diff --git a/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java b/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java
index 86a0833c6..40bcacbe1 100644
--- a/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java
+++ b/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java
@@ -80,4 +80,53 @@ public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
 	public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException {
 		return new BufferedOutputStream(new PostgresBlobResourceOutputStream(this, this.getTemplate()), 10);
 	}
+
+    @Override
+    public void delete()
+        throws IOException {
+
+        final Object id = this.getId();
+        String sql = getSelectBlobSQL(id);
+
+        DataSource ds = this.getTemplate().getDataSource();
+        Connection conn = DataSourceUtils.getConnection(ds);
+
+        Statement stmt = null;
+        ResultSet rs = null;
+        try {
+            stmt = conn.createStatement();
+            rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
+            if (!rs.next()) {
+                try {
+                    rs.close();
+                    stmt.close();
+                    DataSourceUtils.releaseConnection(conn, ds);
+                    return;
+                } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                    logger.debug(format("failed to release database connection while fetching content %s", id), sqle);
+                }
+            }
+
+            LargeObjectManager lobj = conn.unwrap(org.postgresql.PGConnection.class).getLargeObjectAPI();
+            long oid = rs.getLong(2);
+            lobj.delete(oid);
+        }
+        catch (SQLException e) {
+            logger.error(format("deleting content %s", id), e);
+            return;
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                if (rs != null) {
+                    rs.close();
+                }
+                if (stmt != null) {
+                    stmt.close();
+                }
+            } catch (SQLException e) {
+                logger.error(format("closing resources after deleting content %s", id), e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        super.delete();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/spring-content-jpa/src/test/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResourceIT.java b/spring-content-jpa/src/test/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResourceIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f46841cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-content-jpa/src/test/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResourceIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+package internal.org.springframework.content.jpa.io;
+
+import static com.github.paulcwarren.ginkgo4j.Ginkgo4jDSL.BeforeEach;
+import static com.github.paulcwarren.ginkgo4j.Ginkgo4jDSL.Context;
+import static com.github.paulcwarren.ginkgo4j.Ginkgo4jDSL.Describe;
+import static com.github.paulcwarren.ginkgo4j.Ginkgo4jDSL.It;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.DataSourceInitializer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ResourceDatabasePopulator;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.Database;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionDefinition;
+
+import com.github.paulcwarren.ginkgo4j.Ginkgo4jConfiguration;
+import com.github.paulcwarren.ginkgo4j.Ginkgo4jSpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(Ginkgo4jSpringRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = PostgresBlobResourceIT.PostgresConfig.class)
+@Ginkgo4jConfiguration(threads = 1)
+public class PostgresBlobResourceIT {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private DataSource ds;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private PlatformTransactionManager txn;
+
+    private JdbcTemplate template;
+
+    private String entityId = null;
+    private long lobId;
+
+    private PostgresBlobResource r = null;
+
+    {
+        Describe("PostgresBlobResource", () -> {
+
+            BeforeEach(() -> {
+
+                entityId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+                template = new JdbcTemplate(ds);
+
+                r = new PostgresBlobResource(entityId, template, txn);
+            });
+
+            Context("given there is content", () -> {
+
+                BeforeEach(() -> {
+
+                    DataSource ds = this.template.getDataSource();
+                    Connection conn = DataSourceUtils.getConnection(ds);
+
+                    TransactionStatus status = txn.getTransaction(new DefaultTransactionDefinition());
+
+                    try (OutputStream os = r.getOutputStream()) {
+                        os.write("Hello Spring Content World!".getBytes());
+                    }
+
+                    txn.commit(status);
+
+                    // assert associated lob resource exist
+                    {
+                        String sql = "SELECT id, content FROM BLOBS WHERE id='" + entityId + "'";
+
+                        Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+                        ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
+                        assertThat(rs.next(), is(true));
+                        lobId = rs.getLong(2);
+                        rs.close();
+                        stmt.close();
+
+                        sql = "SELECT * from pg_largeobject where loid = " + lobId;
+                        stmt = conn.createStatement();
+                        rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
+                        assertThat(rs.next(), is(true));
+                        rs.close();
+                        stmt.close();
+
+                        sql = "SELECT * from pg_largeobject_metadata where oid = " + lobId;
+                        stmt = conn.createStatement();
+                        rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
+                        assertThat(rs.next(), is(true));
+                        rs.close();
+                        stmt.close();
+                    }
+
+                });
+
+                Context("when the content is deleted", () -> {
+
+                    BeforeEach(()-> {
+                        r.delete();
+                    });
+
+                    It("should delete the associated lob resources", () -> {
+
+                        DataSource ds = this.template.getDataSource();
+                        Connection conn = DataSourceUtils.getConnection(ds);
+
+                        String sql = "SELECT * from pg_largeobject where loid = " + lobId;
+                        Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+                        ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
+                        assertThat(rs.next(), is(false));
+                        rs.close();
+                        stmt.close();
+
+                        sql = "SELECT * from pg_largeobject_metadata where oid = " + lobId;
+                        stmt = conn.createStatement();
+                        rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
+                        assertThat(rs.next(), is(false));
+                        rs.close();
+                        stmt.close();
+                    });
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Configuration
+    @EnableTransactionManagement
+    public static class PostgresConfig {
+
+        @Value("/org/springframework/content/jpa/schema-drop-postgresql.sql")
+        private Resource dropStoreTables;
+
+        @Value("/org/springframework/content/jpa/schema-postgresql.sql")
+        private Resource dataStoreSchema;
+
+        @Bean
+        DataSourceInitializer datasourceInitializer(DataSource dataSource) {
+            ResourceDatabasePopulator databasePopulator = new ResourceDatabasePopulator();
+
+            databasePopulator.addScript(dropStoreTables);
+            databasePopulator.addScript(dataStoreSchema);
+            databasePopulator.setIgnoreFailedDrops(true);
+
+            DataSourceInitializer initializer = new DataSourceInitializer();
+            initializer.setDataSource(dataSource);
+            initializer.setDatabasePopulator(databasePopulator);
+
+            return initializer;
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public DataSource dataSource() {
+            DriverManagerDataSource ds = new DriverManagerDataSource();
+            ds.setUrl("jdbc:tc:postgresql:12:///databasename?TC_TMPFS=/testtmpfs:rw&TC_DAEMON=true");
+            ds.setUsername("test");
+            ds.setPassword("test");
+            return ds;
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory() {
+            HibernateJpaVendorAdapter vendorAdapter = new HibernateJpaVendorAdapter();
+            vendorAdapter.setDatabase(Database.POSTGRESQL);
+            vendorAdapter.setGenerateDdl(true);
+
+            LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean factory = new LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean();
+            factory.setJpaVendorAdapter(vendorAdapter);
+            factory.setPackagesToScan(getClass().getPackage().getName());
+            factory.setDataSource(dataSource());
+
+            return factory;
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager() {
+            JpaTransactionManager txManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
+            txManager.setEntityManagerFactory(entityManagerFactory().getObject());
+            return txManager;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void noop() {}
+}