diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
index 531e145..ecd8836 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
+from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest import test
 
 QUOTA_KEYS = ['gigabytes', 'snapshots', 'volumes']
@@ -99,6 +100,27 @@
         self.assertEqual(quota_usage['gigabytes']['in_use'] + 1,
                          new_quota_usage['gigabytes']['in_use'])
 
+    @test.attr(type='gate')
+    def test_delete_quota(self):
+        # Admin can delete the resource quota set for a tenant
+        tenant_name = data_utils.rand_name('quota_tenant_')
+        identity_client = self.os_adm.identity_client
+        tenant = identity_client.create_tenant(tenant_name)[1]
+        tenant_id = tenant['id']
+        self.addCleanup(identity_client.delete_tenant, tenant_id)
+        _, quota_set_default = self.quotas_client.get_default_quota_set(
+            tenant_id)
+        volume_default = quota_set_default['volumes']
+
+        self.quotas_client.update_quota_set(tenant_id,
+                                            volumes=(int(volume_default) + 5))
+
+        resp, _ = self.quotas_client.delete_quota_set(tenant_id)
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+
+        _, quota_set_new = self.quotas_client.get_quota_set(tenant_id)
+        self.assertEqual(volume_default, quota_set_new['volumes'])
+
 
 class VolumeQuotasAdminTestXML(VolumeQuotasAdminTestJSON):
     _interface = "xml"
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
index ea9c92e..961c7da 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
@@ -77,3 +77,7 @@
         post_body = jsonutils.dumps({'quota_set': post_body})
         resp, body = self.put('os-quota-sets/%s' % tenant_id, post_body)
         return resp, self._parse_resp(body)
+
+    def delete_quota_set(self, tenant_id):
+        """Delete the tenant's quota set."""
+        return self.delete('os-quota-sets/%s' % tenant_id)
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
index dd1423f..a38410b 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
@@ -68,3 +68,7 @@
                               str(xml.Document(element)))
         body = xml.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, self._format_quota(body)
+
+    def delete_quota_set(self, tenant_id):
+        """Delete the tenant's quota set."""
+        return self.delete('os-quota-sets/%s' % tenant_id)