diff --git a/openstack/cloud/_compute.py b/openstack/cloud/_compute.py
index 958c07822..5b09d90a1 100644
--- a/openstack/cloud/_compute.py
+++ b/openstack/cloud/_compute.py
@@ -1633,6 +1633,16 @@ class ComputeCloudMixin(_normalize.Normalizer):
 
         :raises: OpenStackCloudException on operation error.
         """
+        if (
+            isinstance(name_or_id, six.string_types + (six.binary_type,))
+            and not name_or_id.isdigit()
+        ):
+            aggregate = self.get_aggregate(name_or_id)
+            if not aggregate:
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "Aggregate %s not found for deleting", name_or_id)
+                return False
+            name_or_id = aggregate.id
         try:
             self.compute.delete_aggregate(name_or_id, ignore_missing=False)
             return True
diff --git a/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_aggregate.py b/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_aggregate.py
index 0f06e3a8c..d7bcc0fd4 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_aggregate.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_aggregate.py
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ class TestAggregate(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         )
         self.assertNotIn('key', aggregate['metadata'])
 
-        self.operator_cloud.delete_aggregate(aggregate_name)
+        # Validate that we can delete by name
+        self.assertTrue(
+            self.operator_cloud.delete_aggregate(aggregate_name))
 
     def cleanup(self, aggregate_name):
         aggregate = self.operator_cloud.get_aggregate(aggregate_name)
         if aggregate:
-            self.operator_cloud.delete_aggregate(aggregate_name)
+            self.operator_cloud.delete_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_aggregate.py b/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_aggregate.py
index f6718c2aa..45975bbc1 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_aggregate.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_aggregate.py
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ class TestAggregate(base.TestCase):
 
         self.assert_calls()
 
+    def test_delete_aggregate_by_name(self):
+        self.register_uris([
+            dict(
+                method='GET',
+                uri=self.get_mock_url(
+                    'compute', 'public', append=['os-aggregates']
+                ),
+                json={'aggregates': [self.fake_aggregate]},
+            ),
+            dict(method='DELETE',
+                 uri=self.get_mock_url(
+                     'compute', 'public', append=['os-aggregates', '1'])),
+        ])
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.cloud.delete_aggregate(self.aggregate_name))
+
+        self.assert_calls()
+
     def test_update_aggregate_set_az(self):
         self.register_uris([
             dict(method='GET',