diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift.go b/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift.go
index 68013e21..242f1310 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift.go
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift.go
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ type swiftInfo struct {
 	Tempurl struct {
 		Methods []string `mapstructure:"methods"`
 	}
+	BulkDelete struct {
+		MaxDeletesPerRequest int `mapstructure:"max_deletes_per_request"`
+	} `mapstructure:"bulk_delete"`
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -105,15 +108,16 @@ func (factory *swiftDriverFactory) Create(parameters map[string]interface{}) (st
 }
 
 type driver struct {
-	Conn                swift.Connection
-	Container           string
-	Prefix              string
-	BulkDeleteSupport   bool
-	ChunkSize           int
-	SecretKey           string
-	AccessKey           string
-	TempURLContainerKey bool
-	TempURLMethods      []string
+	Conn                 swift.Connection
+	Container            string
+	Prefix               string
+	BulkDeleteSupport    bool
+	BulkDeleteMaxDeletes int
+	ChunkSize            int
+	SecretKey            string
+	AccessKey            string
+	TempURLContainerKey  bool
+	TempURLMethods       []string
 }
 
 type baseEmbed struct {
@@ -221,6 +225,9 @@ func New(params Parameters) (*Driver, error) {
 		if err := mapstructure.Decode(config, &info); err == nil {
 			d.TempURLContainerKey = info.Swift.Version >= "2.3.0"
 			d.TempURLMethods = info.Tempurl.Methods
+			if d.BulkDeleteSupport {
+				d.BulkDeleteMaxDeletes = info.BulkDelete.MaxDeletesPerRequest
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		d.TempURLContainerKey = params.TempURLContainerKey
@@ -532,20 +539,27 @@ func (d *driver) Delete(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if d.BulkDeleteSupport && len(objects) > 0 {
+	if d.BulkDeleteSupport && len(objects) > 0 && d.BulkDeleteMaxDeletes > 0 {
 		filenames := make([]string, len(objects))
 		for i, obj := range objects {
 			filenames[i] = obj.Name
 		}
-		_, err = d.Conn.BulkDelete(d.Container, filenames)
-		// Don't fail on ObjectNotFound because eventual consistency
-		// makes this situation normal.
-		if err != nil && err != swift.Forbidden && err != swift.ObjectNotFound {
-			if err == swift.ContainerNotFound {
-				return storagedriver.PathNotFoundError{Path: path}
-			}
+
+		chunks, err := chunkFilenames(filenames, d.BulkDeleteMaxDeletes)
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		for _, chunk := range chunks {
+			_, err := d.Conn.BulkDelete(d.Container, chunk)
+			// Don't fail on ObjectNotFound because eventual consistency
+			// makes this situation normal.
+			if err != nil && err != swift.Forbidden && err != swift.ObjectNotFound {
+				if err == swift.ContainerNotFound {
+					return storagedriver.PathNotFoundError{Path: path}
+				}
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
 		for _, obj := range objects {
 			if err := d.Conn.ObjectDelete(d.Container, obj.Name); err != nil {
@@ -712,6 +726,21 @@ func (d *driver) createManifest(path string, segments string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func chunkFilenames(slice []string, maxSize int) (chunks [][]string, err error) {
+	if maxSize > 0 {
+		for offset := 0; offset < len(slice); offset += maxSize {
+			chunkSize := maxSize
+			if offset+chunkSize > len(slice) {
+				chunkSize = len(slice) - offset
+			}
+			chunks = append(chunks, slice[offset:offset+chunkSize])
+		}
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Max chunk size must be > 0")
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func parseManifest(manifest string) (container string, prefix string) {
 	components := strings.SplitN(manifest, "/", 2)
 	container = components[0]
diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift_test.go b/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift_test.go
index b8c97fb4..dcd5e4ff 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift_test.go
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/swift/swift_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package swift
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -181,3 +182,64 @@ func TestEmptyRootList(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("delete did not remove nested objects")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFilenameChunking(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test valid input and sizes
+	input := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}
+	expecteds := [][][]string{
+		{
+			{"a"},
+			{"b"},
+			{"c"},
+			{"d"},
+			{"e"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "b"},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "b", "c"},
+			{"d", "e"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "b", "c", "d"},
+			{"e"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"},
+		},
+	}
+	for i, expected := range expecteds {
+		actual, err := chunkFilenames(input, i+1)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
+			t.Fatalf("chunk %v didn't match expected value %v", actual, expected)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error chunking filenames: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Test nil input
+	actual, err := chunkFilenames(nil, 5)
+	if len(actual) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("chunks were returned when passed nil")
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error chunking filenames: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Test 0 and < 0 sizes
+	actual, err = chunkFilenames(nil, 0)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for size = 0")
+	}
+	actual, err = chunkFilenames(nil, -1)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for size = -1")
+	}
+}