diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DAO.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DAO.java
index 2acf634157..db87b37bd4 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DAO.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DAO.java
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ public interface DAO<R extends TableRecord<R>, P, T> {
     @Support
     void delete(Collection<P> objects) throws DataAccessException;
 
+    /**
+     * Performs a <code>DELETE</code> statement for a given set of IDs.
+     *
+     * @param ids The IDs to be deleted
+     * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
+     * @see #delete(Collection)
+     */
+    @Support
+    void deleteById(T id) throws DataAccessException;
+
     /**
      * Performs a <code>DELETE</code> statement for a given set of IDs.
      *
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java
index 7f5f715d66..7325b71c99 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ public abstract class DAOImpl<R extends UpdatableRecord<R>, P, T> implements DAO
             records(objects, true).get(0).delete();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public /* non-final */ void deleteById(T ids) {
+        deleteById(singletonList(ids));
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Override
     public /* non-final */ void deleteById(T... ids) {