diff --git a/pygit2/decl.h b/pygit2/decl.h
index 8e439b7..09a8ad9 100644
--- a/pygit2/decl.h
+++ b/pygit2/decl.h
@@ -498,3 +498,4 @@ void git_index_conflict_iterator_free(git_index_conflict_iterator *iterator);
 int git_index_conflict_iterator_new(git_index_conflict_iterator **iterator_out, git_index *index);
 int git_index_conflict_get(const git_index_entry **ancestor_out, const git_index_entry **our_out, const git_index_entry **their_out, git_index *index, const char *path);
 int git_index_conflict_next(const git_index_entry **ancestor_out, const git_index_entry **our_out, const git_index_entry **their_out, git_index_conflict_iterator *iterator);
+int git_index_conflict_remove(git_index *index, const char *path);
diff --git a/pygit2/index.py b/pygit2/index.py
index 2288bcd..b8ee165 100644
--- a/pygit2/index.py
+++ b/pygit2/index.py
@@ -290,11 +290,14 @@ class Index(object):
     def conflicts(self):
         """A collection of conflict information
 
-        Each conflict is made up of three elements (and access or
-        iteration of the conflicts returns a three-tuple of
-        :py:class:`~pygit2.IndexEntry`. The first is the common ancestor, the
-        second is the "ours" side of the conflict and the thirs is the
-        "theirs" side.
+        This presents a mapping interface with the paths as keys. You
+        can use the ``del`` operator to remove a conflict form the Index.
+
+        Each conflict is made up of three elements. Access or iteration
+        of the conflicts returns a three-tuple of
+        :py:class:`~pygit2.IndexEntry`. The first is the common
+        ancestor, the second is the "ours" side of the conflict and the
+        thirs is the "theirs" side.
 
         These elements may be None depending on which sides exist for
         the particular conflict.
@@ -385,6 +388,10 @@ class ConflictCollection(object):
 
         return ancestor, ours, theirs
 
+    def __delitem__(self, path):
+        err = C.git_index_conflict_remove(self._index._index, to_str(path))
+        check_error(err)
+
     def __iter__(self):
         return ConflictIterator(self._index)
 
diff --git a/test/test_merge.py b/test/test_merge.py
index fe41558..2bebb5d 100644
--- a/test/test_merge.py
+++ b/test/test_merge.py
@@ -127,3 +127,12 @@ class MergeTestWithConflicts(utils.RepoTestCaseForMerging):
         self.repo.index.add('.gitignore')
         self.repo.index.write()
         self.assertRaises(KeyError, self.repo.index.conflicts.__getitem__, '.gitignore')
+
+    def test_merge_remove_conflicts(self):
+        other_branch_tip = '1b2bae55ac95a4be3f8983b86cd579226d0eb247'
+        self.repo.merge(other_branch_tip)
+        idx = self.repo.index
+        self.assertTrue(idx.has_conflicts)
+        self.assertRaises(KeyError, idx.conflicts.__delitem__, 'some-file')
+        del idx.conflicts['.gitignore']
+        self.assertFalse(idx.has_conflicts)