diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ final class S3ProxyHandler extends AbstractHandler {
                     "Conflict");
             return;
         }
+        response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT);
     }
 
     private void handleBlobList(HttpServletRequest request,
Emit HTTP <I> on successful bucket delete

Found with Ceph s3-tests.  References #5.