diff --git a/lib/bitbucket_server/client.rb b/lib/bitbucket_server/client.rb
index 802fe7953cec3e843288796baba03af672c96992..bfa8301f6430032b7ff48e2802950d64cb1835bd 100644
--- a/lib/bitbucket_server/client.rb
+++ b/lib/bitbucket_server/client.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ module BitbucketServer
       connection.post("/projects/#{project_key}/repos/#{repo}/branches", payload.to_json)
     end
 
+    def delete_branch(project_key, repo, branch_name, sha)
+      payload = {
+        name: Gitlab::Git::BRANCH_REF_PREFIX + branch_name,
+        dryRun: false
+      }
+
+      connection.delete(:branches, "/projects/#{project_key}/repos/#{repo}/branches", payload.to_json)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def get_collection(path, type)
diff --git a/lib/bitbucket_server/connection.rb b/lib/bitbucket_server/connection.rb
index 853d09b776a441e48b294e169898a98ae99886c5..0b65203a8240cdf734fd39aa88641638d818b8bf 100644
--- a/lib/bitbucket_server/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/bitbucket_server/connection.rb
@@ -36,10 +36,27 @@ module BitbucketServer
       response.parsed_response
     end
 
+    # We need to support two different APIs for deletion:
+    #
+    # /rest/api/1.0/projects/{projectKey}/repos/{repositorySlug}/branches/default
+    # /rest/branch-utils/1.0/projects/{projectKey}/repos/{repositorySlug}/branches
+    def delete(resource, path, body)
+      url = delete_url(resource, path)
+
+      response = Gitlab::HTTP.delete(url,
+                        basic_auth: auth,
+                        headers: post_headers,
+                        body: body)
+
+      check_errors!(response)
+
+      response.parsed_response
+    end
+
     private
 
     def check_errors!(response)
-      return if response.code == 200
+      return if response.code >= 200 && response.code < 300
 
       details =
         if response.parsed_response && response.parsed_response.is_a?(Hash)
@@ -68,5 +85,13 @@ module BitbucketServer
     def root_url
       "#{base_uri}/rest/api/#{api_version}"
     end
+
+    def delete_url(resource, path)
+      if resource == :branches
+        "#{base_uri}/branch-utils/#{api_version}#{path}"
+      else
+        build_url(path)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/bitbucket_server/connection_spec.rb b/spec/lib/bitbucket_server/connection_spec.rb
index 45affbcf4e4c7a01665d907605693dbe15ac7fde..65c78f14f58fe6aa54264f354d822202df7f5131 100644
--- a/spec/lib/bitbucket_server/connection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/bitbucket_server/connection_spec.rb
@@ -35,4 +35,24 @@ describe BitbucketServer::Connection do
       expect { subject.post(url, payload) }.to raise_error(described_class::ConnectionError)
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#delete' do
+    context 'branch API' do
+      let(:branch_path) { '/projects/foo/repos/bar/branches' }
+      let(:branch_url) { 'https://test:7990/branch-utils/1.0/projects/foo/repos/bar/branches' }
+      let(:path) { }
+
+      it 'returns JSON body' do
+        WebMock.stub_request(:delete, branch_url).to_return(body: payload.to_json, status: 200, headers: headers)
+
+        expect(subject.delete(:branches, branch_path, payload)).to eq(payload)
+      end
+
+      it 'throws an exception if the response is not 200' do
+        WebMock.stub_request(:delete, branch_url).to_return(body: payload.to_json, status: 500, headers: headers)
+
+        expect { subject.delete(:branches, branch_path, payload) }.to raise_error(described_class::ConnectionError)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end