diff --git a/core/src/services/lakefs/backend.rs b/core/src/services/lakefs/backend.rs
index 69e59e395ffa..d3fb208cbbc4 100644
--- a/core/src/services/lakefs/backend.rs
+++ b/core/src/services/lakefs/backend.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ impl Access for LakefsBackend {
                 list: true,
                 read: true,
                 write: true,
-
+                delete: true,
                 ..Default::default()
             });
         am.into()
@@ -285,4 +285,21 @@ impl Access for LakefsBackend {
             oio::OneShotWriter::new(LakefsWriter::new(self.core.clone(), path.to_string(), args)),
         ))
     }
+
+    async fn delete(&self, path: &str, args: OpDelete) -> Result<RpDelete> {
+        // This would delete the bucket, do not perform
+        if self.core.root == "/" && path == "/" {
+            return Ok(RpDelete::default());
+        }
+
+        let resp = self.core.delete_object(path, &args).await?;
+
+        let status = resp.status();
+
+        match status {
+            StatusCode::NO_CONTENT => Ok(RpDelete::default()),
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND => Ok(RpDelete::default()),
+            _ => Err(parse_error(resp).await?),
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/services/lakefs/core.rs b/core/src/services/lakefs/core.rs
index 91aed0e34937..62aa065f70bf 100644
--- a/core/src/services/lakefs/core.rs
+++ b/core/src/services/lakefs/core.rs
@@ -171,6 +171,29 @@ impl LakefsCore {
 
         self.client.send(req).await
     }
+
+    pub async fn delete_object(&self, path: &str, _args: &OpDelete) -> Result<Response<Buffer>> {
+        let p = build_abs_path(&self.root, path)
+            .trim_end_matches('/')
+            .to_string();
+
+        let url = format!(
+            "{}/api/v1/repositories/{}/branches/{}/objects?path={}",
+            self.endpoint,
+            self.repository,
+            self.branch,
+            percent_encode_path(&p)
+        );
+
+        let mut req = Request::delete(&url);
+
+        let auth_header_content = format_authorization_by_basic(&self.username, &self.password)?;
+        req = req.header(header::AUTHORIZATION, auth_header_content);
+
+        let req = req.body(Buffer::new()).map_err(new_request_build_error)?;
+
+        self.client.send(req).await
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
diff --git a/core/src/services/lakefs/docs.md b/core/src/services/lakefs/docs.md
index 892bf66b176d..662787964f2b 100644
--- a/core/src/services/lakefs/docs.md
+++ b/core/src/services/lakefs/docs.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This service can be used to:
 - [x] read
 - [x] write
 - [ ] create_dir
-- [ ] delete
+- [x] delete
 - [ ] copy
 - [ ] rename
 - [x] list