diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/zonefile_settings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/zonefile_settings_controller.rb
index d671acba5..b9491a02c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/zonefile_settings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/zonefile_settings_controller.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ class Admin::ZonefileSettingsController < AdminController
     end
   end
 
+  def destroy
+    if @zonefile_setting.destroy
+      flash[:notice] = I18n.t('record_deleted')
+      redirect_to admin_zonefile_settings_path
+    else
+      flash.now[:alert] = I18n.t('failed_to_delete_record')
+      render 'edit'
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def set_zonefile_setting
diff --git a/app/models/zonefile_setting.rb b/app/models/zonefile_setting.rb
index 60b9994c1..403385bb5 100644
--- a/app/models/zonefile_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/zonefile_setting.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ class ZonefileSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :ttl, :refresh, :retry, :expire, :minimum_ttl, numericality: { only_integer: true }
   validates :origin, uniqueness: true
 
+  before_destroy :check_for_dependencies
+  def check_for_dependencies
+    dc = Domain.where("name ILIKE ?", "%.#{origin}").count
+    return if dc == 0
+    errors.add(:base, I18n.t('there_are_count_domains_in_this_zone', count: dc))
+    false
+  end
+
   def self.generate_zonefiles
     pluck(:origin).each do |origin|
       generate_zonefile(origin)
diff --git a/app/views/admin/zonefile_settings/edit.haml b/app/views/admin/zonefile_settings/edit.haml
index f8f9a83c4..93234ed2e 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/zonefile_settings/edit.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/zonefile_settings/edit.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 - content_for :actions do
   = link_to(t(:back), admin_zonefile_settings_path, class: 'btn btn-default')
+  = link_to(t(:delete), admin_zonefile_setting_path(@zonefile_setting),
+    method: :delete, data: { confirm: t(:are_you_sure) }, class: 'btn btn-danger')
 = render 'shared/title', name: t(:edit_zone)
 
 = render 'form'
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index bf44f2407..1e72a76b2 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -898,3 +898,4 @@ en:
   a4_records: 'AAAA records'
   new_zone: 'New zone'
   edit_zone: 'Edit zone'
+  there_are_count_domains_in_this_zone: 'There are %{count} domains in this zone'