diff --git a/docs/plugins/hooks.rst b/docs/plugins/hooks.rst
index bd80b8fa2a..136b8cbe00 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/hooks.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/hooks.rst
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ Executed whenever a notification is pushed to a user.
 ``action:user.create``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+``action:user.delete``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
 ``action:topic.delete``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index 1daa737992..b955104b37 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	posts = require('../posts'),
 	user = require('../user'),
 	topics = require('../topics'),
-	groups = require('../groups');
+	groups = require('../groups'),
+	plugins = require('../plugins');
 
 
 module.exports = function(User) {
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
+				plugins.fireHook('action:user.delete', uid);
 				async.parallel([
 					function(next) {
 						db.delete('followers:' + uid, next);