diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb b/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb
index 0dbecaa9fd..77c1aa6632 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ Spree::Api::ProductsController.class_eval do
   end
 
 
+  def soft_delete
+    authorize! :delete, Spree::Product
+    @product = find_product(params[:product_id])
+    authorize! :delete, @product
+    @product.delete
+    respond_with(@product, :status => 204)
+  end
+
+
   private
 
   # Copied and modified from Spree::Api::BaseController to allow
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index be74e71469..7c4a02b4d1 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ Spree::Core::Engine.routes.prepend do
 
     resources :products do
       get :managed, on: :collection
+      delete :soft_delete
 
       resources :variants do
         delete :soft_delete
diff --git a/spec/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_spec.rb
index c64b95853f..eb56859365 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_spec.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ module Spree
     render_views
 
     let(:supplier) { FactoryGirl.create(:supplier_enterprise) }
+    let(:supplier2) { FactoryGirl.create(:supplier_enterprise) }
     let!(:product1) { FactoryGirl.create(:product, supplier: supplier) }
     let!(:product2) { FactoryGirl.create(:product, supplier: supplier) }
     let!(:product3) { FactoryGirl.create(:product, supplier: supplier) }
+    let(:product_other_supplier) { FactoryGirl.create(:product, supplier: supplier2) }
     let(:attributes) { [:id, :name, :supplier, :price, :on_hand, :available_on, :permalink_live] }
     let(:unit_attributes) { [:id, :name, :group_buy_unit_size, :variant_unit] }
 
@@ -39,6 +41,20 @@ module Spree
         keys = json_response.first.keys.map{ |key| key.to_sym }
         attributes.all?{ |attr| keys.include? attr }.should == true
       end
+
+      it "soft deletes my products" do
+        spree_delete :soft_delete, {product_id: product1.to_param, format: :json}
+        response.status.should == 204
+        lambda { product1.reload }.should_not raise_error
+        product1.deleted_at.should_not be_nil
+      end
+
+      it "is denied access to soft deleting another enterprises' product" do
+        spree_delete :soft_delete, {product_id: product_other_supplier.to_param, format: :json}
+        assert_unauthorized!
+        lambda { product_other_supplier.reload }.should_not raise_error
+        product_other_supplier.deleted_at.should be_nil
+      end
     end
 
     context "as an administrator" do
@@ -80,17 +96,23 @@ module Spree
       end
 
       it "should allow available_on to be nil" do
-
         spree_get :index, { :template => 'bulk_index', :format => :json }
         json_response.size.should == 3
 
-        product4 = FactoryGirl.create(:product)
-        product4.available_on = nil
-        product4.save!
+        product5 = FactoryGirl.create(:product)
+        product5.available_on = nil
+        product5.save!
 
         spree_get :index, { :template => 'bulk_index', :format => :json }
         json_response.size.should == 4
       end
+
+      it "soft deletes a product" do
+        spree_delete :soft_delete, {product_id: product1.to_param, format: :json}
+        response.status.should == 204
+        lambda { product1.reload }.should_not raise_error
+        product1.deleted_at.should_not be_nil
+      end
     end
   end
 end