diff --git a/src/main/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResource.java b/src/main/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResource.java
index 6efe5af1..a6b00504 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResource.java
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ public void setAnnotation(String name, String value) {
 		ModelNode annotations = get(ANNOTATIONS);
 		annotations.get(name).set(value);
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void removeAnnotation(String name) {
+		ModelNode annotations = get(ANNOTATIONS);
+		annotations.remove(name);
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isAnnotatedWith(String key) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/openshift/restclient/model/IResource.java b/src/main/java/com/openshift/restclient/model/IResource.java
index cccb3717..3c2514ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/openshift/restclient/model/IResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/openshift/restclient/model/IResource.java
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ public interface IResource extends ICapable {
 	 */
 	void setAnnotation(String key, String value);
 	
+	/**
+	 * Removes the resource annotation
+	 * @param key
+	 */
+	void removeAnnotation(String key);
+	
 	/**
 	 * Retrieves the annotations associated with the resource
 	 * @return
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResourceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResourceTest.java
index eb91dd2e..6f28eb84 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResourceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/openshift/internal/restclient/model/KubernetesResourceTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static com.openshift.internal.util.JBossDmrExtentions.*;
 
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ public void testSetAnnoation() {
 	public void testGetAnnotation() {
 		assertEquals("bar", resource.getAnnotation("foo"));
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void removeAnnotation() {
+		resource.removeAnnotation("foo");
+		assertNull(resource.getAnnotation("foo"));
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void isAnnotatedReturnsTrueForKnownAnnotation() {