diff --git a/cqlengine/tests/statements/test_delete_statement.py b/cqlengine/tests/statements/test_delete_statement.py
index e69de29b..da24b410 100644
--- a/cqlengine/tests/statements/test_delete_statement.py
+++ b/cqlengine/tests/statements/test_delete_statement.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+from cqlengine.statements import DeleteStatement, WhereClause
+from cqlengine.operators import *
+
+
+class DeleteStatementTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_single_field_is_listified(self):
+        """ tests that passing a string field into the constructor puts it into a list """
+        ds = DeleteStatement('table', 'field')
+        self.assertEqual(ds.fields, ['field'])
+
+    def test_field_rendering(self):
+        """ tests that fields are properly added to the select statement """
+        ds = DeleteStatement('table', ['f1', 'f2'])
+        self.assertTrue(unicode(ds).startswith('DELETE "f1", "f2"'), unicode(ds))
+        self.assertTrue(str(ds).startswith('DELETE "f1", "f2"'), str(ds))
+
+    def test_none_fields_rendering(self):
+        """ tests that a '*' is added if no fields are passed in """
+        ds = DeleteStatement('table', None)
+        self.assertTrue(unicode(ds).startswith('DELETE *'), unicode(ds))
+        self.assertTrue(str(ds).startswith('DELETE *'), str(ds))
+
+    def test_table_rendering(self):
+        ds = DeleteStatement('table', None)
+        self.assertTrue(unicode(ds).startswith('DELETE * FROM table'), unicode(ds))
+        self.assertTrue(str(ds).startswith('DELETE * FROM table'), str(ds))
+
+    def test_where_clause_rendering(self):
+        ds = DeleteStatement('table', None)
+        ds.add_where_clause(WhereClause('a', EqualsOperator(), 'b'))
+        self.assertEqual(unicode(ds), 'DELETE * FROM table WHERE "a" = 0', unicode(ds))
+
+    def test_context(self):
+        ds = DeleteStatement('table', None)
+        ds.add_where_clause(WhereClause('a', EqualsOperator(), 'b'))
+        self.assertEqual(ds.get_context(), {0: 'b'})