diff --git a/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c b/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c
index f0d077058c..a7d079e96a 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c
@@ -656,6 +656,17 @@ spdk_bdev_rbd_create(const char *name, const char *pool_name, const char *rbd_na
 	return &rbd->disk;
 }
 
+void
+spdk_bdev_rbd_delete(struct spdk_bdev *bdev, spdk_delete_rbd_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	if (!bdev || bdev->module != &rbd_if) {
+		cb_fn(cb_arg, -ENODEV);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	spdk_bdev_unregister(bdev, cb_fn, cb_arg);
+}
+
 static int
 bdev_rbd_library_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.h b/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.h
index 9d1701d835..dd2448e120 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.h
+++ b/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.h
@@ -38,7 +38,18 @@
 
 #include "spdk/bdev.h"
 
+typedef void (*spdk_delete_rbd_complete)(void *cb_arg, int bdeverrno);
+
 struct spdk_bdev *spdk_bdev_rbd_create(const char *name, const char *pool_name,
 				       const char *rbd_name, uint32_t block_size);
+/**
+ * Delete rbd bdev.
+ *
+ * \param bdev Pointer to rbd bdev.
+ * \param cb_fn Function to call after deletion.
+ * \param cb_arg Argument to pass to cb_fn.
+ */
+void spdk_bdev_rbd_delete(struct spdk_bdev *bdev, spdk_delete_rbd_complete cb_fn,
+			  void *cb_arg);
 
 #endif // SPDK_BDEV_RBD_H
diff --git a/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd_rpc.c
index 655a766e4e..745a90ed4f 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd_rpc.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "bdev_rbd.h"
 #include "spdk/rpc.h"
 #include "spdk/util.h"
-
+#include "spdk/string.h"
 #include "spdk_internal/log.h"
 
 struct rpc_construct_rbd {
@@ -95,3 +95,63 @@ invalid:
 	free_rpc_construct_rbd(&req);
 }
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("construct_rbd_bdev", spdk_rpc_construct_rbd_bdev, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+
+struct rpc_delete_rbd {
+	char *name;
+};
+
+static void
+free_rpc_delete_rbd(struct rpc_delete_rbd *req)
+{
+	free(req->name);
+}
+
+static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_delete_rbd_decoders[] = {
+	{"name", offsetof(struct rpc_delete_rbd, name), spdk_json_decode_string},
+};
+
+static void
+_spdk_rpc_delete_rbd_bdev_cb(void *cb_arg, int bdeverrno)
+{
+	struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request = cb_arg;
+	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
+
+	w = spdk_jsonrpc_begin_result(request);
+	if (w == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	spdk_json_write_bool(w, bdeverrno == 0);
+	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
+}
+
+static void
+spdk_rpc_delete_rbd_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+			 const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+{
+	struct rpc_delete_rbd req = {NULL};
+	struct spdk_bdev *bdev;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_delete_rbd_decoders,
+				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_delete_rbd_decoders),
+				    &req)) {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto invalid;
+	}
+
+	bdev = spdk_bdev_get_by_name(req.name);
+	if (bdev == NULL) {
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto invalid;
+	}
+
+	spdk_bdev_rbd_delete(bdev, _spdk_rpc_delete_rbd_bdev_cb, request);
+	free_rpc_delete_rbd(&req);
+	return;
+
+invalid:
+	free_rpc_delete_rbd(&req);
+	spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS, spdk_strerror(-rc));
+}
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("delete_rbd_bdev", spdk_rpc_delete_rbd_bdev, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index c1c5969f21..33064a2d77 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -250,6 +250,15 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     p.add_argument('block_size', help='rbd block size', type=int)
     p.set_defaults(func=construct_rbd_bdev)
 
+    @call_cmd
+    def delete_rbd_bdev(args):
+        rpc.bdev.delete_rbd_bdev(args.client,
+                                 name=args.name)
+
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('delete_rbd_bdev', help='Delete a rbd bdev')
+    p.add_argument('name', help='rbd bdev name')
+    p.set_defaults(func=delete_rbd_bdev)
+
     @call_cmd
     def construct_error_bdev(args):
         print(rpc.bdev.construct_error_bdev(args.client,
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/bdev.py b/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
index ce85298adc..26306b0b68 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ def construct_rbd_bdev(client, pool_name, rbd_name, block_size, name=None):
     return client.call('construct_rbd_bdev', params)
 
 
+def delete_rbd_bdev(client, name):
+    """Remove rbd bdev from the system.
+
+    Args:
+        name: name of rbd bdev to delete
+    """
+    params = {'name': name}
+    return client.call('delete_rbd_bdev', params)
+
+
 def construct_error_bdev(client, base_name):
     """Construct an error injection block device.
 
diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh b/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh
index 4abb73e765..53547e2a4a 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ timing_exit start_iscsi_tgt
 
 $rpc_py add_portal_group $PORTAL_TAG $TARGET_IP:$ISCSI_PORT
 $rpc_py add_initiator_group $INITIATOR_TAG $INITIATOR_NAME $NETMASK
-$rpc_py construct_rbd_bdev $RBD_POOL $RBD_NAME 4096
+rbd_bdev="$($rpc_py construct_rbd_bdev $RBD_POOL $RBD_NAME 4096)"
 $rpc_py get_bdevs
 # "Ceph0:0" ==> use Ceph0 blockdev for LUN0
 # "1:2" ==> map PortalGroup1 to InitiatorGroup2
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ rm -f ./local-job0-0-verify.state
 trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
 iscsicleanup
+$rpc_py delete_rbd_bdev $rbd_bdev
 killprocess $pid
 rbd_cleanup
 
diff --git a/test/json_config/clear_config.py b/test/json_config/clear_config.py
index 775ef907c8..1ae8b89ccd 100755
--- a/test/json_config/clear_config.py
+++ b/test/json_config/clear_config.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ def delete_subbdevs(args, bdev, rpc_bdevs):
 def get_bdev_destroy_method(bdev):
     destroy_method_map = {'construct_nvme_bdev': "delete_bdev",
                           'construct_pmem_bdev': "delete_bdev",
-                          'construct_rbd_bdev': "delete_bdev",
                           'construct_malloc_bdev': "delete_malloc_bdev",
                           'construct_null_bdev': "delete_null_bdev",
+                          'construct_rbd_bdev': "delete_rbd_bdev",
                           'construct_aio_bdev': "delete_aio_bdev",
                           'construct_error_bdev': "delete_error_bdev",
                           'construct_split_vbdev': "destruct_split_vbdev",