diff --git a/discord/client.py b/discord/client.py
index bd74ac29b..19b84b8b1 100644
--- a/discord/client.py
+++ b/discord/client.py
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ class Client(object):
             message = Message(channel=channel, **response.json())
             return message
 
+    def delete_message(self, message):
+        """Deletes a :class:`Message`
+
+        A fairly straightforward function.
+
+        :param message: The :class:`Message` to delete.
+        """
+        url = '{}/{}/messages/{}'.format(endpoints.CHANNELS, message.channel.id, message.id)
+        response = requests.delete(url, headers=self.headers)
 
     def login(self, email, password):
         """Logs in the user with the following credentials.
diff --git a/examples/deleted.py b/examples/deleted.py
index 611610133..7f77e9c38 100644
--- a/examples/deleted.py
+++ b/examples/deleted.py
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ def on_ready():
     print('Username: ' + client.user.name)
     print('ID: ' + client.user.id)
 
+@client.event
+def on_message(message):
+    if message.content.startswith('!deleteme'):
+        msg = client.send_message(message.channel, 'I will delete myself now...')
+        client.delete_message(msg)
+
 @client.event
 def on_message_delete(message):
     client.send_message(message.channel, '{} has deleted the message:\n{}'.format(message.author.name, message.content))