diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/domains_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/domains_controller.rb
index 9ad5633ce..ef30a1077 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/domains_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/domains_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class Admin::DomainsController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :set_domain, only: [:show, :edit, :update]
+  before_action :set_domain, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
+  before_action :verify_deletion, only: [:destroy]
 
   def new
     @domain = Domain.new
@@ -37,6 +38,16 @@ class Admin::DomainsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def destroy
+    if @domain.destroy
+      flash[:notice] = I18n.t('shared.domain_deleted')
+      redirect_to admin_domains_path
+    else
+      flash[:alert] = I18n.t('shared.failed_to_delete_domain')
+      redirect_to [:admin, @domain]
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def set_domain
@@ -46,5 +57,11 @@ class Admin::DomainsController < ApplicationController
   def domain_params
     params.require(:domain).permit(:name, :period, :period_unit, :registrar_id, :owner_contact_id)
   end
+
+  def verify_deletion
+    return if @domain.can_be_deleted?
+    flash[:alert] = I18n.t('shared.domain_status_prohibits_deleting')
+    redirect_to [:admin, @domain]
+  end
 end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb b/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
index 9c8f72dcf..38192f4ff 100644
--- a/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ module Epp::DomainsHelper
     @domain = find_domain
 
     handle_errors(@domain) and return unless @domain
+    handle_errors(@domain) and return unless @domain.can_be_deleted?
     handle_errors(@domain) and return unless @domain.destroy
 
     render '/epp/domains/success'
diff --git a/app/models/domain.rb b/app/models/domain.rb
index f0337f22a..1036313f2 100644
--- a/app/models/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def can_be_deleted?
     (domain_statuses.pluck(:value) & %W(
-      #{DomainStatus::CLIENT_DELETE_PROHIBITED}
       #{DomainStatus::SERVER_DELETE_PROHIBITED}
     )).empty?
   end
diff --git a/app/models/epp/epp_domain.rb b/app/models/epp/epp_domain.rb
index 033d8cd21..28a2acfc8 100644
--- a/app/models/epp/epp_domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/epp/epp_domain.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class Epp::EppDomain < Domain
         [:name_dirty, :taken, { value: { obj: 'name', val: name_dirty } }],
         [:name_dirty, :reserved, { value: { obj: 'name', val: name_dirty } }]
       ],
+      '2304' => [
+        [:base, :domain_status_prohibits_operation]
+      ],
       '2306' => [ # Parameter policy error
         [:owner_contact, :blank],
         [:admin_contacts, :out_of_range]
@@ -237,6 +240,18 @@ class Epp::EppDomain < Domain
     add_epp_error('2306', 'curExpDate', cur_exp_date, I18n.t('errors.messages.epp_exp_dates_do_not_match'))
   end
 
+  ### ABILITIES ###
+  def can_be_deleted?
+    begin
+      errors.add(:base, :domain_status_prohibits_operation)
+      return false
+    end if (domain_statuses.pluck(:value) & %W(
+      #{DomainStatus::CLIENT_DELETE_PROHIBITED}
+    )).any?
+
+    true
+  end
+
   ## SHARED
 
   # For domain transfer
diff --git a/app/views/admin/domains/show.haml b/app/views/admin/domains/show.haml
index 80246cf3e..71552c376 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/domains/show.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/domains/show.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   .col-sm-6
     %h2.text-right.text-center-xs
       = link_to(t('shared.edit'), edit_admin_domain_path(@domain), class: 'btn btn-primary')
-      = link_to(t('shared.delete'), root_path, method: :delete, data: { confirm: t('shared.are_you_sure') }, class: 'btn btn-danger')
+      = link_to(t('shared.delete'), admin_domain_path(@domain), method: :delete, data: { confirm: t('shared.are_you_sure') }, class: 'btn btn-danger')
 
 %hr
 .row
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 4ed9ca86d..ee0a9e5b0 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ en:
 
         epp_domain: &epp_domain_ar_attributes
           attributes:
+            base:
+              domain_status_prohibits_operation: 'Domain status prohibits operation'
             name_dirty:
               invalid: 'Domain name is invalid'
               reserved: 'Domain name is reserved or restricted'
@@ -238,3 +240,6 @@ en:
     failed_to_delete_status: 'Failed to delete status!'
     tech_contact: 'Tech contact'
     new_domain_contact: 'New contact'
+    domain_status_prohibits_deleting: 'Domain status prohibits deleting'
+    domain_deleted: 'Domain deleted!'
+    failed_to_delete_domain: 'Failed to delete domain!'
diff --git a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
index f7e508eb2..122ba7dc3 100644
--- a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
@@ -567,6 +567,14 @@ describe 'EPP Domain', epp: true do
         expect(Domain.first).to eq(nil)
         expect(DomainContact.count).to eq(0)
       end
+
+      it 'does not delete domain with specific status' do
+        d = Domain.first
+        d.domain_statuses.create(value: DomainStatus::CLIENT_DELETE_PROHIBITED)
+        response = epp_request(domain_delete_xml, :xml)
+        expect(response[:result_code]).to eq('2304')
+        expect(response[:msg]).to eq('Domain status prohibits operation')
+      end
     end
 
     it 'checks a domain' do