diff --git a/EVENTS.txt b/EVENTS.txt
index 65e2c3ce03..fd2bdb9d56 100644
--- a/EVENTS.txt
+++ b/EVENTS.txt
@@ -1077,4 +1077,12 @@ StartShowPageTitle: when beginning to show the page title <h1>
 - $action: action being shown
 
 EndShowPageTitle: when done showing the page title <h1>
-- $action: action being shown
\ No newline at end of file
+- $action: action being shown
+
+StartDeleteOwnNotice: when a user starts to delete their own notice
+- $user: the user doing the delete
+- $notice: the notice being deleted
+
+EndDeleteOwnNotice: when a user has deleted their own notice
+- $user: the user doing the delete
+- $notice: the notice being deleted
diff --git a/actions/apistatusesdestroy.php b/actions/apistatusesdestroy.php
index 0dfeb48122..485eae66ea 100644
--- a/actions/apistatusesdestroy.php
+++ b/actions/apistatusesdestroy.php
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ class ApiStatusesDestroyAction extends ApiAuthAction
         }
 
         if ($this->user->id == $this->notice->profile_id) {
-            $replies = new Reply;
-            $replies->get('notice_id', $this->notice_id);
-            $replies->delete();
-            $this->notice->delete();
+            if (Event::handle('StartDeleteOwnNotice', array($this->user, $this->notice))) {
+                $this->notice->delete();
+                Event::handle('EndDeleteOwnNotice', array($this->user, $this->notice));
+            }
 	        $this->showNotice();
         } else {
             $this->clientError(
diff --git a/actions/deletenotice.php b/actions/deletenotice.php
index f8010a814a..68c43040b0 100644
--- a/actions/deletenotice.php
+++ b/actions/deletenotice.php
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ class DeletenoticeAction extends Action
         }
 
         if ($this->arg('yes')) {
-            $this->notice->delete();
+            if (Event::handle('StartDeleteOwnNotice', array($this->user, $this->notice))) {
+                $this->notice->delete();
+                Event::handle('EndDeleteOwnNotice', array($this->user, $this->notice));
+            }
         }
 
         $url = common_get_returnto();