diff --git a/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt b/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
index eefc432aaf..2373e32f6e 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
+++ b/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 
 /**
+ * Added support for DELETE Statements
+ *
+ * Andreas Dangel 09/2018
+ *====================================================================
  * Added support for OrderBy and RowLimiting clauses for SELECT statements
  * Removed FROM from the RelationalExpression
  * Support QueryPartitionClause
@@ -215,6 +219,7 @@ ASTInput Input() : {}
          | LOOKAHEAD(6) DDLCommand() //Ignore any other DDL Event 
 	 | LOOKAHEAD(2) SqlPlusCommand()
 	 | LOOKAHEAD(2) UpdateStatement() 
+	 | LOOKAHEAD(2) DeleteStatement()
 	 |(<SELECT>|<UPDATE>|<INSERT>|<DELETE>|<COMMIT>|<ROLLBACK>|<SAVEPOINT>|<LOCK><TABLE>|<MERGE>|<WITH>) SkipPastNextTokenOccurrence(SQLPLUS_TERMINATOR) //Ignore SQL statements in scripts
 	 )	
 	 ("/")*
@@ -1715,6 +1720,7 @@ ASTUnlabelledStatement UnlabelledStatement()  :
        (
        SelectIntoStatement() ";" |
        UpdateStatement() ";" |
+       DeleteStatement() ";" |
 	LOOKAHEAD(["("] <SELECT>|<UPDATE>|<INSERT>|<DELETE>|<COMMIT>|<ROLLBACK>|<SAVEPOINT>|<EXECUTE>|<SET><TRANSACTION>|<LOCK><TABLE>|<MERGE>|<WITH>) SqlStatement(null,";") [";"] 
 	| LOOKAHEAD(3)  ContinueStatement()  ";" // CONTINUE keyword was added in 11G, so Oracle compilation supports CONTINUE as a variable name
 	| CaseStatement()  ";"
@@ -1852,6 +1858,15 @@ ASTUpdateSetClause UpdateSetClause() :
     { return jjtThis; }
 }
 
+ASTDeleteStatement DeleteStatement() :
+{}
+{
+    <DELETE> [ <FROM> ]
+    ( TableReference() | <ONLY> "(" TableReference() ")" )
+    [ WhereClause() ]
+    { return jjtThis; }
+}
+
 /** Scope rule: the loop index only exists within the Loop */
 ASTForStatement ForStatement()  :
 {}
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/PLSQLParserVisitorAdapter.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/PLSQLParserVisitorAdapter.java
index cf3a71995e..5f4447fd88 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/PLSQLParserVisitorAdapter.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/PLSQLParserVisitorAdapter.java
@@ -936,4 +936,9 @@ public class PLSQLParserVisitorAdapter implements PLSQLParserVisitor {
     public Object visit(ASTUpdateSetClause node, Object data) {
         return visit((PLSQLNode) node, data);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object visit(ASTDeleteStatement node, Object data) {
+        return visit((PLSQLNode) node, data);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/rule/AbstractPLSQLRule.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/rule/AbstractPLSQLRule.java
index c528b7df87..3271e19c7b 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/rule/AbstractPLSQLRule.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/rule/AbstractPLSQLRule.java
@@ -1030,6 +1030,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractPLSQLRule extends AbstractRule implements PLSQLPar
         return visit((PLSQLNode) node, data);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Object visit(ASTDeleteStatement node, Object data) {
+        return visit((PLSQLNode) node, data);
+    }
+
     /*
      * Treat all Executable Code
      */
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/DeleteStatementTest.java b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/DeleteStatementTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70e87bd70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/DeleteStatementTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.AbstractPLSQLParserTst;
+
+public class DeleteStatementTest extends AbstractPLSQLParserTst {
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseDeleteStatementExample() throws Exception {
+        String code = IOUtils.toString(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("DeleteStatementExample.pls"));
+        ASTInput input = parsePLSQL(code);
+        List<ASTDeleteStatement> deleteStatements = input.findDescendantsOfType(ASTDeleteStatement.class);
+        Assert.assertEquals(3, deleteStatements.size());
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("product_descriptions", deleteStatements.get(0).jjtGetChild(0)
+                .getFirstChildOfType(ASTTableName.class).getImage());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/DeleteStatementExample.pls b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/DeleteStatementExample.pls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee865a8ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/DeleteStatementExample.pls
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--
+-- Deleting Rows: Examples
+-- https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/18/sqlrf/DELETE.html#GUID-156845A5-B626-412B-9F95-8869B988ABD7
+--
+
+DECLARE
+BEGIN
+
+    DELETE FROM product_descriptions
+        WHERE language_id = 'AR';
+
+    DELETE FROM employees
+        WHERE job_id = 'SA_REP'
+        AND commission_pct < .2;
+
+    DELETE FROM (SELECT * FROM employees)
+        WHERE job_id = 'SA_REP'
+        AND commission_pct < .2;
+
+END;
+/