diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java
index 1f0c40e..45fa150 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 
     SetMultimap<Destination, URIish> uris = HashMultimap.create();
     for (Destination config : getDestinations(filterType)) {
-      if (!config.wouldPushProject(projectName)) {
+      if (filterType != FilterType.PROJECT_DELETION && !config.wouldPushProject(projectName)) {
         continue;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
index 62664b1..f982efb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.UseLocalDisk;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginData;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.changes.NotifyHandling;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.projects.BranchInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.ProjectInfo;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.events.ProjectDeletedListener;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
@@ -59,10 +62,13 @@
   private static final Optional<String> ALL_PROJECTS = Optional.empty();
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
   private static final int TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY = 1;
-  private static final Duration TEST_TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY * 2);
+  private static final int TEST_REPLICATION_RETRY = 1;
+  private static final Duration TEST_TIMEOUT =
+      Duration.ofSeconds((TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY + TEST_REPLICATION_RETRY * 60) + 1);
 
   @Inject private SitePaths sitePaths;
   @Inject private ProjectOperations projectOperations;
+  @Inject private DynamicSet<ProjectDeletedListener> deletedListeners;
   private Path pluginDataDir;
   private Path gitPath;
   private Path storagePath;
@@ -99,13 +105,41 @@
 
     assertThat(listReplicationTasks("refs/meta/config")).hasSize(1);
 
-    waitUntil(() -> projectExists(new Project.NameKey(sourceProject + "replica.git")));
+    waitUntil(() -> nonEmptyProjectExists(new Project.NameKey(sourceProject + "replica")));
 
     ProjectInfo replicaProject = gApi.projects().name(sourceProject + "replica").get();
     assertThat(replicaProject).isNotNull();
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void shouldReplicateProjectDeletion() throws Exception {
+    String projectNameDeleted = "project-deleted";
+    Project.NameKey replicaProject = createTestProject(projectNameDeleted + "replica");
+    setReplicationDestination("foo", "replica", ALL_PROJECTS);
+    setProjectDeletionReplication("foo", true);
+    reloadConfig();
+
+    ProjectDeletedListener.Event event =
+        new ProjectDeletedListener.Event() {
+          @Override
+          public String getProjectName() {
+            return projectNameDeleted;
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public NotifyHandling getNotify() {
+            return NotifyHandling.NONE;
+          }
+        };
+
+    for (ProjectDeletedListener l : deletedListeners) {
+      l.onProjectDeleted(event);
+    }
+
+    waitUntil(() -> !nonEmptyProjectExists(replicaProject));
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void shouldReplicateNewChangeRef() throws Exception {
     Project.NameKey targetProject = createTestProject(project + "replica");
 
@@ -380,10 +414,17 @@
             .collect(toList());
     config.setStringList("remote", remoteName, "url", replicaUrls);
     config.setInt("remote", remoteName, "replicationDelay", TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY);
+    config.setInt("remote", remoteName, "replicationRetry", TEST_REPLICATION_RETRY);
     project.ifPresent(prj -> config.setString("remote", remoteName, "projects", prj));
     config.save();
   }
 
+  private void setProjectDeletionReplication(String remoteName, boolean replicateProjectDeletion)
+      throws IOException {
+    config.setBoolean("remote", remoteName, "replicateProjectDeletions", replicateProjectDeletion);
+    config.save();
+  }
+
   private void waitUntil(Supplier<Boolean> waitCondition) throws InterruptedException {
     WaitUtil.waitUntil(waitCondition, TEST_TIMEOUT);
   }
@@ -435,9 +476,9 @@
     }
   }
 
-  private boolean projectExists(Project.NameKey name) {
+  private boolean nonEmptyProjectExists(Project.NameKey name) {
     try (Repository r = repoManager.openRepository(name)) {
-      return true;
+      return !r.getAllRefsByPeeledObjectId().isEmpty();
     } catch (Exception e) {
       return false;
     }