diff --git a/app/api/server/v1/roles.js b/app/api/server/v1/roles.js
index 5f2b39f624b..e66e5495987 100644
--- a/app/api/server/v1/roles.js
+++ b/app/api/server/v1/roles.js
@@ -181,3 +181,35 @@ API.v1.addRoute('roles.update', { authRequired: true }, {
 		});
 	},
 });
+
+API.v1.addRoute('roles.delete', { authRequired: true }, {
+	post() {
+		check(this.bodyParams, {
+			roleId: String,
+		});
+
+		if (!hasPermission(this.userId, 'access-permissions')) {
+			throw new Meteor.Error('error-action-not-allowed', 'Accessing permissions is not allowed');
+		}
+
+		const role = Roles.findOneByIdOrName(this.bodyParams.roleId);
+
+		if (!role) {
+			throw new Meteor.Error('error-invalid-roleId', 'This role does not exist');
+		}
+
+		if (role.protected) {
+			throw new Meteor.Error('error-role-protected', 'Cannot delete a protected role');
+		}
+
+		const existingUsers = Roles.findUsersInRole(role._id, role.scope);
+
+		if (existingUsers && existingUsers.count() > 0) {
+			throw new Meteor.Error('error-role-in-use', 'Cannot delete role because it\'s in use');
+		}
+
+		Roles.remove(role._id);
+
+		return API.v1.success();
+	},
+});
diff --git a/tests/end-to-end/api/13-roles.js b/tests/end-to-end/api/13-roles.js
index a05b5206eea..207aa83b229 100644
--- a/tests/end-to-end/api/13-roles.js
+++ b/tests/end-to-end/api/13-roles.js
@@ -31,6 +31,26 @@ function createRole(name, scope, description) {
 	});
 }
 
+function addUserToRole(roleId, username) {
+	return new Promise((resolve) => {
+		request.post(api('roles.addUserToRole'))
+			.set(credentials)
+			.send({
+				roleName: roleId,
+				username,
+			})
+			.expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+			.expect(200)
+			.expect((res) => {
+				expect(res.body).to.have.property('success', true);
+				expect(res.body).to.have.nested.property('role._id', roleId);
+			})
+			.end((err, req) => {
+				resolve(req.body.role);
+			});
+	});
+}
+
 describe('[Roles]', function() {
 	this.retries(0);
 
@@ -310,4 +330,59 @@ describe('[Roles]', function() {
 				.end(done);
 		});
 	});
+
+	describe('POST [/roles.delete]', () => {
+		let roleWithUser;
+		let roleWithoutUser;
+		before(async () => {
+			roleWithUser = await createRole(`roleWithUser-${ Date.now() }`, 'Users');
+			roleWithoutUser = await createRole(`roleWithoutUser-${ Date.now() }`, 'Users');
+
+			await addUserToRole(roleWithUser._id, login.user);
+		});
+
+		it('should delete a role that it is not being used', (done) => {
+			request.post(api('roles.delete'))
+				.set(credentials)
+				.send({
+					roleId: roleWithoutUser._id,
+				})
+				.expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+				.expect(200)
+				.expect((res) => {
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('success', true);
+				})
+				.end(done);
+		});
+
+		it('should NOT delete a role that it is protected', (done) => {
+			request.post(api('roles.delete'))
+				.set(credentials)
+				.send({
+					roleId: 'admin',
+				})
+				.expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+				.expect(400)
+				.expect((res) => {
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('success', false);
+					expect(res.body).to.have.nested.property('error', 'Cannot delete a protected role [error-role-protected]');
+				})
+				.end(done);
+		});
+
+		it('should NOT delete a role that it is being used', (done) => {
+			request.post(api('roles.delete'))
+				.set(credentials)
+				.send({
+					roleId: roleWithUser._id,
+				})
+				.expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+				.expect(400)
+				.expect((res) => {
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('success', false);
+					expect(res.body).to.have.nested.property('error', 'Cannot delete role because it\'s in use [error-role-in-use]');
+				})
+				.end(done);
+		});
+	});
 });