diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f612e0..3c04f4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ RELEASE=2.3
 
 VERSION=2.3
 PACKAGE=libpve-storage-perl
-PKGREL=4
+PKGREL=5
 
 DESTDIR=
 PREFIX=/usr
diff --git a/PVE/API2/Storage/Content.pm b/PVE/API2/Storage/Content.pm
index 7a8249c..ac784bd 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Storage/Content.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Storage/Content.pm
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
     method => 'DELETE',
     description => "Delete volume",
     permissions => { 
-	description => "You need 'Datastore.Allocate' privilege on the storage ('Datastore.AllocateSpace' is not enough).",
+	description => "You need 'Datastore.Allocate' privilege on the storage (or 'Datastore.AllocateSpace' for backup volumes if you have VM.Backup privilege on the VM).",
 	user => 'all',
     },
     protected => 1,
@@ -272,12 +272,18 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	my $rpcenv = PVE::RPCEnvironment::get();
 	my $authuser = $rpcenv->get_user();
 
-	my ($volid, $storeid) = &$real_volume_id($param->{storage}, $param->{volume});
-	
-	$rpcenv->check($authuser, "/storage/$storeid", ['Datastore.Allocate']);
-
 	my $cfg = cfs_read_file('storage.cfg');
 
+	my ($volid, $storeid) = &$real_volume_id($param->{storage}, $param->{volume});
+
+	my ($path, $ownervm, $vtype) = PVE::Storage::path($cfg, $volid);
+	if ($vtype eq 'backup' && $ownervm) {
+	    $rpcenv->check($authuser, "/storage/$storeid", ['Datastore.AllocateSpace']);
+	    $rpcenv->check($authuser, "/vms/$ownervm", ['VM.Backup']);
+	} else {
+	    $rpcenv->check($authuser, "/storage/$storeid", ['Datastore.Allocate']);
+	}
+
 	PVE::Storage::vdisk_free ($cfg, $volid);
 
 	return undef;
diff --git a/changelog.Debian b/changelog.Debian
index 5a3022a..2cecccb 100644
--- a/changelog.Debian
+++ b/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+libpve-storage-perl (2.3-5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Allow removal of backup volumes if the user has
+    Datastore.AllocateSpace privilege on the storage and VM.Backup
+    privilege on the VM
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:03:24 +0100
+
 libpve-storage-perl (2.3-4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * rbd: rework pool - username - auth_supported options