diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteAction.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteAction.java
index f260acc..a928dd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteAction.java
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.webui.UiAction;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllProjectsNameProvider;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectResource;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.cache.CacheDeleteHandler;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.database.DatabaseDeleteHandler;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.fs.FilesystemDeleteHandler;
@@ -28,8 +31,11 @@
   DeleteAction(AllProjectsNameProvider allProjectsNameProvider,
       DatabaseDeleteHandler dbHandler,
       FilesystemDeleteHandler fsHandler,
-      CacheDeleteHandler cacheHandler) {
-    super(allProjectsNameProvider, dbHandler, fsHandler, cacheHandler);
+      CacheDeleteHandler cacheHandler,
+      Provider<CurrentUser> userProvider,
+      @PluginName String pluginName) {
+    super(allProjectsNameProvider, dbHandler, fsHandler, cacheHandler,
+        userProvider, pluginName);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@
             ? String.format("No deletion of %s project",
                 allProjectsName)
             : String.format("Delete project %s", rsrc.getName()))
-        .setEnabled(!isAllProjects(rsrc));
+        .setEnabled(!isAllProjects(rsrc))
+        .setVisible(canDelete(rsrc));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteCommand.java
index 4a5482f..a712a7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteCommand.java
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject;
 
+import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.DeleteOwnProjectCapability.DELETE_OWN_PROJECT;
+import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.DeleteProjectCapability.DELETE_PROJECT;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -22,8 +25,10 @@
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.RequiresCapability;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.account.CapabilityControl;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllProjectsName;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllProjectsNameProvider;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
@@ -33,12 +38,12 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.sshd.SshCommand;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.cache.CacheDeleteHandler;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.database.CannotDeleteProjectException;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.database.DatabaseDeleteHandler;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.fs.FilesystemDeleteHandler;
 
-@RequiresCapability(DeleteProjectCapability.DELETE_PROJECT)
 @CommandMetaData(name = "delete", description = "Delete specific project")
 public final class DeleteCommand extends SshCommand {
   @Argument(index = 0, required = true, metaVar = "NAME", usage = "project to delete")
@@ -58,6 +63,8 @@
   private final CacheDeleteHandler cacheDeleteHandler;
   private final DatabaseDeleteHandler databaseDeleteHandler;
   private final FilesystemDeleteHandler filesystemDeleteHandler;
+  private final Provider<CurrentUser> userProvider;
+  private final String pluginName;
 
   @Inject
   protected DeleteCommand(SitePaths site,
@@ -65,16 +72,28 @@
       AllProjectsNameProvider allProjectsNameProvider,
       DatabaseDeleteHandler databaseDeleteHandler,
       FilesystemDeleteHandler filesystemDeleteHandler,
-      CacheDeleteHandler cacheDeleteHandler) {
+      CacheDeleteHandler cacheDeleteHandler,
+      Provider<CurrentUser> userProvider,
+      @PluginName String pluginName) {
     this.site = site;
     this.allProjectsName = allProjectsNameProvider.get();
     this.databaseDeleteHandler = databaseDeleteHandler;
     this.filesystemDeleteHandler = filesystemDeleteHandler;
     this.cacheDeleteHandler = cacheDeleteHandler;
+    this.userProvider = userProvider;
+    this.pluginName = pluginName;
   }
 
   @Override
   public void run() throws Failure {
+    CapabilityControl ctl = userProvider.get().getCapabilities();
+    if (!ctl.canAdministrateServer()
+        && !ctl.canPerform(pluginName + "-" + DELETE_PROJECT)
+        && !(ctl.canPerform(pluginName + "-" + DELETE_OWN_PROJECT)
+            && projectControl.isOwner())) {
+      throw new UnloggedFailure("not allowed to delete project");
+    }
+
     final Project project = projectControl.getProject();
     final String projectName = project.getName();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteOwnProjectCapability.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteOwnProjectCapability.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2759915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteOwnProjectCapability.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.config.CapabilityDefinition;
+
+public class DeleteOwnProjectCapability extends CapabilityDefinition {
+  static final String DELETE_OWN_PROJECT = "deleteOwnProject";
+
+  @Override
+  public String getDescription() {
+    return "Delete Own Project";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteProject.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteProject.java
index c500a47..1b2ee46 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteProject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/DeleteProject.java
@@ -14,30 +14,36 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject;
 
+import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.DeleteOwnProjectCapability.DELETE_OWN_PROJECT;
+import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.DeleteProjectCapability.DELETE_PROJECT;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.RepositoryNotFoundException;
 
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.RequiresCapability;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.AuthException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.MethodNotAllowedException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.ResourceConflictException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.Response;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestModifyView;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.account.CapabilityControl;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllProjectsName;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllProjectsNameProvider;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectResource;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.DeleteProject.Input;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.cache.CacheDeleteHandler;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.database.CannotDeleteProjectException;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.database.DatabaseDeleteHandler;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.fs.FilesystemDeleteHandler;
 
-@RequiresCapability(DeleteProjectCapability.DELETE_PROJECT)
 class DeleteProject implements RestModifyView<ProjectResource, Input> {
   static class Input {
     boolean preserve;
@@ -48,22 +54,32 @@
   private final DatabaseDeleteHandler dbHandler;
   private final FilesystemDeleteHandler fsHandler;
   private final CacheDeleteHandler cacheHandler;
+  private final Provider<CurrentUser> userProvider;
+  private final String pluginName;
 
   @Inject
   DeleteProject(AllProjectsNameProvider allProjectsNameProvider,
       DatabaseDeleteHandler dbHandler,
       FilesystemDeleteHandler fsHandler,
-      CacheDeleteHandler cacheHandler) {
+      CacheDeleteHandler cacheHandler,
+      Provider<CurrentUser> userProvider,
+      @PluginName String pluginName) {
     this.allProjectsName = allProjectsNameProvider.get();
     this.dbHandler = dbHandler;
     this.fsHandler = fsHandler;
     this.cacheHandler = cacheHandler;
+    this.userProvider = userProvider;
+    this.pluginName = pluginName;
   }
 
   @Override
   public Object apply(ProjectResource rsrc, Input input)
       throws ResourceNotFoundException, ResourceConflictException,
-      MethodNotAllowedException, OrmException, IOException {
+      MethodNotAllowedException, OrmException, IOException, AuthException {
+    if (!canDelete(rsrc)) {
+      throw new AuthException("not allowed to delete project");
+    }
+
     Project project = rsrc.getControl().getProject();
     if (project.getNameKey().equals(allProjectsName)) {
       throw new MethodNotAllowedException();
@@ -93,6 +109,14 @@
     return Response.none();
   }
 
+  protected boolean canDelete(ProjectResource rsrc) {
+    CapabilityControl ctl = userProvider.get().getCapabilities();
+    return ctl.canAdministrateServer()
+        || ctl.canPerform(pluginName + "-" + DELETE_PROJECT)
+        || (ctl.canPerform(pluginName + "-" + DELETE_OWN_PROJECT)
+            && rsrc.getControl().isOwner());
+  }
+
   protected boolean isAllProjects(ProjectResource rsrc) {
     return (rsrc.getControl().getProject()
         .getNameKey().equals(allProjectsName));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Module.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Module.java
index 9ee44e0..047b3d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Module.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Module.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject;
 
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectResource.PROJECT_KIND;
+import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.DeleteOwnProjectCapability.DELETE_OWN_PROJECT;
 import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.deleteproject.DeleteProjectCapability.DELETE_PROJECT;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.Exports;
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@
     bind(CapabilityDefinition.class)
         .annotatedWith(Exports.named(DELETE_PROJECT))
         .to(DeleteProjectCapability.class);
+    bind(CapabilityDefinition.class)
+        .annotatedWith(Exports.named(DELETE_OWN_PROJECT))
+        .to(DeleteOwnProjectCapability.class);
     bind(DatabaseDeleteHandler.class)
         .to(registerDatabaseHandler());
     bind(FilesystemDeleteHandler.class);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
index 95182b7..b72ee3a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
 Access
 ------
 
-To be allowed to delete projects a user must be a member of a group
-that is granted the 'Delete Project' capability (provided by this
-plugin) or the 'Administrate Server' capability.
+To be allowed to delete arbitrary projects a user must be a member of a
+group that is granted the 'Delete Project' capability (provided by this
+plugin) or the 'Administrate Server' capability. Project owners are
+allowed to delete their own projects if they are member of a group that
+is granted the 'Delete Own Project' capability (provided by this
+plugin).