diff --git a/lib/remote_storage/swift.rb b/lib/remote_storage/swift.rb
index 247f36c..d2b1aa7 100644
--- a/lib/remote_storage/swift.rb
+++ b/lib/remote_storage/swift.rb
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ module RemoteStorage
       delete_metadata_objects(user, directory, key)
       delete_dir_objects(user, directory)
 
+      server.headers["Etag"] = %Q("#{existing_metadata["e"]}")
       server.halt 200
     rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound
       server.halt 404
diff --git a/spec/swift/app_spec.rb b/spec/swift/app_spec.rb
index dd7c752..264fc59 100644
--- a/spec/swift/app_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/swift/app_spec.rb
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ describe "App" do
 
         redis.smembers("rs:m:phil:/:items").must_be_empty
       end
+
+      it "responds with the ETag of the deleted item in the haeder" do
+        RestClient.stub :delete, "" do
+          delete "/phil/food/aguacate"
+        end
+
+        last_response.headers["ETag"].must_equal "\"bla\""
+      end
     end
   end