diff --git a/cmd/dist/images.go b/cmd/dist/images.go
index be5a83d..fbc1e76 100644
--- a/cmd/dist/images.go
+++ b/cmd/dist/images.go
@@ -61,3 +61,41 @@ var imagesCommand = cli.Command{
 		return nil
 	},
 }
+
+var rmiCommand = cli.Command{
+	Name:        "rmi",
+	Usage:       "Delete one or more images by reference.",
+	ArgsUsage:   "[flags] <ref> [<ref>, ...]",
+	Description: `Delete one or more images by reference.`,
+	Flags:       []cli.Flag{},
+	Action: func(clicontext *cli.Context) error {
+		var (
+			ctx     = background
+			exitErr error
+		)
+
+		db, err := getDB(clicontext, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to open database")
+		}
+
+		tx, err := db.Begin(true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not start transaction")
+		}
+		defer tx.Rollback()
+
+		for _, target := range clicontext.Args() {
+			if err := images.Delete(tx, target); err != nil {
+				if exitErr == nil {
+					exitErr = errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to delete %v", target)
+				}
+				log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Errorf("unable to delete %v", target)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Println(target)
+		}
+
+		return exitErr
+	},
+}
diff --git a/cmd/dist/main.go b/cmd/dist/main.go
index d0070cf..c3fc54e 100644
--- a/cmd/dist/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dist/main.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ distribution tool
 	}
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
 		imagesCommand,
+		rmiCommand,
 		pullCommand,
 		fetchCommand,
 		fetchObjectCommand,
diff --git a/cmd/dist/pull.go b/cmd/dist/pull.go
index 1c93f25..82423f8 100644
--- a/cmd/dist/pull.go
+++ b/cmd/dist/pull.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ command. As part of this process, we do the following:
 
 		ingester := contentservice.NewIngesterFromClient(contentapi.NewContentClient(conn))
 		provider := contentservice.NewProviderFromClient(contentapi.NewContentClient(conn))
+
 		cs, err := resolveContentStore(clicontext)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/images/storage.go b/images/storage.go
index 2f4382a..050addb 100644
--- a/images/storage.go
+++ b/images/storage.go
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ func List(tx *bolt.Tx) ([]Image, error) {
 	return images, nil
 }
 
+func Delete(tx *bolt.Tx, name string) error {
+	return withImagesBucket(tx, func(bkt *bolt.Bucket) error {
+		return bkt.DeleteBucket([]byte(name))
+	})
+}
+
 func readImage(image *Image, bkt *bolt.Bucket) error {
 	return bkt.ForEach(func(k, v []byte) error {
 		if v == nil {