diff --git a/actions/delete.action.inc b/actions/delete.action.inc
index 1106ab0..6f97755 100644
--- a/actions/delete.action.inc
+++ b/actions/delete.action.inc
@@ -23,11 +23,51 @@ function views_bulk_operations_delete_action_info() {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Admin settings form for the delete_item bulk operation.
+ */
+function views_bulk_operations_delete_item_views_bulk_operations_form($settings) {
+  $form = array();
+
+  $form['log'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Log deletions'),
+    '#description' => t('Log individual deletions to the watchdog. Deleting large amounts of entities will generate large amounts of log messages.'),
+    '#default_value' => !empty($settings['log']),
+  );
+
+  return $form;
+}
+
+
 function views_bulk_operations_delete_item($entity, $context) {
   $info = entity_get_info($context['entity_type']);
   $entity_id = $entity->{$info['entity keys']['id']};
 
   entity_delete($context['entity_type'], $entity_id);
+
+  // Add a message to the watchdog if we've been configured to do so.
+  if (!empty($context['settings']['log'])) {
+    // Log an appropriate message for this entity type, using the format from
+    // the node, taxonomy and user module for their entity types.
+    switch ($context['entity_type']) {
+      case 'node':
+        watchdog('content', '@type: deleted %title.', array('@type' => $entity->type, '%title' => $entity->title));
+        break;
+
+      case 'taxonomy_term':
+        watchdog('taxonomy', 'Deleted term %name.', array('%name' => $entity->name), WATCHDOG_NOTICE);
+        break;
+
+      case 'user':
+        watchdog('user', 'Deleted user: %name %email.', array('%name' => $entity->name, '%email' => '<' . $entity->mail . '>'), WATCHDOG_NOTICE);
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        watchdog('entity', 'Deleted @type %label.', array('@type' => $context['entity_type'], '%label' => entity_label($context['entity_type'], $entity)));
+        break;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function views_bulk_operations_delete_revision($entity, $context) {