diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanDeleteIdRequest.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanDeleteIdRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..795886830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanDeleteIdRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package io.ebean.event;
+
+import io.ebean.EbeanServer;
+import io.ebean.Transaction;
+
+/**
+ * A request to delete a bean by Id value.
+ */
+public interface BeanDeleteIdRequest {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the server processing the request.
+   */
+  EbeanServer getEbeanServer();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the Transaction associated with this request.
+   */
+  Transaction getTransaction();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the Id value of the bean being deleted.
+   */
+  Object getId();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistAdapter.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistAdapter.java
index 6e38ce2aa..4b6cf2cc6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistAdapter.java
@@ -87,4 +87,11 @@ public abstract class BeanPersistAdapter implements BeanPersistController {
   public void postSoftDelete(BeanPersistRequest<?> request) {
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Does nothing by default.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void preDelete(BeanDeleteIdRequest request) {
+
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistController.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistController.java
index 6c55cf310..15160cb28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistController.java
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ public interface BeanPersistController {
    */
   boolean preSoftDelete(BeanPersistRequest<?> request);
 
+  /**
+   * Prior to a delete by id perform some action.
+   */
+  void preDelete(BeanDeleteIdRequest request);
+
   /**
    * Called after the insert was performed.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/ChainedBeanPersistController.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/ChainedBeanPersistController.java
index ff6bfe6c1..639a856ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/ChainedBeanPersistController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/ChainedBeanPersistController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy;
 
+import io.ebean.event.BeanDeleteIdRequest;
 import io.ebean.event.BeanPersistController;
 import io.ebean.event.BeanPersistRequest;
 
@@ -147,6 +148,13 @@ public class ChainedBeanPersistController implements BeanPersistController {
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void preDelete(BeanDeleteIdRequest request) {
+    for (BeanPersistController aChain : chain) {
+      aChain.preDelete(request);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean preInsert(BeanPersistRequest<?> request) {
     for (BeanPersistController aChain : chain) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
index 8459d8e2d..cbf9aba38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.ebean.bean.BeanCollection;
 import io.ebean.bean.BeanCollection.ModifyListenMode;
 import io.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 import io.ebean.bean.PersistenceContext;
+import io.ebean.event.BeanPersistController;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiEbeanServer;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiTransaction;
 import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiUpdate;
@@ -718,6 +719,7 @@ public final class DefaultPersister implements Persister {
     }
 
     // use Id's to update L2 cache rather than Bulk table event
+    notifyDeleteById(descriptor, id, idList, transaction);
     deleteById.setAutoTableMod(false);
     if (idList != null) {
       t.getEvent().addDeleteByIdList(descriptor, idList);
@@ -738,6 +740,22 @@ public final class DefaultPersister implements Persister {
     return rows;
   }
 
+  private void notifyDeleteById(BeanDescriptor<?> descriptor, Object id, List<Object> idList, Transaction transaction) {
+
+    BeanPersistController controller = descriptor.getPersistController();
+    if (controller != null) {
+      DeleteIdRequest request = new DeleteIdRequest(server, transaction, id);
+      if (idList == null) {
+        controller.preDelete(request);
+      } else {
+        for (Object idValue : idList) {
+          request.setId(idValue);
+          controller.preDelete(request);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * We need to create and execute a query to get the foreign key values as
    * the delete cascades to them (foreign keys).
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DeleteIdRequest.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DeleteIdRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cad9918a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DeleteIdRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.server.persist;
+
+import io.ebean.EbeanServer;
+import io.ebean.Transaction;
+import io.ebean.event.BeanDeleteIdRequest;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiEbeanServer;
+
+class DeleteIdRequest implements BeanDeleteIdRequest {
+
+  private final EbeanServer server;
+  private final Transaction transaction;
+  private Object id;
+
+  DeleteIdRequest(SpiEbeanServer server, Transaction transaction, Object id) {
+    this.server = server;
+    this.transaction = transaction;
+  }
+
+  void setId(Object id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public EbeanServer getEbeanServer() {
+    return server;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Transaction getTransaction() {
+    return transaction;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Object getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistControllerTest.java
index 03f7a1170..58d351a1c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebean/event/BeanPersistControllerTest.java
@@ -4,19 +4,20 @@ package io.ebean.event;
 import io.ebean.EbeanServer;
 import io.ebean.EbeanServerFactory;
 import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
-import org.tests.model.basic.EBasicVer;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.tests.model.basic.EBasicVer;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class BeanPersistControllerTest {
 
-  PersistAdapter continuePersistingAdapter = new PersistAdapter(true);
+  private PersistAdapter continuePersistingAdapter = new PersistAdapter(true);
 
-  PersistAdapter stopPersistingAdapter = new PersistAdapter(false);
+  private PersistAdapter stopPersistingAdapter = new PersistAdapter(false);
 
   @Test
   public void testInsertUpdateDelete_given_continuePersistingAdapter() {
@@ -64,7 +65,17 @@ public class BeanPersistControllerTest {
     ebeanServer.delete(bean);
     assertThat(stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled).hasSize(1);
     assertThat(stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled).containsExactly("preDelete");
+    stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled.clear();
 
+    ebeanServer.delete(EBasicVer.class, 22);
+    assertThat(stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled).containsExactly("preDeleteById");
+    stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled.clear();
+
+    ebeanServer.deleteAll(EBasicVer.class, Arrays.asList(22,23,24));
+    assertThat(stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled).hasSize(3);
+    assertThat(stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled).containsExactly("preDeleteById", "preDeleteById", "preDeleteById");
+    stopPersistingAdapter.methodsCalled.clear();
   }
 
   private EbeanServer getEbeanServer(PersistAdapter persistAdapter) {
@@ -136,6 +147,11 @@ public class BeanPersistControllerTest {
     public void postUpdate(BeanPersistRequest<?> request) {
       methodsCalled.add("postUpdate");
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void preDelete(BeanDeleteIdRequest request) {
+      methodsCalled.add("preDeleteById");
+    }
   }
 
 }