diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
index 9596d1effff..b7a5de680a4 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
@@ -144,6 +144,82 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`post.* events post.deleted event is triggered 1: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
+  "content-length": Any<Number>,
+  "content-type": "application/json",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "user-agent": StringMatching /Ghost\\\\/\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+\\\\s\\\\\\(https:\\\\/\\\\/github\\.com\\\\/TryGhost\\\\/Ghost\\\\\\)/,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`post.* events post.deleted event is triggered 2: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "post": Object {
+    "current": Object {},
+    "previous": Object {
+      "authors": Array [
+        Object {
+          "accessibility": null,
+          "bio": "bio",
+          "comment_notifications": true,
+          "cover_image": null,
+          "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "email": "jbloggs@example.com",
+          "facebook": null,
+          "free_member_signup_notification": true,
+          "id": "1",
+          "last_seen": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "location": "location",
+          "meta_description": null,
+          "meta_title": null,
+          "name": "Joe Bloggs",
+          "paid_subscription_canceled_notification": false,
+          "paid_subscription_started_notification": true,
+          "profile_image": "https://example.com/super_photo.jpg",
+          "roles": Array [
+            Object {
+              "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+              "description": "Blog Owner",
+              "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+              "name": "Owner",
+              "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+            },
+          ],
+          "slug": "joe-bloggs",
+          "status": "active",
+          "tour": null,
+          "twitter": null,
+          "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "url": "http://127.0.0.1:2369/author/joe-bloggs/",
+          "website": null,
+        },
+      ],
+      "canonical_url": null,
+      "codeinjection_foot": null,
+      "codeinjection_head": null,
+      "comment_id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "custom_excerpt": null,
+      "custom_template": null,
+      "feature_image": null,
+      "featured": false,
+      "html": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "mobiledoc": "{\\"version\\":\\"0.3.1\\",\\"ghostVersion\\":\\"4.0\\",\\"markups\\":[],\\"atoms\\":[],\\"cards\\":[],\\"sections\\":[[1,\\"p\\",[[0,[],0,\\"\\"]]]]}",
+      "published_at": null,
+      "slug": "testing-post-deleted-webhook",
+      "status": "draft",
+      "title": "testing post.deleted webhook",
+      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "uuid": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+      "visibility": "public",
+    },
+  },
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`post.* events post.published event is triggered 1: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js
index bebbc0d106a..83efe17d6e5 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ const buildPreviousPostSnapshotWithTiers = ({tiersCount}) => {
     };
 };
 
+const buildPreviousPostSnapshotForDeletedPost = () => {
+    return {
+        id: anyObjectId,
+        uuid: anyUuid,
+        comment_id: anyObjectId,
+        created_at: anyISODateTime,
+        updated_at: anyISODateTime,
+        authors: new Array(1).fill(buildAuthorSnapshot(true))
+    };
+};
+
 describe('post.* events', function () {
     let adminAPIAgent;
     let webhookMockReceiver;
@@ -154,4 +165,44 @@ describe('post.* events', function () {
                 }
             });
     });
+
+    it('post.deleted event is triggered', async function () {
+        const webhookURL = 'https://test-webhook-receiver.com/post-deleted/';
+        await webhookMockReceiver.mock(webhookURL);
+        await fixtureManager.insertWebhook({
+            event: 'post.deleted',
+            url: webhookURL
+        });
+
+        const res = await adminAPIAgent
+            .post('posts/')
+            .body({
+                posts: [{
+                    title: 'testing post.deleted webhook',
+                    status: 'draft'
+                }]
+            })
+            .expectStatus(201);
+
+        const id = res.body.posts[0].id;
+
+        await adminAPIAgent
+            .delete('posts/' + id)
+            .expectStatus(204);
+
+        await webhookMockReceiver.receivedRequest();
+
+        webhookMockReceiver
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                'content-version': anyContentVersion,
+                'content-length': anyNumber,
+                'user-agent': anyGhostAgent
+            })
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                post: {
+                    current: {},
+                    previous: buildPreviousPostSnapshotForDeletedPost()
+                }
+            });
+    });
 });