diff --git a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
index a247ef9c0..1b127a4e9 100755
--- a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
+++ b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
@@ -545,9 +545,13 @@ def makeLsyncdConf(data):
             mw.writeFile(cmd_pass, t['password'])
             mw.execShell("chmod 600 " + cmd_pass)
 
+            delete_ok = ' '
+            if t['delete'] == "true":
+                delete_ok = ' --delete '
+
             remote_addr = t['name'] + '@' + t['ip'] + "::" + t['name']
             cmd = rsync_bin + " -avzP " + "--port=" + str(t['rsync']['port']) + " --bwlimit=" + t['rsync'][
-                'bwlimit'] + "  --exclude-from=" + cmd_exclude + " --password-file=" + cmd_pass + " " + t["path"] + " " + remote_addr
+                'bwlimit'] + delete_ok + "  --exclude-from=" + cmd_exclude + " --password-file=" + cmd_pass + " " + t["path"] + " " + remote_addr
             mw.writeFile(name_dir + "/cmd", cmd)
             mw.execShell("cmod +x " + name_dir + "/cmd")