diff --git a/lib/git/lib.rb b/lib/git/lib.rb
index 834511f8..71cc7fad 100644
--- a/lib/git/lib.rb
+++ b/lib/git/lib.rb
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ def push(remote, branch = 'master', opts = {})
 
       arr_opts = []
       arr_opts << '--mirror'  if opts[:mirror]
+      arr_opts << '--delete'  if opts[:delete]
       arr_opts << '--force'  if opts[:force] || opts[:f]
       arr_opts << remote