diff --git a/services_client_connection/include/connection.inc b/services_client_connection/include/connection.inc
index 449a588..5bc59a1 100644
--- a/services_client_connection/include/connection.inc
+++ b/services_client_connection/include/connection.inc
@@ -281,7 +281,11 @@ class ServicesClientConnection {
     $this->http_request = $this->createRequest(array(
       'resource' => $resource,
       'id' => $id,
-      'action' => 'delete'
+      'action' => 'delete',
+      // Nginx would like a content length of 0 in the http DELETE request
+      'http_headers' => array(
+        'Content-Length' => 0,
+      ),
     ));
 
     return $this->processRequest()->data;