diff --git a/pkg/kube/client.go b/pkg/kube/client.go
index 0fa72473d..0078bf12b 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client.go
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ func (c *Client) Create(namespace string, reader io.Reader) error {
 	return perform(f, namespace, reader, createResource)
 }
 
+// Delete deletes kubernetes resources from an io.reader
+//
+// Namespace will set the namespace
+func (c *Client) Delete(namespace string, reader io.Reader) error {
+	f := cmdutil.NewFactory(c.config)
+	return perform(f, namespace, reader, deleteResource)
+}
+
 const includeThirdPartyAPIs = false
 
 func perform(f *cmdutil.Factory, namespace string, reader io.Reader, fn ResourceActorFunc) error {
@@ -73,3 +81,7 @@ func createResource(info *resource.Info) error {
 	_, err := resource.NewHelper(info.Client, info.Mapping).Create(info.Namespace, true, info.Object)
 	return err
 }
+
+func deleteResource(info *resource.Info) error {
+	return resource.NewHelper(info.Client, info.Mapping).Delete(info.Namespace, info.Name)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kube/client_test.go b/pkg/kube/client_test.go
index a13d4c1ab..c3c81b4a2 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ func TestPerform(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("This is a live test, comment this line to run")
+	if err := New(nil).Create("test", strings.NewReader(guestbookManifest)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := New(nil).Delete("test", strings.NewReader(guestbookManifest)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 const guestbookManifest = `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service