diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlAction.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlAction.java
index cdc7feccf..978230c3f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlAction.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import google.registry.request.auth.Auth;
 import google.registry.schema.replay.DatastoreEntity;
 import google.registry.schema.replay.DatastoreOnlyEntity;
 import google.registry.schema.replay.NonReplicatedEntity;
+import google.registry.schema.replay.ReplaySpecializer;
 import google.registry.schema.replay.SqlReplayCheckpoint;
 import google.registry.util.RequestStatusChecker;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ public class ReplayCommitLogsToSqlAction implements Runnable {
     if (!NonReplicatedEntity.class.isAssignableFrom(entityClass)
         && !DatastoreOnlyEntity.class.isAssignableFrom(entityClass)
         && entityClass.getAnnotation(javax.persistence.Entity.class) != null) {
+      ReplaySpecializer.beforeSqlDelete(entityVKey);
       jpaTm().delete(entityVKey);
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReplayQueue.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReplayQueue.java
index a488daf18..96473f46b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReplayQueue.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReplayQueue.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import google.registry.config.RegistryEnvironment;
 import google.registry.model.UpdateAutoTimestamp;
 import google.registry.persistence.VKey;
 import google.registry.schema.replay.DatastoreEntity;
+import google.registry.schema.replay.ReplaySpecializer;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
@@ -100,7 +101,9 @@ public class ReplayQueue {
                     .forEach(
                         entry -> {
                           if (entry.getValue().equals(TransactionInfo.Delete.SENTINEL)) {
-                            jpaTm().delete(VKey.from(entry.getKey()));
+                            VKey<?> vkey = VKey.from(entry.getKey());
+                            ReplaySpecializer.beforeSqlDelete(vkey);
+                            jpaTm().delete(vkey);
                           } else {
                             ((DatastoreEntity) entry.getValue())
                                 .toSqlEntity()
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/schema/replay/ReplaySpecializer.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/schema/replay/ReplaySpecializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0e800bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/schema/replay/ReplaySpecializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Nomulus Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package google.registry.schema.replay;
+
+import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
+import google.registry.persistence.VKey;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * Applies class-specific functions for model objects during transaction replays.
+ *
+ * <p>There are certain cases where changes to an entity require changes to other entities that are
+ * not directly present in the other database. This class allows us to do that by using reflection
+ * to invoke special class methods if they are present.
+ */
+public class ReplaySpecializer {
+  private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
+
+  public static void beforeSqlDelete(VKey<?> key) {
+    try {
+      Method method = key.getKind().getMethod("beforeSqlDelete", VKey.class);
+      method.invoke(null, new Object[] {key});
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      // Ignore, this just means that the class doesn't need this hook.
+    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "beforeSqlDelete() method is defined for class "
+              + key.getKind().getName()
+              + " but is not public.",
+          e);
+    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "beforeSqlDelete() method for class " + key.getKind().getName() + " threw an exception.",
+          e);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlActionTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlActionTest.java
index 7247ce3a1..b40d4e58b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlActionTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/backup/ReplayCommitLogsToSqlActionTest.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class ReplayCommitLogsToSqlActionTest {
     action.diffLister.gcsBucket = GCS_BUCKET;
     action.diffLister.executor = newDirectExecutorService();
     RegistryConfig.overrideCloudSqlReplayCommitLogs(true);
+    TestObject.beforeSqlDeleteCallCount = 0;
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -441,6 +442,21 @@ public class ReplayCommitLogsToSqlActionTest {
         .isEqualTo("Can't acquire SQL commit log replay lock, aborting.");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testSuccess_deleteSqlCallback() throws Exception {
+    DateTime now = fakeClock.nowUtc();
+    jpaTm().transact(() -> SqlReplayCheckpoint.set(now.minusMinutes(1).minusMillis(1)));
+    saveDiffFile(
+        gcsService,
+        createCheckpoint(now.minusMinutes(1)),
+        CommitLogManifest.create(
+            getBucketKey(1),
+            now.minusMinutes(1),
+            ImmutableSet.of(Key.create(TestObject.create("to delete")))));
+    action.run();
+    assertThat(TestObject.beforeSqlDeleteCallCount).isEqualTo(1);
+  }
+
   private void runAndAssertSuccess(DateTime expectedCheckpointTime) {
     action.run();
     assertThat(response.getStatus()).isEqualTo(SC_OK);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/testing/TestObject.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/testing/TestObject.java
index c0658105e..61ba36e08 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/testing/TestObject.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/testing/TestObject.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import javax.persistence.Transient;
 @EntityForTesting
 public class TestObject extends ImmutableObject implements DatastoreAndSqlEntity {
 
+  public static int beforeSqlDeleteCallCount;
+
   @Parent @Transient Key<EntityGroupRoot> parent;
 
   @Id @javax.persistence.Id String id;
@@ -68,6 +70,10 @@ public class TestObject extends ImmutableObject implements DatastoreAndSqlEntity
     return instance;
   }
 
+  public static void beforeSqlDelete(VKey<TestObject> key) {
+    beforeSqlDeleteCallCount++;
+  }
+
   /** A test @VirtualEntity model object, which should not be persisted. */
   @Entity
   @VirtualEntity