diff --git a/Database/MongoDB.hs b/Database/MongoDB.hs
index fb0ef9e..7361e8c 100644
--- a/Database/MongoDB.hs
+++ b/Database/MongoDB.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module Database.MongoDB
      -- * Index
      Key, Unique,
      Direction(..),
-     createIndex,
+     createIndex, dropIndex,
     )
 where
 import Control.Exception
@@ -645,6 +645,15 @@ createIndex c col keys uniq = do
                   ("unique", toBson uniq)]
   return name
 
+-- | Drop the specified index on the given /FullCollection/.
+dropIndex :: Connection -> FullCollection -> [(Key, Direction)] -> IO ()
+dropIndex c col keys = do
+  let (db, col') = splitFullCol col
+      name = indexName keys
+  _ <- runCommand c db $ toBsonDoc [("deleteIndexes", toBson col'),
+                                    ("index", toBson name)]
+  return ()
+
 indexName :: [(Key, Direction)] -> String
 indexName = List.concat . List.intersperse "_" . fmap partName
     where partName (k, Ascending)  = k ++ "_1"