diff --git a/fence/blueprints/admin.py b/fence/blueprints/admin.py
index ed64a9272e..f081d6cb9e 100644
--- a/fence/blueprints/admin.py
+++ b/fence/blueprints/admin.py
@@ -133,6 +133,20 @@ def delete_user(username):
     return response
 
 
+@blueprint.route("/users/<username>/soft", methods=["DELETE"])
+@blueprint.route("/user/<username>/soft", methods=["DELETE"])
+@admin_login_required
+@debug_log
+def soft_delete_user(username):
+    """
+    Soft-remove the user by marking it as active=False.
+
+    Returns json object
+    """
+    response = jsonify(admin.soft_delete_user(current_app.scoped_session(), username))
+    return response
+
+
 @blueprint.route("/users/<username>/groups", methods=["GET"])
 @blueprint.route("/user/<username>/groups", methods=["GET"])
 @admin_login_required
diff --git a/fence/resources/admin/admin_users.py b/fence/resources/admin/admin_users.py
index 57d7bcfb22..6054771729 100644
--- a/fence/resources/admin/admin_users.py
+++ b/fence/resources/admin/admin_users.py
@@ -335,6 +335,13 @@ def raise_unavailable(gpg_email):
         logger.info("Done with Google deletions.")
 
 
+def soft_delete_user(current_session, username):
+    logger.debug("Soft-delete user.")
+    usr = us.get_user(current_session, username)
+    usr.active = False
+    return us.get_user_info(current_session, usr.username)
+
+
 def delete_user(current_session, username):
     """
     Remove a user from both the userdatamodel