diff --git a/doc/notification_samples/server_group-delete.json b/doc/notification_samples/server_group-delete.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6bfee800fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/notification_samples/server_group-delete.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "priority": "INFO",
+    "payload": {
+        "nova_object.version": "1.0",
+        "nova_object.namespace": "nova",
+        "nova_object.name": "ServerGroupPayload",
+        "nova_object.data": {
+            "uuid": "788608ec-ebdc-45c5-bc7f-e5f24ab92c80",
+            "name": "test-server-group",
+            "project_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
+            "user_id": "fake",
+            "policies": ["anti-affinity"],
+            "members": [],
+            "hosts": null
+        }
+    },
+    "event_type": "server_group.delete",
+    "publisher_id": "nova-api:fake-mini"
+}
diff --git a/nova/notifications/objects/server_group.py b/nova/notifications/objects/server_group.py
index e42ef722f260..cafb56659159 100644
--- a/nova/notifications/objects/server_group.py
+++ b/nova/notifications/objects/server_group.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class ServerGroupPayload(base.NotificationPayloadBase):
 
 
 @base.notification_sample('server_group-create.json')
+@base.notification_sample('server_group-delete.json')
 @nova_base.NovaObjectRegistry.register_notification
 class ServerGroupNotification(base.NotificationBase):
     # Version 1.0: Initial version
diff --git a/nova/objects/instance_group.py b/nova/objects/instance_group.py
index ae9fedebf128..53d4bb1c6198 100644
--- a/nova/objects/instance_group.py
+++ b/nova/objects/instance_group.py
@@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ class InstanceGroup(base.NovaPersistentObject, base.NovaObject,
         self.obj_reset_changes()
         compute_utils.notify_about_server_group_update(self._context,
                                                        "delete", payload)
+        compute_utils.notify_about_server_group_action(
+            context=self._context,
+            group=self,
+            action=fields.NotificationAction.DELETE)
 
     @base.remotable_classmethod
     def add_members(cls, context, group_uuid, instance_uuids):
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/test_server_group.py b/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/test_server_group.py
index 3f1290680c6b..d8675a8754f6 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/test_server_group.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/notification_sample_tests/test_server_group.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from nova.tests.unit import fake_notifier
 class TestServerGroupNotificationSample(
         notification_sample_base.NotificationSampleTestBase):
 
-    def test_server_group_create(self):
+    def test_server_group_create_delete(self):
         group_req = {
             "name": "test-server-group",
             "policies": ["anti-affinity"]}
@@ -28,3 +28,12 @@ class TestServerGroupNotificationSample(
             'server_group-create',
             replacements={'uuid': group['id']},
             actual=fake_notifier.VERSIONED_NOTIFICATIONS[0])
+
+        fake_notifier.reset()
+        self.api.delete_server_group(group['id'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(fake_notifier.VERSIONED_NOTIFICATIONS))
+        self._verify_notification(
+            'server_group-delete',
+            replacements={'uuid': group['id']},
+            actual=fake_notifier.VERSIONED_NOTIFICATIONS[0])
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_instance_group.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_instance_group.py
index be7f08978975..7bdea163895d 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_instance_group.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_instance_group.py
@@ -189,12 +189,20 @@ class _TestInstanceGroupObject(object):
                                                    group=group_matcher,
                                                    action='create')
 
+    @mock.patch('nova.compute.utils.notify_about_server_group_action')
     @mock.patch('nova.compute.utils.notify_about_server_group_update')
     @mock.patch('nova.objects.InstanceGroup._destroy_in_db')
-    def test_destroy(self, mock_db_delete, mock_notify):
+    def test_destroy(self, mock_db_delete, mock_notify, mock_notify_action):
         obj = objects.InstanceGroup(context=self.context)
         obj.uuid = _DB_UUID
         obj.destroy()
+
+        group_matcher = test_utils.CustomMockCallMatcher(
+            lambda group: group.uuid == _DB_UUID)
+
+        mock_notify_action.assert_called_once_with(context=obj._context,
+                                                   group=group_matcher,
+                                                   action='delete')
         mock_db_delete.assert_called_once_with(self.context, _DB_UUID)
         mock_notify.assert_called_once_with(self.context, "delete",
                                             {'server_group_id': _DB_UUID})