diff --git a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
index 57aef5347..082789548 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ class PoolsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json, :js
   before_filter :member_only, :except => [:index, :show]
   before_filter :moderator_only, :only => [:destroy]
+  rescue_from User::PrivilegeError, :with => "static/access_denied"
 
   def new
     @pool = Pool.new
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ class PoolsController < ApplicationController
   
   def destroy
     @pool = Pool.find(params[:id])
+    if !@pool.deletable_by?(CurrentUser.user)
+      raise User::PrivilegeError
+    end
     @pool.destroy
     respond_with(@pool, :notice => "Pool deleted")
   end
diff --git a/app/models/pool.rb b/app/models/pool.rb
index 6b7e85714..13adcae8b 100644
--- a/app/models/pool.rb
+++ b/app/models/pool.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_validation :normalize_post_ids
   before_validation :initialize_creator, :on => :create
   after_save :create_version
+  before_destroy :create_mod_action_for_destroy
   attr_accessible :name, :description, :post_ids, :post_id_array, :is_active, :post_count
   
   def self.name_to_id(name)
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
     post_ids =~ /(?:\A| )#{post_id}(?:\Z| )/
   end
   
+  def deletable_by?(user)
+    user.is_janitor?
+  end
+  
+  def create_mod_action_for_destroy
+    ModAction.create(:description => "deleted pool ##{id} name=#{name} post_ids=#{post_ids}")
+  end
+  
   def add!(post)
     return if contains?(post.id)
     
diff --git a/app/views/pools/_secondary_links.html.erb b/app/views/pools/_secondary_links.html.erb
index fd1957600..7f1946f1a 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/_secondary_links.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/_secondary_links.html.erb
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
       <li><%= link_to "Show", pool_path(@pool) %></li>
       <li><%= link_to "Posts", posts_path(:tags => "pool:#{@pool.id}") %></li>
       <li><%= link_to "Edit", edit_pool_path(@pool) %></li>
+      <% if @pool.deletable_by?(CurrentUser.user) %>
+        <li><%= link_to "Delete", pool_path(@pool), :method => :delete, :confirm => "Are you sure you want to delete this pool?", :remote => true %></li>
+      <% end %>
       <li><%= link_to "Order", edit_pool_order_path(@pool) %></li>
     <% end %>
   </menu>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/destroy.js.erb b/app/views/pools/destroy.js.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77e9aed9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/pools/destroy.js.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Danbooru.notice("Pool deleted");