diff --git a/Sources/SimpleHTTP/Request/Request.swift b/Sources/SimpleHTTP/Request/Request.swift
index c5d44de..269954c 100644
--- a/Sources/SimpleHTTP/Request/Request.swift
+++ b/Sources/SimpleHTTP/Request/Request.swift
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public struct Request<Output> {
 
     /// Creates a DELETE request with a Encodable body
     public static func delete(_ path: Path, body: Encodable, query: [String: QueryParam] = [:]) -> Self {
-        self.init(path: path, method: .delete, query: query, body: nil)
+        self.init(path: path, method: .delete, query: query, body: .encodable(body))
     }
 
     /// Creates a Request.
diff --git a/Tests/SimpleHTTPTests/Request/RequestTests.swift b/Tests/SimpleHTTPTests/Request/RequestTests.swift
index 66e5bdd..5b69ad3 100644
--- a/Tests/SimpleHTTPTests/Request/RequestTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SimpleHTTPTests/Request/RequestTests.swift
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ class RequestTests: XCTestCase {
         )
     }
 
+    func test_initDelete_withBody_returnRequestWithBody() {
+        let request = Request<Void>.delete("", body: BodyMock())
+
+        XCTAssertNotNil(request.body)
+    }
 }
 
 private struct BodyMock: Encodable {