diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index 6ebfe6363..72fc2be0a 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ void delCommand(redisClient *c) {
     int deleted = 0, j;
 
     for (j = 1; j < c->argc; j++) {
+        expireIfNeeded(c->db,c->argv[j]);
         if (dbDelete(c->db,c->argv[j])) {
             signalModifiedKey(c->db,c->argv[j]);
             notifyKeyspaceEvent(REDIS_NOTIFY_GENERIC,
diff --git a/tests/unit/basic.tcl b/tests/unit/basic.tcl
index 1f46ba666..8da358968 100644
--- a/tests/unit/basic.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/basic.tcl
@@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ start_server {tags {"basic"}} {
         assert_equal 20 [r get x]
     }
 
+    test "DEL against expired key" {
+        r debug set-active-expire 0
+        r setex keyExpire 1 valExpire
+        after 1100
+        assert_equal 0 [r del keyExpire]
+        r debug set-active-expire 1
+    }
+
     test {EXISTS} {
         set res {}
         r set newkey test