diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/event/ValidatingRepositoryEventListener.java b/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/event/ValidatingRepositoryEventListener.java
index 67c18dc3ee..460ccc8170 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/event/ValidatingRepositoryEventListener.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/event/ValidatingRepositoryEventListener.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
  *
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Chris Midgley
  */
 public class ValidatingRepositoryEventListener extends AbstractRepositoryEventListener<Object> {
 
@@ -141,6 +142,24 @@ protected void onAfterLinkSave(Object parent, Object linked) {
 		validate("afterLinkSave", parent);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.rest.core.event.AbstractRepositoryEventListener#onBeforeLinkDelete(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void onBeforeLinkDelete(Object parent, Object linked) {
+		validate("beforeLinkDelete", parent);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.rest.core.event.AbstractRepositoryEventListener#onAfterLinkDelete(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void onAfterLinkDelete(Object parent, Object linked) {
+		validate("afterLinkDelete", parent);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.rest.core.event.AbstractRepositoryEventListener#onBeforeDelete(java.lang.Object)
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/context/ValidatorIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/context/ValidatorIntegrationTests.java
index 45971b594c..cdb45f906c 100755
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/context/ValidatorIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/context/ValidatorIntegrationTests.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.domain.JpaRepositoryConfig;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.domain.Person;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.domain.PersonNameValidator;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.event.AfterLinkDeleteEvent;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.event.BeforeLinkDeleteEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.event.BeforeSaveEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.event.ValidatingRepositoryEventListener;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
  *
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Chris Midgley
  */
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ public ValidatingRepositoryEventListener validatingListener(ObjectFactory<Persis
 
 			ValidatingRepositoryEventListener listener = new ValidatingRepositoryEventListener(persistentEntities);
 			listener.addValidator("beforeSave", new PersonNameValidator());
+			listener.addValidator("beforeLinkDelete", new PersonNameValidator());
+			listener.addValidator("afterLinkDelete", new PersonNameValidator());
 
 			return listener;
 		}
@@ -70,4 +75,22 @@ public void shouldValidateLastName() throws Exception {
 		// Empty name should be rejected by PersonNameValidator
 		context.publishEvent(new BeforeSaveEvent(new Person("Dave", "")));
 	}
+
+	@Test(expected = RepositoryConstraintViolationException.class) // DATAREST-1424
+	public void shouldValidateBeforeLinkDelete() throws Exception {
+
+		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(Person.class);
+		context.publishEvent(new BeforeLinkDeleteEvent(createInvalidPerson(), null));
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = RepositoryConstraintViolationException.class) // DATAREST-1424
+	public void shouldValidateAfterLinkDelete() throws Exception {
+
+		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(Person.class);
+		context.publishEvent(new AfterLinkDeleteEvent(createInvalidPerson(), null));
+	}
+
+	private Person createInvalidPerson() {
+		return new Person("Dave", "");
+	}
 }