diff --git a/__tests__/remote.spec.js b/__tests__/remote.spec.js
index 167ea5cb..47f4b3e3 100644
--- a/__tests__/remote.spec.js
+++ b/__tests__/remote.spec.js
@@ -156,6 +156,29 @@ describe('Git Remotes', function() {
     );
   });
 
+  it('can delete branches with --delete flag', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git branch foo; git clone; git push origin --delete',
+      '{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/main"},"foo":{"target":"C1","id":"foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/foo"},"o/main":{"target":"C1","id":"o/main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"o/foo":{"target":"C1","id":"o/foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"tags":{},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"foo":{"target":"C1","id":"foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"tags":{},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+    
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git branch foo; git clone; git push origin --delete main:foo',
+      '{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/main"},"foo":{"target":"C1","id":"foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/foo"},"o/main":{"target":"C1","id":"o/main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"o/foo":{"target":"C1","id":"o/foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"tags":{},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"foo":{"target":"C1","id":"foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"tags":{},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git branch foo; git clone; git push --delete origin foo',
+      '{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/main"},"foo":{"target":"C1","id":"foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"o/main":{"target":"C1","id":"o/main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+
+    return expectTreeAsync(
+      'git branch foo; git clone; git push origin --delete foo',
+      '{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/main"},"foo":{"target":"C1","id":"foo","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"o/main":{"target":"C1","id":"o/main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"main":{"target":"C1","id":"main","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"HEAD":{"target":"main","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+  });
+
+
   it('pushes new branch onto server', function() {
     return expectTreeAsync(
       'git clone; git commit; git push origin main:foo',
diff --git a/src/js/git/commands.js b/src/js/git/commands.js
index 49e3675c..7508f3e2 100644
--- a/src/js/git/commands.js
+++ b/src/js/git/commands.js
@@ -744,7 +744,9 @@ var commandConfig = {
   push: {
     regex: /^git +push($|\s)/,
     options: [
-      '--force'
+      '--force',
+      '--delete',
+      '-d'
     ],
     execute: function(engine, command) {
       if (!engine.hasOrigin()) {
@@ -758,14 +760,46 @@ var commandConfig = {
       var source;
       var sourceObj;
       var commandOptions = command.getOptionsMap();
+      var isDelete = commandOptions['-d'] || commandOptions['--delete'];
 
       // git push is pretty complex in terms of
       // the arguments it wants as well... get ready!
       var generalArgs = command.getGeneralArgs();
+      
+      // put the commandOption of delete back in the generalArgs
+      // as it is a flag option
+      if(isDelete) {
+        let option = commandOptions['-d'] || commandOptions['--delete'];
+        generalArgs = option[0] === 'origin'
+        ? option.concat(generalArgs)
+        : generalArgs.concat(option);
+      }
+
       command.twoArgsForOrigin(generalArgs);
       assertOriginSpecified(generalArgs);
-
       var firstArg = generalArgs[1];
+
+      if(isDelete) {
+        if(!firstArg) {
+          throw new GitError({
+            msg: intl.todo(
+              '--delete doesn\'t make sense without any refs'
+            )
+          });
+        }
+
+        if(isColonRefspec(firstArg)) {
+          throw new GitError({
+            msg: intl.todo(
+              '--delete only accepts plain target ref names'
+            )
+          });
+        }
+
+        // transform delete target ref to delete colon refspec
+        firstArg = ":"+firstArg;
+      }
+
       if (firstArg && isColonRefspec(firstArg)) {
         var refspecParts = firstArg.split(':');
         source = refspecParts[0];
@@ -773,7 +807,7 @@ var commandConfig = {
         if (source === "" && !engine.origin.resolveID(destination)) {
           throw new GitError({
             msg: intl.todo(
-              'cannot delete branch ' + options.destination + ' which doesnt exist'
+              'cannot delete branch ' + options.destination + ' which doesn\'t exist'
             )
           });
         }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 08c7d2c9..ca3a77ed 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3379,12 +3379,12 @@ semver-greatest-satisfied-range@^1.1.0:
     sver-compat "^1.5.0"
 
 "semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5":
-  version "5.7.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz"
+  version "5.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.7.2.tgz#48d55db737c3287cd4835e17fa13feace1c41ef8"
 
 semver@^6.3.0:
-  version "6.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-6.3.0.tgz"
+  version "6.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-6.3.1.tgz#556d2ef8689146e46dcea4bfdd095f3434dffcb4"
 
 set-blocking@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"