diff --git a/api/api_full.go b/api/api_full.go
index 02417bf78db..3dde0e5173c 100644
--- a/api/api_full.go
+++ b/api/api_full.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ type FullNode interface {
 	// blockstore and returns raw bytes.
 	ChainReadObj(context.Context, cid.Cid) ([]byte, error)
 
+	// ChainDeleteObj deletes node referenced by the given CID
+	ChainDeleteObj(context.Context, cid.Cid) error
+
 	// ChainHasObj checks if a given CID exists in the chain blockstore.
 	ChainHasObj(context.Context, cid.Cid) (bool, error)
 
diff --git a/api/apistruct/struct.go b/api/apistruct/struct.go
index ffb83778532..172156c4297 100644
--- a/api/apistruct/struct.go
+++ b/api/apistruct/struct.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ type FullNodeStruct struct {
 		ChainGetParentMessages        func(context.Context, cid.Cid) ([]api.Message, error)                                                              `perm:"read"`
 		ChainGetTipSetByHeight        func(context.Context, abi.ChainEpoch, types.TipSetKey) (*types.TipSet, error)                                      `perm:"read"`
 		ChainReadObj                  func(context.Context, cid.Cid) ([]byte, error)                                                                     `perm:"read"`
+		ChainDeleteObj                func(context.Context, cid.Cid) error                                                                               `perm:"admin"`
 		ChainHasObj                   func(context.Context, cid.Cid) (bool, error)                                                                       `perm:"read"`
 		ChainStatObj                  func(context.Context, cid.Cid, cid.Cid) (api.ObjStat, error)                                                       `perm:"read"`
 		ChainSetHead                  func(context.Context, types.TipSetKey) error                                                                       `perm:"admin"`
@@ -658,6 +659,10 @@ func (c *FullNodeStruct) ChainReadObj(ctx context.Context, obj cid.Cid) ([]byte,
 	return c.Internal.ChainReadObj(ctx, obj)
 }
 
+func (c *FullNodeStruct) ChainDeleteObj(ctx context.Context, obj cid.Cid) error {
+	return c.Internal.ChainDeleteObj(ctx, obj)
+}
+
 func (c *FullNodeStruct) ChainHasObj(ctx context.Context, o cid.Cid) (bool, error) {
 	return c.Internal.ChainHasObj(ctx, o)
 }
diff --git a/cli/chain.go b/cli/chain.go
index ce166064179..bd72c2030b0 100644
--- a/cli/chain.go
+++ b/cli/chain.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ var chainCmd = &cli.Command{
 		chainHeadCmd,
 		chainGetBlock,
 		chainReadObjCmd,
+		chainDeleteObjCmd,
 		chainStatObjCmd,
 		chainGetMsgCmd,
 		chainSetHeadCmd,
@@ -193,6 +194,43 @@ var chainReadObjCmd = &cli.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var chainDeleteObjCmd = &cli.Command{
+	Name:        "delete-obj",
+	Usage:       "Delete an object from the chain blockstore",
+	Description: "WARNING: Removing wrong objects from the chain blockstore may lead to sync issues",
+	ArgsUsage:   "[objectCid]",
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name: "really-do-it",
+		},
+	},
+	Action: func(cctx *cli.Context) error {
+		api, closer, err := GetFullNodeAPI(cctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer closer()
+		ctx := ReqContext(cctx)
+
+		c, err := cid.Decode(cctx.Args().First())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse cid input: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		if !cctx.Bool("really-do-it") {
+			return xerrors.Errorf("pass the --really-do-it flag to proceed")
+		}
+
+		err = api.ChainDeleteObj(ctx, c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("Obj %s deleted\n", c.String())
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
 var chainStatObjCmd = &cli.Command{
 	Name:      "stat-obj",
 	Usage:     "Collect size and ipld link counts for objs",
diff --git a/documentation/en/api-methods.md b/documentation/en/api-methods.md
index 49582d6f819..203a5f1419d 100644
--- a/documentation/en/api-methods.md
+++ b/documentation/en/api-methods.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 * [Beacon](#Beacon)
   * [BeaconGetEntry](#BeaconGetEntry)
 * [Chain](#Chain)
+  * [ChainDeleteObj](#ChainDeleteObj)
   * [ChainExport](#ChainExport)
   * [ChainGetBlock](#ChainGetBlock)
   * [ChainGetBlockMessages](#ChainGetBlockMessages)
@@ -279,6 +280,23 @@ The Chain method group contains methods for interacting with the
 blockchain, but that do not require any form of state computation.
 
 
+### ChainDeleteObj
+ChainDeleteObj deletes node referenced by the given CID
+
+
+Perms: admin
+
+Inputs:
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "/": "bafy2bzacea3wsdh6y3a36tb3skempjoxqpuyompjbmfeyf34fi3uy6uue42v4"
+  }
+]
+```
+
+Response: `{}`
+
 ### ChainExport
 ChainExport returns a stream of bytes with CAR dump of chain data.
 The exported chain data includes the header chain from the given tipset
diff --git a/node/impl/full/chain.go b/node/impl/full/chain.go
index c5dd5c9a998..84335280ddf 100644
--- a/node/impl/full/chain.go
+++ b/node/impl/full/chain.go
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ func (a *ChainAPI) ChainReadObj(ctx context.Context, obj cid.Cid) ([]byte, error
 	return blk.RawData(), nil
 }
 
+func (a *ChainAPI) ChainDeleteObj(ctx context.Context, obj cid.Cid) error {
+	return a.Chain.Blockstore().DeleteBlock(obj)
+}
+
 func (a *ChainAPI) ChainHasObj(ctx context.Context, obj cid.Cid) (bool, error) {
 	return a.Chain.Blockstore().Has(obj)
 }