diff --git a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.cpp b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.cpp
index 8c31d0b5f8..3f4df78baf 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -28,3 +28,11 @@ void VoxelScriptingInterface::queueDestructiveVoxelAdd(float x, float y, float z
     // queue the destructive add
     queueVoxelAdd(PACKET_TYPE_SET_VOXEL_DESTRUCTIVE, addVoxelDetail);
 }
+
+void VoxelScriptingInterface::queueVoxelDelete(float x, float y, float z, float scale) {
+    
+    // setup a VoxelDetail struct with data
+    VoxelDetail deleteVoxelDetail = {x, y, z, scale, 0, 0, 0};
+    
+    _voxelPacketSender.sendVoxelEditMessage(PACKET_TYPE_ERASE_VOXEL, deleteVoxelDetail);
+}
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
index 6ac2cd6bfe..ac1de6928d 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ public slots:
     /// \param green the G value for RGB color of voxel
     /// \param blue the B value for RGB color of voxel
     void queueDestructiveVoxelAdd(float x, float y, float z, float scale, uchar red, uchar green, uchar blue);
+    
+    /// queues the deletion of a voxel, sent by calling process on the PacketSender
+    /// \param x the x-coordinate of the voxel (in VS space)
+    /// \param y the y-coordinate of the voxel (in VS space)
+    /// \param z the z-coordinate of the voxel (in VS space)
+    /// \param scale the scale of the voxel (in VS space)
+    void queueVoxelDelete(float x, float y, float z, float scale);
 private:
     /// attached VoxelEditPacketSender that handles queuing and sending of packets to VS
     VoxelEditPacketSender _voxelPacketSender;