diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java
index 4c69373..fd92001 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class AppProperties {
   private Boolean allow_multiple_delete = false;
   private Boolean allow_override_default_search_params = true;
   private Boolean auto_create_placeholder_reference_targets = false;
+  private Boolean delete_expunge_enabled = false;
   private Boolean enable_index_missing_fields = false;
   private Boolean enable_index_contained_resource = false;
   private Boolean enable_repository_validating_interceptor = false;
@@ -261,6 +262,14 @@ public class AppProperties {
     this.default_page_size = default_page_size;
   }
 
+  public Boolean getDelete_expunge_enabled() {
+    return delete_expunge_enabled;
+  }
+
+  public void setDelete_expunge_enabled(Boolean delete_expunge_enabled) {
+    this.delete_expunge_enabled = delete_expunge_enabled;
+  }
+
   public Boolean getEnable_index_missing_fields() {
     return enable_index_missing_fields;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/FhirServerConfigCommon.java b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/FhirServerConfigCommon.java
index 8777e0a..4ec5912 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/FhirServerConfigCommon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/FhirServerConfigCommon.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class FhirServerConfigCommon {
     ourLog.info("Server configured to " + (appProperties.getAllow_contains_searches() ? "allow" : "deny") + " contains searches");
     ourLog.info("Server configured to " + (appProperties.getAllow_multiple_delete() ? "allow" : "deny") + " multiple deletes");
     ourLog.info("Server configured to " + (appProperties.getAllow_external_references() ? "allow" : "deny") + " external references");
+    ourLog.info("Server configured to " + (appProperties.getDelete_expunge_enabled() ? "enable" : "disable") + " delete expunges");
     ourLog.info("Server configured to " + (appProperties.getExpunge_enabled() ? "enable" : "disable") + " expunges");
     ourLog.info("Server configured to " + (appProperties.getAllow_override_default_search_params() ? "allow" : "deny") + " overriding default search params");
     ourLog.info("Server configured to " + (appProperties.getAuto_create_placeholder_reference_targets() ? "allow" : "disable") + " auto-creating placeholder references");
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ public class FhirServerConfigCommon {
     retVal.setAllowContainsSearches(appProperties.getAllow_contains_searches());
     retVal.setAllowMultipleDelete(appProperties.getAllow_multiple_delete());
     retVal.setAllowExternalReferences(appProperties.getAllow_external_references());
+    retVal.setDeleteExpungeEnabled(appProperties.getDelete_expunge_enabled());
     retVal.setExpungeEnabled(appProperties.getExpunge_enabled());
     if(appProperties.getSubscription() != null && appProperties.getSubscription().getEmail() != null)
       retVal.setEmailFromAddress(appProperties.getSubscription().getEmail().getFrom());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 7be4423..c4c393d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ hapi:
 #    default_encoding: JSON
 #    default_pretty_print: true
 #    default_page_size: 20
+#    delete_expunge_enabled: true
 #    enable_repository_validating_interceptor: false
 #    enable_index_missing_fields: false
 #    enable_index_contained_resource: false
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.yaml b/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.yaml
index b19a14b..f311891 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.yaml
+++ b/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ hapi:
 #    default_encoding: JSON
 #    default_pretty_print: true
 #    default_page_size: 20
+#    delete_expunge_enabled: true
 #    enable_index_missing_fields: false
 #    enforce_referential_integrity_on_delete: false
 #    enforce_referential_integrity_on_write: false