diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
index 51f04e0359d..d114f0f055a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
@@ -2777,6 +2777,12 @@ public class DFSClient implements java.io.Closeable, RemotePeerFactory,
     return namenode.addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
   }
 
+  public void removeErasureCodingPolicy(String ecPolicyName)
+      throws IOException {
+    checkOpen();
+    namenode.removeErasureCodingPolicy(ecPolicyName);
+  }
+
   public DFSInotifyEventInputStream getInotifyEventStream() throws IOException {
     checkOpen();
     return new DFSInotifyEventInputStream(namenode, tracer);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
index 1a9ae48763f..3e098045a71 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -2607,6 +2607,17 @@ public class DistributedFileSystem extends FileSystem {
     return dfs.addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Remove erasure coding policy.
+   *
+   * @param ecPolicyName The name of the policy to be removed.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public void removeErasureCodingPolicy(String ecPolicyName)
+      throws IOException {
+    dfs.removeErasureCodingPolicy(ecPolicyName);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Unset the erasure coding policy from the source path.
    *
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/client/HdfsAdmin.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/client/HdfsAdmin.java
index 21de0abbe95..701bf0fa5be 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/client/HdfsAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/client/HdfsAdmin.java
@@ -41,15 +41,16 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSInotifyEventInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CachePoolEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CachePoolInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.EncryptionZone;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.OpenFileEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 
 /**
  * The public API for performing administrative functions on HDFS. Those writing
@@ -521,6 +522,32 @@ public class HdfsAdmin {
     dfs.unsetErasureCodingPolicy(path);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add Erasure coding policies to HDFS. For each policy input, schema and
+   * cellSize are musts, name and id are ignored. They will be automatically
+   * created and assigned by Namenode once the policy is successfully added, and
+   * will be returned in the response.
+   *
+   * @param policies The user defined ec policy list to add.
+   * @return Return the response list of adding operations.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public AddECPolicyResponse[] addErasureCodingPolicies(
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies)  throws IOException {
+    return dfs.addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Remove erasure coding policy.
+   *
+   * @param ecPolicyName The name of the policy to be removed.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public void removeErasureCodingPolicy(String ecPolicyName)
+      throws IOException {
+    dfs.removeErasureCodingPolicy(ecPolicyName);
+  }
+
   private void provisionEZTrash(Path path) throws IOException {
     // make sure the path is an EZ
     EncryptionZone ez = dfs.getEZForPath(path);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
index e132e048ff9..313f3227948 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
@@ -1562,6 +1562,14 @@ public interface ClientProtocol {
   AddECPolicyResponse[] addErasureCodingPolicies(
       ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies) throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Remove erasure coding policy.
+   * @param ecPolicyName The name of the policy to be removed.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @AtMostOnce
+  void removeErasureCodingPolicy(String ecPolicyName) throws IOException;
+
   /**
    * Get the erasure coding policies loaded in Namenode.
    *
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java
index 0d517f80f6d..d913f81602f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodin
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingCodecsRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingCodecsResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.SetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
@@ -1693,6 +1694,20 @@ public class ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB implements
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void removeErasureCodingPolicy(String ecPolicyName)
+      throws IOException {
+    RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto.Builder builder =
+        RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto.newBuilder();
+    builder.setEcPolicyName(ecPolicyName);
+    RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto req = builder.build();
+    try {
+      rpcProxy.removeErasureCodingPolicy(null, req);
+    } catch (ServiceException e) {
+      throw ProtobufHelper.getRemoteException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ErasureCodingPolicy[] getErasureCodingPolicies() throws IOException {
     try {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ClientNamenodeProtocol.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ClientNamenodeProtocol.proto
index c56c0b1b273..d3e15d054a1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ClientNamenodeProtocol.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ClientNamenodeProtocol.proto
@@ -955,6 +955,8 @@ service ClientNamenodeProtocol {
       returns(GetErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto);
   rpc addErasureCodingPolicies(AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto)
       returns(AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto);
+  rpc removeErasureCodingPolicy(RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto)
+      returns(RemoveErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto);
   rpc getErasureCodingPolicy(GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto)
       returns(GetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto);
   rpc getErasureCodingCodecs(GetErasureCodingCodecsRequestProto)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/erasurecoding.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/erasurecoding.proto
index ea878ec9742..ed0fd8139e3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/erasurecoding.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/erasurecoding.proto
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ message AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto {
   repeated AddECPolicyResponseProto responses = 1;
 }
 
+message RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto {
+  required string ecPolicyName = 1;
+}
+
+message RemoveErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto {
+}
+
 message UnsetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto {
   required string src = 1;
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index 7135ff16dab..16adc709e07 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodin
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.RemoveErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.SetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.SetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.UnsetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
@@ -1693,6 +1695,18 @@ public class ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB implements
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public RemoveErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto removeErasureCodingPolicy(
+      RpcController controller, RemoveErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto request)
+      throws ServiceException {
+    try {
+      server.removeErasureCodingPolicy(request.getEcPolicyName());
+      return RemoveErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto.newBuilder().build();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new ServiceException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public GetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto getErasureCodingPolicy(RpcController controller,
       GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto request) throws ServiceException {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ErasureCodingPolicyManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ErasureCodingPolicyManager.java
index 0feb79c2ef5..d22e47e5a09 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ErasureCodingPolicyManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ErasureCodingPolicyManager.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.CodecUtil;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicyManager {
    */
   private Map<Byte, ErasureCodingPolicy> userPoliciesByID;
 
+  /**
+   * All removed policies sorted by name.
+   */
+  private Map<String, ErasureCodingPolicy> removedPoliciesByName;
+
   /**
    * All enabled policies maintained in NN memory for fast querying,
    * identified and sorted by its name.
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicyManager {
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EC_POLICIES_ENABLED_DEFAULT);
     this.userPoliciesByID = new TreeMap<>();
     this.userPoliciesByName = new TreeMap<>();
+    this.removedPoliciesByName = new TreeMap<>();
     this.enabledPoliciesByName = new TreeMap<>();
     for (String policyName : policyNames) {
       if (policyName.trim().isEmpty()) {
@@ -243,4 +250,22 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicyManager {
         .max(Byte::compareTo).orElse(USER_DEFINED_POLICY_START_ID);
     return (byte) (currentId + 1);
   }
+
+  public synchronized void removePolicy(String name) {
+    if (SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getByName(name) != null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("System erasure coding policy " +
+          name + " cannot be removed");
+    }
+    ErasureCodingPolicy policy = userPoliciesByName.get(name);
+    if (policy == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("The policy name " +
+          name + " does not exists");
+    }
+    enabledPoliciesByName.remove(name);
+    removedPoliciesByName.put(name, policy);
+  }
+
+  public List<ErasureCodingPolicy> getRemovedPolicies() {
+    return removedPoliciesByName.values().stream().collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirErasureCodingOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirErasureCodingOp.java
index bedbe7d8a25..a0402628e48 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirErasureCodingOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirErasureCodingOp.java
@@ -218,6 +218,19 @@ final class FSDirErasureCodingOp {
     return fsn.getErasureCodingPolicyManager().addPolicy(policy);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Remove an erasure coding policy.
+   *
+   * @param fsn namespace
+   * @param ecPolicyName the name of the policy to be removed
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  static void removeErasureCodePolicy(final FSNamesystem fsn,
+      String ecPolicyName) throws IOException {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(ecPolicyName);
+    fsn.getErasureCodingPolicyManager().removePolicy(ecPolicyName);
+  }
+
   private static List<XAttr> removeErasureCodingPolicyXAttr(
       final FSNamesystem fsn, final INodesInPath srcIIP) throws IOException {
     FSDirectory fsd = fsn.getFSDirectory();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 3f7f1ca533d..f7acb553f22 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -7086,6 +7086,28 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Remove an erasure coding policy.
+   * @param ecPolicyName the name of the policy to be removed
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  void removeErasureCodingPolicy(String ecPolicyName) throws IOException {
+    final String operationName = "removeErasureCodingPolicy";
+    checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
+    boolean success = false;
+    writeLock();
+    try {
+      FSDirErasureCodingOp.removeErasureCodePolicy(this, ecPolicyName);
+      success = true;
+    } finally {
+      writeUnlock(operationName);
+      if (success) {
+        getEditLog().logSync();
+      }
+      logAuditEvent(success, operationName, null, null, null);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Unset an erasure coding policy from the given path.
    * @param srcArg  The path of the target directory.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
index e11a5467f13..599178a893d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
@@ -2301,6 +2301,13 @@ public class NameNodeRpcServer implements NamenodeProtocols {
     return namesystem.addECPolicies(policies);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void removeErasureCodingPolicy(String ecPolicyName)
+      throws IOException {
+    checkNNStartup();
+    namesystem.removeErasureCodingPolicy(ecPolicyName);
+  }
+
   @Override // ReconfigurationProtocol
   public void startReconfiguration() throws IOException {
     checkNNStartup();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/ECAdmin.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/ECAdmin.java
index 2041a050317..a9830562164 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/ECAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/ECAdmin.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class ECAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Command to get the erasure coding policy for a file or directory */
+  /** Command to get the erasure coding policy for a file or directory. */
   private static class GetECPolicyCommand implements AdminHelper.Command {
     @Override
     public String getName() {
@@ -254,7 +254,54 @@ public class ECAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Command to set the erasure coding policy to a file/directory */
+  /** Command to remove an erasure coding policy. */
+  private static class RemoveECPolicyCommand implements AdminHelper.Command {
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+      return "-removePolicy";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getShortUsage() {
+      return "[" + getName() + " -policy <policy>]\n";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getLongUsage() {
+      TableListing listing = AdminHelper.getOptionDescriptionListing();
+      listing.addRow("<policy>", "The name of the erasure coding policy");
+      return getShortUsage() + "\n" +
+          "Remove an erasure coding policy.\n" +
+          listing.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int run(Configuration conf, List<String> args) throws IOException {
+      final String ecPolicyName = StringUtils.popOptionWithArgument(
+          "-policy", args);
+      if (ecPolicyName == null) {
+        System.err.println("Please specify the policy name.\nUsage: " +
+            getLongUsage());
+        return 1;
+      }
+      if (args.size() > 0) {
+        System.err.println(getName() + ": Too many arguments");
+        return 1;
+      }
+      final DistributedFileSystem dfs = AdminHelper.getDFS(conf);
+      try {
+        dfs.removeErasureCodingPolicy(ecPolicyName);
+        System.out.println("Erasure coding policy " + ecPolicyName +
+            "is removed");
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        System.err.println(AdminHelper.prettifyException(e));
+        return 2;
+      }
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Command to set the erasure coding policy to a file/directory. */
   private static class SetECPolicyCommand implements AdminHelper.Command {
     @Override
     public String getName() {
@@ -313,7 +360,7 @@ public class ECAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Command to unset the erasure coding policy set for a file/directory */
+  /** Command to unset the erasure coding policy set for a file/directory. */
   private static class UnsetECPolicyCommand
       implements AdminHelper.Command {
 
@@ -421,6 +468,7 @@ public class ECAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
       new ListECPoliciesCommand(),
       new AddECPoliciesCommand(),
       new GetECPolicyCommand(),
+      new RemoveECPolicyCommand(),
       new SetECPolicyCommand(),
       new UnsetECPolicyCommand(),
       new ListECCodecsCommand()
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md
index 51f54a21f38..4d0b2e6560c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md
@@ -187,3 +187,7 @@ Below are the details about each command.
  *  `[-listCodecs]`
 
      Get the list of supported erasure coding codecs and coders in system. A coder is an implementation of a codec. A codec can have different implementations, thus different coders. The coders for a codec are listed in a fall back order.
+
+*  `[-removePolicy -policy <policyName>]`
+
+     Remove an erasure coding policy.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
index 447941990c5..1d24f5242b0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsClientConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.impl.LeaseRenewer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOpsCountStatistics.OpType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.net.Peer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.RollingUpgradeAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.SafeModeAction;
@@ -85,7 +86,9 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.FsDatasetSpi;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.FsVolumeSpi;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ErasureCodingPolicyManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.WebHdfsConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECSchema;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.DNSToSwitchMapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping;
@@ -1538,4 +1541,30 @@ public class TestDistributedFileSystem {
       assertEquals(16 * 2, status.getLen());
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRemoveErasureCodingPolicy() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = getTestConfiguration();
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
+
+    try {
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(1).build();
+      DistributedFileSystem fs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+      ECSchema toAddSchema = new ECSchema("rs", 3, 2);
+      ErasureCodingPolicy toAddPolicy =
+          new ErasureCodingPolicy(toAddSchema, 128 * 1024, (byte) 254);
+      String policyName = toAddPolicy.getName();
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies = new ErasureCodingPolicy[]{toAddPolicy};
+      fs.addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
+      assertEquals(policyName, ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance().
+          getByName(policyName).getName());
+      fs.removeErasureCodingPolicy(policyName);
+      assertEquals(policyName, ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance().
+          getRemovedPolicies().get(0).getName());
+    } finally {
+      if (cluster != null) {
+        cluster.shutdown();
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }