diff --git a/dirmngr/ks-action.c b/dirmngr/ks-action.c
index 2e04582a1..6be2072e9 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ks-action.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ks-action.c
@@ -548,6 +548,40 @@ ks_action_put (ctrl_t ctrl, uri_item_t keyservers,
 
 
 
+/* Delete an OpenPGP key from all KEYSERVERS which use LDAP.  The key
+ * is specifified by PATTERNS.  */
+gpg_error_t
+ks_action_del (ctrl_t ctrl, uri_item_t keyservers, strlist_t patterns)
+{
+  gpg_error_t err = 0;
+  gpg_error_t first_err = 0;
+  int any_server = 0;
+  uri_item_t uri;
+
+  for (uri = keyservers; uri; uri = uri->next)
+    {
+#if USE_LDAP
+      if ( !strcmp (uri->parsed_uri->scheme, "ldap")
+           || !strcmp (uri->parsed_uri->scheme, "ldaps")
+           || !strcmp (uri->parsed_uri->scheme, "ldapi")
+           || uri->parsed_uri->opaque )
+        {
+          any_server = 1;
+          err = ks_ldap_del (ctrl, uri->parsed_uri, patterns);
+          if (err && !first_err)
+            first_err = err;
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
+  if (!any_server)
+    err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_NO_KEYSERVER); /* Actual: No LDAP keyserver */
+  else if (!err && first_err)
+    err = first_err;
+  return err;
+}
+
+
 /* Query the default LDAP server or the one given by URL using
  * the filter expression FILTER.  Write the result to OUTFP.  */
 gpg_error_t
diff --git a/dirmngr/ks-action.h b/dirmngr/ks-action.h
index 223aae2da..d222d6afe 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ks-action.h
+++ b/dirmngr/ks-action.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ gpg_error_t ks_action_fetch (ctrl_t ctrl, const char *url, estream_t outfp);
 gpg_error_t ks_action_put (ctrl_t ctrl, uri_item_t keyservers,
 			   void *data, size_t datalen,
 			   void *info, size_t infolen);
+gpg_error_t ks_action_del (ctrl_t ctrl, uri_item_t keyservers,
+                           strlist_t patterns);
 gpg_error_t ks_action_query (ctrl_t ctrl, const char *ldapserver,
                              unsigned int ks_get_flags,
                              const char *filter, char **attr,
diff --git a/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c b/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c
index c2c57d819..4ad021b73 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c
@@ -2984,6 +2984,18 @@ ks_ldap_put (ctrl_t ctrl, parsed_uri_t uri,
 }
 
 
+/* Delete the keys given by PATTERNS from the keyserver identified by
+ * URI. */
+gpg_error_t
+ks_ldap_del (ctrl_t ctrl, parsed_uri_t uri, strlist_t patterns)
+{
+  (void)ctrl;
+  (void)uri;
+  (void)patterns;
+  return gpg_error (GPG_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+}
+
+
 
 /* Get the data described by FILTER_ARG from URI.  On success R_FP has
  * an open stream to read the data.  KS_GET_FLAGS conveys flags from
diff --git a/dirmngr/server.c b/dirmngr/server.c
index 3097d5eed..66a74a890 100644
--- a/dirmngr/server.c
+++ b/dirmngr/server.c
@@ -2727,6 +2727,52 @@ cmd_ks_put (assuan_context_t ctx, char *line)
 }
 
 
+static const char hlp_ks_del[] =
+  "KS_DEL --ldap {<pattern>}\n"
+  "\n"
+  "Delete the keys matching PATTERN from the configured OpenPGP LDAP server\n"
+  "The pattern should be a fingerprint.\n"
+  "The option --ldap is mandatory.\n";
+static gpg_error_t
+cmd_ks_del (assuan_context_t ctx, char *line)
+{
+  ctrl_t ctrl = assuan_get_pointer (ctx);
+  gpg_error_t err;
+  strlist_t list = NULL;
+  unsigned int flags = 0;
+
+  if (has_option (line, "--ldap"))
+    flags |= KS_GET_FLAG_ONLY_LDAP;
+  line = skip_options (line);
+
+  err = percentplus_line_to_strlist (line, &list);
+  if (err)
+    goto leave;
+
+  if (!(flags & KS_GET_FLAG_ONLY_LDAP))
+    {
+      err = set_error (GPG_ERR_SYNTAX, "option --ldap is mandatory");
+      goto leave;
+    }
+
+  if (!list)
+    {
+      err = set_error (GPG_ERR_SYNTAX, "no fingerprints given");
+      goto leave;
+    }
+
+  err = ensure_keyserver (ctrl);
+  if (err)
+    goto leave;
+
+  err = ks_action_del (ctrl, ctrl->server_local->keyservers, list);
+
+ leave:
+  free_strlist (list);
+  return leave_cmd (ctx, err);
+}
+
+
 
 static const char hlp_ad_query[] =
   "AD_QUERY [--first|--next] [--] <filter> \n"
@@ -3067,6 +3113,7 @@ register_commands (assuan_context_t ctx)
     { "KS_GET",     cmd_ks_get,     hlp_ks_get },
     { "KS_FETCH",   cmd_ks_fetch,   hlp_ks_fetch },
     { "KS_PUT",     cmd_ks_put,     hlp_ks_put },
+    { "KS_DEL",     cmd_ks_del,     hlp_ks_del },
     { "AD_QUERY",   cmd_ad_query,   hlp_ad_query },
     { "GETINFO",    cmd_getinfo,    hlp_getinfo },
     { "LOADSWDB",   cmd_loadswdb,   hlp_loadswdb },