diff --git a/remote/remote.go b/remote/remote.go
index 6de522a9c5..14895a31d0 100644
--- a/remote/remote.go
+++ b/remote/remote.go
@@ -350,6 +350,27 @@ func PushState(conf *terraform.RemoteState, force bool) (StateChangeResult, erro
 	}
 }
 
+// DeleteState is used to delete the remote state given
+// the configuration for the remote endpoint.
+func DeleteState(conf *terraform.RemoteState) error {
+	if conf == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Missing remote server configuration")
+	}
+
+	// Setup the client
+	client, err := NewClientByState(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create remote client: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Destroy the state
+	err = client.DeleteState()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to delete remote state: %v", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // blankState is used to return a serialized form of a blank state
 // with only the remote info.
 func blankState(conf *terraform.RemoteState) ([]byte, error) {
diff --git a/remote/remote_test.go b/remote/remote_test.go
index 87846c97dd..3b617fe62d 100644
--- a/remote/remote_test.go
+++ b/remote/remote_test.go
@@ -287,6 +287,21 @@ func TestPushState_Error(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDeleteState(t *testing.T) {
+	defer testFixCwd(testDir(t))
+
+	remote, srv := testRemotePush(t, 200)
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	local := terraform.NewState()
+	testWriteLocal(t, local)
+
+	err := DeleteState(remote)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBlankState(t *testing.T) {
 	remote := &terraform.RemoteState{
 		Type: "http",