diff --git a/apps/forums/models.py b/apps/forums/models.py
index fb5692ad7..083f65507 100644
--- a/apps/forums/models.py
+++ b/apps/forums/models.py
@@ -95,6 +95,31 @@ class Post(ModelBase):
             self.thread.forum.last_post = self
             self.thread.forum.save()
 
+    def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Override delete method to update parent thread info."""
+
+        thread = self.thread
+        if thread.last_post and thread.last_post.id == self.id:
+            try:
+                thread.last_post = thread.post_set.all() \
+                                                  .order_by('-created')[1]
+            except IndexError:
+                # The thread has only one Post so let the delete cascade.
+                pass
+        thread.replies = thread.post_set.count() - 2
+        thread.save()
+
+        forum = thread.forum
+        if forum.last_post and forum.last_post.id == self.id:
+            try:
+                forum.last_post = Post.objects.filter(thread__forum=forum) \
+                                              .order_by('-created')[1]
+            except IndexError:
+                forum.last_post = None
+            forum.save()
+
+        super(Post, self).delete(*args, **kwargs)
+
     @property
     def page(self):
         """Get the page of the thread on which this post is found."""
diff --git a/apps/forums/templates/confirm_post_delete.html b/apps/forums/templates/confirm_post_delete.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62aff599f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/forums/templates/confirm_post_delete.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{# vim: set ts=2 et sts=2 sw=2: #}
+{% extends "common/base.html" %}
+{# L10n: {t} is the title of the thread. {f} if the name of the forum. #}
+{% set title = _('Delete Post | {t} | {f} | Forums')|f(t=thread.title, f=forum.name) %}
+{% set crumbs = [(url('forums.forums'), _('Forums')),
+                (url('forums.threads', forum.slug), forum.name),
+                (url('forums.posts', forum.slug, thread.id), thread.title),
+                (None, _('Delete Post'))] %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <h2>{{ _('Are you sure you want to delete this post?') }}</h2>
+  <div class="post-to-delete">
+    <label>{{ _('Author') }}</label>
+    <div>{{ post.author }}</div>
+    <label>{{ _('Date') }}</label>
+    <div>{{ datetimeformat(post.created, format='longdatetime') }}</div>
+    <label>{{ _('Content') }}</label>
+    <div class="content">{{ post.content_parsed }}</div>
+    
+    <form action="{{ url('forums.delete_post', forum_slug=forum.slug, thread_id=thread.id, post_id=post.id) }}" method="post">
+      {{ csrf() }}
+      <a href="{{ url('forums.posts', forum_slug=forum.slug, thread_id=thread.id) }}">{{ _('Cancel') }}</a>
+      <input type="submit" value="{{ _('Delete') }}" />
+    </form>
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/apps/forums/templates/posts.html b/apps/forums/templates/posts.html
index bec94546a..0a2e21e9d 100644
--- a/apps/forums/templates/posts.html
+++ b/apps/forums/templates/posts.html
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
               <a href="{{ url('forums.edit_post', forum_slug=forum.slug, thread_id=thread.id, post_id=post.id) }}"><img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}img/forums/edit.png" alt="{{ _('Edit') }}" title="{{ _('Edit') }}"/></a>
             {% endif %}
             {% if has_perm('forums_forum.post_delete_forum', forum) %}
-              <a href="{{ url('forums.delete_post', forum_slug=forum.slug, thread_id=thread.id, post_id=post.id) }}"><img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}img/forums/delete.png" alt="{{ _('Delete') }}" title="{{ _('Delete') }}"/></a>
+              <a href="{{ url('forums.delete_post', forum_slug=forum.slug, thread_id=thread.id, post_id=post.id) }}">
+                <img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}img/forums/delete.png" alt="{{ _('Delete') }}" title="{{ _('Delete') }}">
+              </a>
             {% endif %}
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/apps/forums/tests/__init__.py b/apps/forums/tests/__init__.py
index 4208b8d7e..dcd91b2df 100644
--- a/apps/forums/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/forums/tests/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ForumTestCase(TestCase):
         installed. This will set them to the correct values."""
 
         f1 = Forum.objects.filter()[0]
-        f1.last_post = Post.objects.get(pk=24)
+        f1.last_post = Post.objects.get(pk=25)
         f1.save()
 
         t1 = Thread.objects.get(pk=1)
diff --git a/apps/forums/tests/test_models.py b/apps/forums/tests/test_models.py
index acf1e511f..45b891c57 100644
--- a/apps/forums/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/apps/forums/tests/test_models.py
@@ -49,3 +49,37 @@ class ForumModelTestCase(ForumTestCase):
         eq_(1, p.page)
         p = Post.objects.get(pk=24)
         eq_(2, p.page)
+
+    def test_last_post_updated(self):
+        """Adding/Deleting the last post in a thread and forum should
+        update the last_post field
+        """
+        forum = Forum.objects.get(pk=1)
+        last_post = forum.last_post
+        thread = last_post.thread
+
+        # add a new post, then check that last_post is updated
+        new_post = Post(thread=thread, content="test", author=last_post.author)
+        new_post.save()
+        forum = Forum.objects.get(pk=1)
+        thread = Thread.objects.get(pk=thread.id)
+        eq_(forum.last_post.id, new_post.id)
+        eq_(thread.last_post.id, new_post.id)
+
+        # delete the new post, then check that last_post is updated
+        new_post.delete()
+        forum = Forum.objects.get(pk=1)
+        thread = Thread.objects.get(pk=thread.id)
+        eq_(forum.last_post.id, last_post.id)
+        eq_(thread.last_post.id, last_post.id)
+
+    def test_delete_last_and_only_post_in_thread(self):
+        """Deleting the only post in a thread should delete the thread"""
+        forum = Forum.objects.get(pk=1)
+        thread = Thread(title="test", forum=forum, creator_id=118533)
+        thread.save()
+        post = Post(thread=thread, content="test", author=thread.creator)
+        post.save()
+        eq_(1, thread.post_set.count())
+        post.delete()
+        eq_(0, Thread.objects.filter(pk=thread.id).count())
diff --git a/apps/forums/tests/test_templates.py b/apps/forums/tests/test_templates.py
index c73e0abbe..0a5de6db2 100644
--- a/apps/forums/tests/test_templates.py
+++ b/apps/forums/tests/test_templates.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class ForumsTemplateTestCase(ForumTestCase):
         doc = pq(response.content)
         last_post_link = doc('ol.forums div.last-post a:not(.username)')[0]
         href = last_post_link.attrib['href']
-        eq_(href.split('#')[1], 'post-24')
+        eq_(href.split('#')[1], 'post-25')
 
     def test_edit_thread_403(self):
         """Editing a thread without permissions returns 403."""
diff --git a/apps/forums/views.py b/apps/forums/views.py
index f45605276..0ee526b2e 100644
--- a/apps/forums/views.py
+++ b/apps/forums/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import logging
+
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
@@ -8,10 +10,12 @@ from authority.decorators import permission_required_or_403
 
 from sumo.urlresolvers import reverse
 from sumo.utils import paginate
-from .models import Forum, Thread
+from .models import Forum, Thread, Post
 from .forms import ReplyForm, NewThreadForm
 import forums as constants
 
+log = logging.getLogger('k.forums')
+
 
 def forums(request):
     """
@@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ def new_thread(request, forum_slug):
                         {'form': form, 'forum': forum})
 
 
+
 @require_POST
 @login_required
 @permission_required_or_403('forums_forum.thread_locked_forum',
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ def lock_thread(request, forum_slug, thread_id):
 def sticky_thread(request, forum_slug, thread_id):
     """Mark/unmark a thread sticky."""
 
-    thread = Thread.objects.get(pk=thread_id)
+    thread = get_object_or_404(Thread, pk=thread_id)
     thread.is_sticky = not thread.is_sticky
     thread.save()
 
@@ -211,4 +216,26 @@ def edit_post(request, forum_slug, thread_id, post_id):
 def delete_post(request, forum_slug, thread_id, post_id):
     """Delete a post."""
 
-    return jingo.render(request, 'bad_reply.html')
+    forum = get_object_or_404(Forum, slug=forum_slug)
+    thread = get_object_or_404(Thread, pk=thread_id)
+    post = get_object_or_404(Post, pk=post_id)
+
+    if request.method == 'GET':
+        # Render the confirmation page
+        return jingo.render(request, 'confirm_post_delete.html',
+                            {'forum': forum, 'thread': thread,
+                             'post': post})
+
+    # Handle confirm delete form POST
+    log.info("User %s is deleting post with id=%s" % (request.user, post.id))
+    post.delete()
+    try:
+        Thread.objects.get(pk=thread_id)
+        goto = reverse('forums.posts',
+                       kwargs={'forum_slug': forum_slug,
+                               'thread_id': thread_id})
+    except Thread.DoesNotExist:
+        # The thread was deleted, go to the threads list page
+        goto = reverse('forums.threads', kwargs={'forum_slug': forum_slug})
+
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(goto)
diff --git a/media/css/forums.css b/media/css/forums.css
index 4af62dd85..51ce31ba0 100644
--- a/media/css/forums.css
+++ b/media/css/forums.css
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ ol.posts li div.post-actions {
    margin: 1em 0;
 }
 
-ol.posts li div.post-actions a {
+ol.posts li div.post-actions a,
+ol.posts li div.post-actions form {
     display: inline;
 }
 
@@ -287,3 +288,18 @@ form.new-thread div.form-widget label {
 form.new-thread div.form-widget div.forum-editor-tools {
     margin: 0 0 0 10em;
 }
+
+/* Delete Post Confirmation */
+div.post-to-delete label {
+    display:block;
+    font-weight:bold;
+    margin: 0.5em 0 0 0;
+}
+
+div.post-to-delete input {
+    margin: 0 0 0 1em;
+}
+
+div.post-to-delete form {
+    margin: 2em 0 0 0;
+}