diff --git a/patrole_tempest_plugin/tests/api/compute/test_deferred_delete_rbac.py b/patrole_tempest_plugin/tests/api/compute/test_deferred_delete_rbac.py
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+#    Copyright 2017 AT&T Corporation.
+#    All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from tempest import test
+
+from patrole_tempest_plugin import rbac_rule_validation
+from patrole_tempest_plugin.rbac_utils import rbac_utils
+from patrole_tempest_plugin.tests.api.compute import rbac_base
+
+
+class DeferredDeleteRbacTest(rbac_base.BaseV2ComputeRbacTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(DeferredDeleteRbacTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(DeferredDeleteRbacTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not test.is_extension_enabled('os-deferred-delete', 'compute'):
+            msg = "%s skipped as os-deferred-delete extension not enabled." \
+                  % cls.__name__
+            raise cls.skipException(msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(DeferredDeleteRbacTest, cls).resource_setup()
+        cls.server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=False)
+        super(DeferredDeleteRbacTest, self).tearDown()
+
+    @rbac_rule_validation.action(
+        service="nova",
+        rule="os_compute_api:os-deferred-delete")
+    def test_force_delete_server(self):
+        rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=True)
+        # Force-deleting a server enforces os-deferred-delete according to the
+        # following API: https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/api
+        # /openstack/compute/deferred_delete.py
+        self.client.force_delete_server(self.server['id'])