diff --git a/pytumblr/__init__.py b/pytumblr/__init__.py
index d503a79..cdff0ea 100644
--- a/pytumblr/__init__.py
+++ b/pytumblr/__init__.py
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ def _send_post(self, blogname, params):
 
         return self.send_api_request("post", url, params, valid_options)
 
-    def send_api_request(self, method, url, params={}, valid_parameters=[], needs_api_key=False):
+    def send_api_request(self, method, url, params={}, valid_parameters=[], needs_api_key=False, use_body=False):
         """
         Sends the url with parameters to the requested url, validating them
         to make sure that they are what we expect to have passed to us
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ def send_api_request(self, method, url, params={}, valid_parameters=[], needs_ap
         :param params: a dict, the parameters used for the API request
         :param valid_parameters: a list, the list of valid parameters
         :param needs_api_key: a boolean, whether or not your request needs an api key injected
+        :param use_body: a boolean, put params in request body rather than the URL
 
         :returns: a dict parsed from the JSON response
         """
@@ -577,6 +578,6 @@ def send_api_request(self, method, url, params={}, valid_parameters=[], needs_ap
         if method == "get":
             return self.request.get(url, params)
         elif method == "delete":
-            return self.request.delete(url, params)
+            return self.request.delete(url, params, use_body)
         else:
             return self.request.post(url, params, files)
diff --git a/pytumblr/request.py b/pytumblr/request.py
index fe2cf26..6998e75 100644
--- a/pytumblr/request.py
+++ b/pytumblr/request.py
@@ -76,23 +76,33 @@ def post(self, url, params={}, files=[]):
         except HTTPError as e:
             return self.json_parse(e.response)
 
-    def delete(self, url, params):
+    def delete(self, url, params, use_body=False):
         """
         Issues a DELETE request against the API, properly formatting the params
 
         :param url: a string, the url you are requesting
         :param params: a dict, the key-value of all the paramaters needed
                        in the request
+        :param use_body: a boolean, put params in request body rather than the URL
+
         :returns: a dict parsed of the JSON response
         """
         url = self.host + url
-        if params:
-            url = url + "?" + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
 
         try:
-            resp = requests.delete(url, allow_redirects=False, headers=self.headers, auth=self.oauth)
+            if use_body:
+                data = urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
+                if not PY3:
+                    data = str(data)
+                resp = requests.delete(url, data=data, headers=self.headers, auth=self.oauth)
+            else:
+                if params:
+                    url = url + "?" + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
+                resp = requests.delete(url, allow_redirects=False, headers=self.headers, auth=self.oauth)
         except TooManyRedirects as e:
             resp = e.response
+        except HTTPError as e:
+            resp = e.response
 
         return self.json_parse(resp)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pytumblr.py b/tests/test_pytumblr.py
index aa38556..b316169 100644
--- a/tests/test_pytumblr.py
+++ b/tests/test_pytumblr.py
@@ -328,6 +328,14 @@ def test_api_delete(self, mock_delete):
         response = self.client.send_api_request('delete', api_url, {'param1': 'foo', 'param2': 'bar'}, ['param1', 'param2'], False)
         assert response == []
 
+    @mock.patch('requests.delete')
+    def test_api_delete_body(self, mock_delete):
+        mock_delete.side_effect = wrap_response('{"meta": {"status": 200, "msg": "OK"}, "response": []}')
+
+        api_url = '/v2/some/api'
+        response = self.client.send_api_request('delete', api_url, {'param1': 'foo', 'param2': 'bar'}, ['param1', 'param2'], False, use_body=True)
+        assert response == []
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()