diff --git a/endpoints/v1/tag.py b/endpoints/v1/tag.py
index 865644e2e..644431d2f 100644
--- a/endpoints/v1/tag.py
+++ b/endpoints/v1/tag.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from auth.permissions import (ReadRepositoryPermission,
 from data import model
 from endpoints.decorators import anon_protect
 from endpoints.v1 import v1_bp
+from endpoints.trackhelper import track_and_log
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ def delete_tag(namespace, repository, tag):
 
   if permission.can():
     model.tag.delete_tag(namespace, repository, tag)
+    track_and_log('delete_tag', model.repository.get_repository(namespace, repository),
+                  tag=tag)
     return make_response('Deleted', 200)
 
   abort(403)
diff --git a/endpoints/v2/manifest.py b/endpoints/v2/manifest.py
index ebea47ede..2ae2c9e46 100644
--- a/endpoints/v2/manifest.py
+++ b/endpoints/v2/manifest.py
@@ -388,9 +388,15 @@ def delete_manifest_by_digest(namespace, repo_name, manifest_ref):
     # Without a tag name to reference, we can't make an attempt to generate the manifest
     raise ManifestUnknown()
 
-  manifest.delete_instance()
+  # Mark the tag as no longer alive.
+  try:
+    model.tag.delete_tag(namespace, repo_name, manifest.tag.name)
+  except model.DataModelException:
+    # Tag is not alive.
+    raise ManifestUnknown()
 
-  # TODO(jschorr): Log this as a new log type.
+  track_and_log('delete_tag', manifest.tag.repository,
+                tag=manifest.tag.name, digest=manifest_ref)
 
   return make_response('', 202)
 
diff --git a/test/registry_tests.py b/test/registry_tests.py
index c0796f1c1..09b53d7cc 100644
--- a/test/registry_tests.py
+++ b/test/registry_tests.py
@@ -753,6 +753,24 @@ class V2RegistryTests(V2RegistryPullMixin, V2RegistryPushMixin, RegistryTestsMix
                       RegistryTestCaseMixin, LiveServerTestCase):
   """ Tests for V2 registry. """
 
+  def test_delete_manifest(self):
+    # Push a new repo with the latest tag.
+    (_, digest) = self.do_push('devtable', 'newrepo', 'devtable', 'password')
+
+    # Ensure the pull works.
+    self.do_pull('devtable', 'newrepo', 'devtable', 'password')
+
+    # Conduct auth for the write scope.
+    self.do_auth('devtable', 'password', 'devtable', 'newrepo', scopes=['push'])
+
+    # Delete the digest.
+    self.conduct('DELETE', '/v2/devtable/newrepo/manifests/' + digest, auth='jwt',
+                 expected_code=202)
+
+    # Ensure the tag no longer exists.
+    self.do_pull('devtable', 'newrepo', 'devtable', 'password',
+                 expected_manifest_code=404)
+
   def test_push_only_push_scope(self):
     images = [{
       'id': 'onlyimagehere',