/pkg/registry/registry_test.go
index dfe51a186..e72eb98bc 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/registry_test.go
@@ -302,6 +302,33 @@ func TestCalls(t *testing.T) {
 				"Location": "/v2/foo/blobs/uploads/1",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Description: "DELETE Unknown name",
+			Method:      "DELETE",
+			URL:         "/v2/test/honk/manifests/latest",
+			Code:        http.StatusNotFound,
+		},
+		{
+			Description: "DELETE Unknown manifest",
+			Manifests:   map[string]string{"honk/manifests/latest": "honk"},
+			Method:      "DELETE",
+			URL:         "/v2/honk/manifests/tag-honk",
+			Code:        http.StatusNotFound,
+		},
+		{
+			Description: "DELETE existing manifest",
+			Manifests:   map[string]string{"foo/manifests/latest": "foo"},
+			Method:      "DELETE",
+			URL:         "/v2/foo/manifests/latest",
+			Code:        http.StatusAccepted,
+		},
+		{
+			Description: "DELETE existing manifest by digest",
+			Manifests:   map[string]string{"foo/manifests/latest": "foo"},
+			Method:      "DELETE",
+			URL:         "/v2/foo/manifests/sha256:" + sha256String("foo"),
+			Code:        http.StatusAccepted,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tcs {