diff --git a/es.go b/es.go
index eb7a51c..ec7db48 100644
--- a/es.go
+++ b/es.go
@@ -767,9 +767,28 @@ func (c *Client) ModifyAliases(actions []AliasAction) error {
 //
 // Use case: You want to remove an index and all of its data.
 func (c *Client) DeleteIndex(indexName string) error {
+	return c.DeleteIndexWithQueryParameters(indexName, nil)
+}
+
+// Delete an index in the cluster with query parameters.
+//
+// Use case: You want to remove an index and all of its data. You also want to
+// specify query parameters such as timeout.
+func (c *Client) DeleteIndexWithQueryParameters(indexName string, queryParamMap map[string][]string) error {
+	queryParams := make([]string, len(queryParamMap))
+	for key, value := range queryParamMap {
+		queryParams = append(queryParams, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key,
+			strings.Join(value, ",")))
+	}
+	queryString := strings.Join(queryParams, "&")
+
+	var urlBuilder strings.Builder
+	urlBuilder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s?%s", indexName, queryString))
+
+	agent := c.buildDeleteRequest(urlBuilder.String())
 	var response acknowledgedResponse
 
-	err := handleErrWithStruct(c.buildDeleteRequest(indexName), &response)
+	err := handleErrWithStruct(agent, &response)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/es_test.go b/es_test.go
index 4d7bbde..3487d5f 100644
--- a/es_test.go
+++ b/es_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 // ServerSetup type contains the Method, Path, Body and Response strings, as well as the HTTP Status code.
 type ServerSetup struct {
 	Method, Path, Body, Response string
+	QueryParams                  url.Values
 	HTTPStatus                   int
 	extraChecksFn                func(t *testing.T, r *http.Request)
 }
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ type ServerSetup struct {
 func buildTestServer(t *testing.T, setups []*ServerSetup, tls bool) *httptest.Server {
 	handlerFunc := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		requestBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		requestQueryParameters := r.URL.Query()
 		requestBody := string(requestBytes)
 
 		matched := false
@@ -38,6 +40,14 @@ func buildTestServer(t *testing.T, setups []*ServerSetup, tls bool) *httptest.Se
 				t.Fatalf("request body not matching: %s != %s", requestBody, setup.Body)
 			}
 
+			if setup.QueryParams != nil {
+				for key, value := range setup.QueryParams {
+					if requestQueryParameters.Get(key) != value[0] {
+						t.Fatalf("request query parameter not matching: %s != %s", requestQueryParameters.Get(key), value[0])
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			if r.Method == setup.Method && r.URL.EscapedPath() == setup.Path && requestBody == setup.Body {
 				matched = true
 				if setup.HTTPStatus == 0 {
@@ -549,6 +559,27 @@ func TestDeleteIndex(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDeleteIndexWithQueryParameters(t *testing.T) {
+	testSetup := &ServerSetup{
+		Method: "DELETE",
+		Path:   "/badindex",
+		QueryParams: map[string][]string{
+			"timeout": {"1m"},
+		},
+		Response: `{"acknowledged": true}`,
+	}
+
+	host, port, ts := setupTestServers(t, []*ServerSetup{testSetup})
+	defer ts.Close()
+	client := NewClient(host, port)
+
+	err := client.DeleteIndexWithQueryParameters("badindex", map[string][]string{"timeout": {"1m"}})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error expected nil, got %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOpenIndex(t *testing.T) {
 	testSetup := &ServerSetup{
 		Method:   "POST",