diff --git a/addon/ajax-request.js b/addon/ajax-request.js
index c89aa23a..9f641a1e 100644
--- a/addon/ajax-request.js
+++ b/addon/ajax-request.js
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ export default class AjaxRequest {
     return this.request(url, this._addTypeToOptionsFor(options, 'DELETE'));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * calls `request()` but forces `options.type` to `DELETE`
+   * alias for `del()`
+   * @public
+   */
+  delete() {
+    return this.del(...arguments);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Wrap the `.get` method so that we issue a warning if
    *
diff --git a/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js b/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js
index a1978be3..90cb7bfc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js
@@ -331,6 +331,21 @@ test('del() promise label is correct', function(assert) {
   });
 });
 
+test('delete() promise label is correct', function(assert) {
+  const service = new AjaxRequest();
+  const url = '/posts/1';
+  const serverResponse = [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, JSON.stringify({})];
+
+  server.delete(url, () => serverResponse);
+
+  const deletePromise = service.delete(url);
+  assert.equal(deletePromise._label, 'ember-ajax: DELETE /posts/1 response');
+
+  return deletePromise.then(function(response) {
+    assert.deepEqual(response, {});
+  });
+});
+
 test('request with method option makes the correct type of request', function(assert) {
   assert.expect(1);