diff --git a/gnocchi/gendoc.py b/gnocchi/gendoc.py
index b3db9e5eb..780d4e209 100644
--- a/gnocchi/gendoc.py
+++ b/gnocchi/gendoc.py
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ def setup(app):
         fake_file.write(template.render(scenarios=scenarios).encode('utf-8'))
         fake_file.seek(0)
         request = webapp.RequestClass.from_file(fake_file)
+
+        # TODO(jd) Fix this lame bug in webob
+        if request.method in ("DELETE"):
+            # Webob has a bug it does not read the body for DELETE, l4m3r
+            clen = request.content_length
+            if clen is None:
+                request.body = fake_file.read()
+            else:
+                request.body = fake_file.read(clen)
+
         app.info("Doing request %s: %s" % (entry['name'],
                                            six.text_type(request)))
         with webapp.use_admin_user():