diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d407603..5cdb260 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 The available actions provided by PIM are:
 
 * noop - A non-action.
+* destroyObject - Destroy the specified DBus object.
 
 ----
 **match**
diff --git a/actions.hpp b/actions.hpp
index 2837e7a..ff08019 100644
--- a/actions.hpp
+++ b/actions.hpp
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
 /** @brief The default action.  */
 inline void noop(Manager &mgr) noexcept { }
 
+/** @brief Destroy an object action.  */
+inline auto destroyObject(const char *path)
+{
+    return [path](auto &m){m.destroyObject(path);};
+}
 } // namespace actions
 } // namespace manager
 } // namespace inventory
diff --git a/examples/match2.yaml b/examples/match2.yaml
index 8cfa105..269a469 100644
--- a/examples/match2.yaml
+++ b/examples/match2.yaml
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@
             - value: xyz.openbmc_project.Testing
             - value: TestProperty
             - value: teststring
+      action:
+          name: destroyObject("Example")
 
 # vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
diff --git a/manager.cpp b/manager.cpp
index 6c15bf0..d77f128 100644
--- a/manager.cpp
+++ b/manager.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@
     }
 }
 
+void Manager::destroyObject(const char *path)
+{
+    std::string p{path};
+    _refs.erase(_root + p);
+}
+
 #include "generated.hpp"
 
 } // namespace manager
diff --git a/manager.hpp b/manager.hpp
index 23d91da..5f78066 100644
--- a/manager.hpp
+++ b/manager.hpp
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@
     /** @brief sd_bus signal callback. */
     void signal(sdbusplus::message::message &, auto &);
 
+    /** @brief Drop an object from DBus. */
+    void destroyObject(const char *);
+
     using Event = std::tuple<
         const char *,
         filters::details::Wrapper,