diff --git a/trie/secure_trie.go b/trie/secure_trie.go
index c6ef90351d..f49547ed89 100644
--- a/trie/secure_trie.go
+++ b/trie/secure_trie.go
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ func (self *SecureTrie) GetString(key string) []byte {
 func (self *SecureTrie) Delete(key []byte) Node {
 	return self.Trie.Delete(crypto.Sha3(key))
 }
-func (self *SecureTrie) DeletString(key string) Node {
+func (self *SecureTrie) DeleteString(key string) Node {
 	return self.Delete([]byte(key))
 }
diff --git a/trie/trie_test.go b/trie/trie_test.go
index 4b0243bcf3..92e0df8e24 100644
--- a/trie/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ func NewEmpty() *Trie {
 	return New(nil, make(Db))
 }
 
+func NewEmptySecure() *SecureTrie {
+	return NewSecure(nil, make(Db))
+}
+
 func TestEmptyTrie(t *testing.T) {
 	trie := NewEmpty()
 	res := trie.Hash()
@@ -295,3 +299,31 @@ func TestLargeData(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSecureDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	trie := NewEmptySecure()
+
+	vals := []struct{ k, v string }{
+		{"do", "verb"},
+		{"ether", "wookiedoo"},
+		{"horse", "stallion"},
+		{"shaman", "horse"},
+		{"doge", "coin"},
+		{"ether", ""},
+		{"dog", "puppy"},
+		{"shaman", ""},
+	}
+	for _, val := range vals {
+		if val.v != "" {
+			trie.UpdateString(val.k, val.v)
+		} else {
+			trie.DeleteString(val.k)
+		}
+	}
+
+	hash := trie.Hash()
+	exp := ethutil.Hex2Bytes("29b235a58c3c25ab83010c327d5932bcf05324b7d6b1185e650798034783ca9d")
+	if !bytes.Equal(hash, exp) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", exp, hash)
+	}
+}