diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
index 5eb5ecb..a273abb 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@
         'required': ['console']
     }
 }
+
+delete_server = {
+    'status_code': [204],
+}
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
index cf1dad9..f44c303 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@
 
     def delete_server(self, server_id):
         """Deletes the given server."""
-        return self.delete("servers/%s" % str(server_id))
+        resp, body = self.delete("servers/%s" % str(server_id))
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.delete_server, resp, body)
+        return resp, body
 
     def list_servers(self, params=None):
         """Lists all servers for a user."""
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
index caeb315..a70ac3d 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@
 
     def delete_server(self, server_id):
         """Deletes the given server."""
-        return self.delete("servers/%s" % str(server_id))
+        resp, body = self.delete("servers/%s" % str(server_id))
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.delete_server, resp, body)
+        return resp, body
 
     def list_servers(self, params=None):
         """Lists all servers for a user."""