diff --git a/client/interface.go b/client/interface.go
index 2e0491a..1b4fa42 100644
--- a/client/interface.go
+++ b/client/interface.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ type NetworkAPIClient interface {
 type NodeAPIClient interface {
 	NodeInspectWithRaw(ctx context.Context, nodeID string) (swarm.Node, []byte, error)
 	NodeList(ctx context.Context, options types.NodeListOptions) ([]swarm.Node, error)
-	NodeRemove(ctx context.Context, nodeID string) error
+	NodeRemove(ctx context.Context, nodeID string, options types.NodeRemoveOptions) error
 	NodeUpdate(ctx context.Context, nodeID string, version swarm.Version, node swarm.NodeSpec) error
 }
 
diff --git a/client/node_remove.go b/client/node_remove.go
index a22ee93..a9cf8ba 100644
--- a/client/node_remove.go
+++ b/client/node_remove.go
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 package client
 
-import "golang.org/x/net/context"
+import (
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
 
 // NodeRemove removes a Node.
-func (cli *Client) NodeRemove(ctx context.Context, nodeID string) error {
-	resp, err := cli.delete(ctx, "/nodes/"+nodeID, nil, nil)
+func (cli *Client) NodeRemove(ctx context.Context, nodeID string, options types.NodeRemoveOptions) error {
+	query := url.Values{}
+	if options.Force {
+		query.Set("force", "1")
+	}
+
+	resp, err := cli.delete(ctx, "/nodes/"+nodeID, query, nil)
 	ensureReaderClosed(resp)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/client/node_remove_test.go b/client/node_remove_test.go
index 7d3e00e..5ebd64f 100644
--- a/client/node_remove_test.go
+++ b/client/node_remove_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/docker/engine-api/types"
+
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ func TestNodeRemoveError(t *testing.T) {
 		transport: newMockClient(nil, errorMock(http.StatusInternalServerError, "Server error")),
 	}
 
-	err := client.NodeRemove(context.Background(), "node_id")
+	err := client.NodeRemove(context.Background(), "node_id", types.NodeRemoveOptions{Force: false})
 	if err == nil || err.Error() != "Error response from daemon: Server error" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected a Server Error, got %v", err)
 	}
@@ -25,23 +27,43 @@ func TestNodeRemoveError(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNodeRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedURL := "/nodes/node_id"
 
-	client := &Client{
-		transport: newMockClient(nil, func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(req.URL.Path, expectedURL) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Expected URL '%s', got '%s'", expectedURL, req.URL)
-			}
-			if req.Method != "DELETE" {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected DELETE method, got %s", req.Method)
-			}
-			return &http.Response{
-				StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
-				Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte("body"))),
-			}, nil
-		}),
+	removeCases := []struct {
+		force         bool
+		expectedForce string
+	}{
+		{
+			expectedForce: "",
+		},
+		{
+			force:         true,
+			expectedForce: "1",
+		},
 	}
 
-	err := client.NodeRemove(context.Background(), "node_id")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+	for _, removeCase := range removeCases {
+		client := &Client{
+			transport: newMockClient(nil, func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+				if !strings.HasPrefix(req.URL.Path, expectedURL) {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Expected URL '%s', got '%s'", expectedURL, req.URL)
+				}
+				if req.Method != "DELETE" {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected DELETE method, got %s", req.Method)
+				}
+				force := req.URL.Query().Get("force")
+				if force != removeCase.expectedForce {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("force not set in URL query properly. expected '%s', got %s", removeCase.expectedForce, force)
+				}
+
+				return &http.Response{
+					StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
+					Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte("body"))),
+				}, nil
+			}),
+		}
+
+		err := client.NodeRemove(context.Background(), "node_id", types.NodeRemoveOptions{Force: removeCase.force})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/types/client.go b/types/client.go
index def3f06..c6d244d 100644
--- a/types/client.go
+++ b/types/client.go
@@ -241,11 +241,16 @@ func (v VersionResponse) ServerOK() bool {
 	return v.Server != nil
 }
 
-// NodeListOptions holds parameters to list  nodes with.
+// NodeListOptions holds parameters to list nodes with.
 type NodeListOptions struct {
 	Filter filters.Args
 }
 
+// NodeRemoveOptions holds parameters to remove nodes with.
+type NodeRemoveOptions struct {
+	Force bool
+}
+
 // ServiceCreateOptions contains the options to use when creating a service.
 type ServiceCreateOptions struct {
 	// EncodedRegistryAuth is the encoded registry authorization credentials to