diff --git a/elastic4s-domain/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/requests/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotRequest.scala b/elastic4s-domain/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/requests/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotRequest.scala
index c9393f68a..d261490a6 100644
--- a/elastic4s-domain/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/requests/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotRequest.scala
+++ b/elastic4s-domain/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/requests/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotRequest.scala
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 package com.sksamuel.elastic4s.requests.snapshots
 
-case class DeleteSnapshotRequest(snapshotName: String, repositoryName: String)
+import com.sksamuel.elastic4s.ext.OptionImplicits._
+
+case class DeleteSnapshotRequest(snapshotName: String, repositoryName: String, waitForCompletion: Option[Boolean] = None) {
+  def waitForCompletion(wait: Boolean): DeleteSnapshotRequest = copy(waitForCompletion = wait.some)
+}
diff --git a/elastic4s-handlers/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/handlers/snapshot/SnapshotHandlers.scala b/elastic4s-handlers/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/handlers/snapshot/SnapshotHandlers.scala
index b076c1083..5b1cb6a34 100644
--- a/elastic4s-handlers/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/handlers/snapshot/SnapshotHandlers.scala
+++ b/elastic4s-handlers/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/elastic4s/handlers/snapshot/SnapshotHandlers.scala
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ trait SnapshotHandlers {
   implicit object DeleteSnapshotHandler extends Handler[DeleteSnapshotRequest, DeleteSnapshotResponse] {
     override def build(request: DeleteSnapshotRequest): ElasticRequest = {
       val endpoint = s"/_snapshot/" + request.repositoryName + "/" + request.snapshotName
-      ElasticRequest("DELETE", endpoint)
+      val params = scala.collection.mutable.Map.empty[String, String]
+      request.waitForCompletion.map(_.toString).foreach(params.put("wait_for_completion", _))
+      ElasticRequest("DELETE", endpoint, params.toMap)
     }
   }