diff --git a/api/jobs.go b/api/jobs.go
index 90ba82061..db46c263e 100644
--- a/api/jobs.go
+++ b/api/jobs.go
@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ func (j *Jobs) Evaluations(jobID string, q *QueryOptions) ([]*Evaluation, *Query
 }
 
 // Delete is used to remove an existing job.
-func (j *Jobs) Delete(jobID string, q *WriteOptions) (*WriteMeta, error) {
-	wm, err := j.client.delete("/v1/job/"+jobID, nil, q)
+func (j *Jobs) Delete(jobID string, q *WriteOptions) (string, *WriteMeta, error) {
+	var resp deregisterJobResponse
+	wm, err := j.client.delete("/v1/job/"+jobID, &resp, q)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return "", nil, err
 	}
-	return wm, nil
+	return resp.EvalID, wm, nil
 }
 
 // ForceEvaluate is used to force-evaluate an existing job.
@@ -206,3 +207,8 @@ type registerJobRequest struct {
 type registerJobResponse struct {
 	EvalID string
 }
+
+// deregisterJobResponse is used to decode a deregister response
+type deregisterJobResponse struct {
+	EvalID string
+}
diff --git a/api/jobs_test.go b/api/jobs_test.go
index d421dde67..fa8c5a843 100644
--- a/api/jobs_test.go
+++ b/api/jobs_test.go
@@ -155,18 +155,21 @@ func TestJobs_Delete(t *testing.T) {
 	assertWriteMeta(t, wm)
 
 	// Attempting delete on non-existing job does not error
-	wm2, err := jobs.Delete("nope", nil)
+	_, wm2, err := jobs.Delete("nope", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 	assertWriteMeta(t, wm2)
 
 	// Deleting an existing job works
-	wm3, err := jobs.Delete("job1", nil)
+	evalID, wm3, err := jobs.Delete("job1", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 	assertWriteMeta(t, wm3)
+	if evalID == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("missing eval ID")
+	}
 
 	// Check that the job is really gone
 	result, qm, err := jobs.List(nil)