diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc
index edc803bb56..40595a7445 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc
@@ -620,6 +620,47 @@ SessionDialog::setup_untitled_session ()
 	new_name_was_edited = false;
 }
 
+void
+SessionDialog::delete_selected_template ()
+{
+	Gtk::TreeModel::const_iterator current_selection = template_chooser.get_selection()->get_selected ();
+
+	if (!current_selection) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!current_selection->get_value (session_template_columns.removable)) {
+		ArdourMessageDialog msg (("This type of template cannot be deleted"));
+		msg.run ();
+		return;  //cannot delete built-in scripts
+	}
+
+	PBD::remove_directory (current_selection->get_value (session_template_columns.path));
+
+	template_model->erase (current_selection);
+
+	populate_session_templates ();
+}
+bool
+SessionDialog::template_button_press (GdkEventButton* ev)
+{
+	if (Gtkmm2ext::Keyboard::is_context_menu_event (ev)) {
+		show_template_context_menu (ev->button, ev->time);
+		/* return false to select item under the mouse */
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+void
+SessionDialog::show_template_context_menu (int button, int time)
+{
+	using namespace Gtk::Menu_Helpers;
+	Gtk::Menu* menu = ARDOUR_UI::instance()->shared_popup_menu ();
+	MenuList&  items = menu->items ();
+	items.push_back (MenuElem (_("Delete the selected Template"), hide_return (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &SessionDialog::delete_selected_template))));
+	menu->popup (button, time);
+}
+
 void
 SessionDialog::populate_session_templates ()
 {
@@ -649,6 +690,7 @@ SessionDialog::populate_session_templates ()
 		row[session_template_columns.description] = (*s)->description;
 		row[session_template_columns.modified_with_short] = string_compose ("{%1}", _("Factory Template"));
 		row[session_template_columns.modified_with_long] = string_compose ("{%1}", _("Factory Template"));
+		row[session_template_columns.removable] = false;
 	}
 
 	//Add any "template sessions" found in the user's preferences folder
@@ -662,6 +704,7 @@ SessionDialog::populate_session_templates ()
 		row[session_template_columns.description] = (*x).description;
 		row[session_template_columns.modified_with_long] = (*x).modified_with;
 		row[session_template_columns.modified_with_short] = (*x).modified_with.substr(0, (*x).modified_with.find(" "));
+		row[session_template_columns.removable] = true;
 	}
 
 	//Add an explicit 'Empty Template' item
@@ -671,6 +714,7 @@ SessionDialog::populate_session_templates ()
 	row[session_template_columns.description] = _("An empty session with factory default settings.\n\nSelect this option if you are importing files to mix.");
 	row[session_template_columns.modified_with_short] = ("");
 	row[session_template_columns.modified_with_long] = ("");
+	row[session_template_columns.removable] = false;
 
 	//auto-select the first item in the list
 	Gtk::TreeModel::Row first = template_model->children()[0];
@@ -785,6 +829,7 @@ SessionDialog::setup_new_session_page ()
 #endif
 	template_chooser.get_selection()->set_mode (SELECTION_SINGLE);
 	template_chooser.get_selection()->signal_changed().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &SessionDialog::template_row_selected));
+	template_chooser.signal_button_press_event ().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &SessionDialog::template_button_press), false);
 	template_chooser.set_sensitive (true);
 	if (UIConfiguration::instance().get_use_tooltips()) {
 		template_chooser.set_tooltip_column(4); // modified_with_long
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.h b/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.h
index 785e3999a0..0d72fc7edf 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.h
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ public:
 	void clear_name ();
 	bool was_new_name_edited() const { return new_name_was_edited; }
 
+	void delete_selected_template();
+	void show_template_context_menu (int button, int time);
+	bool template_button_press (GdkEventButton*);
+
 private:
 	bool on_delete_event (GdkEventAny*);
 
@@ -184,6 +188,7 @@ private:
 			add (description);
 			add (modified_with_short);
 			add (modified_with_long);
+			add (removable);
 		}
 
 		Gtk::TreeModelColumn<std::string> name;
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ private:
 		Gtk::TreeModelColumn<std::string> description;
 		Gtk::TreeModelColumn<std::string> modified_with_short;
 		Gtk::TreeModelColumn<std::string> modified_with_long;
+		Gtk::TreeModelColumn<bool> removable;
 	};
 
 	SessionTemplateColumns session_template_columns;