diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.cpp
index 6dadebca2..2dd6cdc00 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,19 @@ namespace MWGui
         return mSpells.size();
     }
 
+    SpellModel::ModelIndex SpellModel::getSelectedIndex() const
+    {
+        ModelIndex selected = -1;
+        for (SpellModel::ModelIndex i = 0; i<int(getItemCount()); ++i)
+        {
+            if (getItem(i).mSelected) {
+                selected = i;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return selected;
+    }
+
     Spell SpellModel::getItem(ModelIndex index) const
     {
         if (index < 0 || index >= int(mSpells.size()))
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.hpp
index 4aa1f9d2a..d191cba0e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellmodel.hpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         ///< throws for invalid index
 
         size_t getItemCount() const;
+        ModelIndex getSelectedIndex() const;
+        ///< returns -1 if nothing is selected
 
     private:
         MWWorld::Ptr mActor;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
index d6103faeb..1bbb19e83 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include "spellwindow.hpp"
 
+#include <MyGUI_Button.h>
 #include <MyGUI_EditBox.h>
 #include <MyGUI_InputManager.h>
+#include <MyGUI_Window.h>
 
 #include <components/misc/stringops.hpp>
 #include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         mSpellIcons = new SpellIcons();
 
+        MyGUI::Widget* deleteButton;
+        getWidget(deleteButton, "DeleteSpellButton");
+
         getWidget(mSpellView, "SpellView");
         getWidget(mEffectBox, "EffectsBox");
         getWidget(mFilterEdit, "FilterEdit");
@@ -44,8 +49,13 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         mSpellView->eventSpellClicked += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onModelIndexSelected);
         mFilterEdit->eventEditTextChange += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onFilterChanged);
+        deleteButton->eventMouseButtonClick += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onDeleteClicked);
 
         setCoord(498, 300, 302, 300);
+
+        // Adjust the spell filtering widget size because of MyGUI limitations.
+        int filterWidth = mSpellView->getSize().width - deleteButton->getSize().width - 3;
+        mFilterEdit->setSize(filterWidth, mFilterEdit->getSize().height);
     }
 
     SpellWindow::~SpellWindow()
@@ -187,6 +197,17 @@ namespace MWGui
         mSpellView->setModel(new SpellModel(MWMechanics::getPlayer(), sender->getCaption()));
     }
 
+    void SpellWindow::onDeleteClicked(MyGUI::Widget *widget)
+    {
+        SpellModel::ModelIndex selected = mSpellView->getModel()->getSelectedIndex();
+        if (selected < 0)
+            return;
+
+        const Spell& spell = mSpellView->getModel()->getItem(selected);
+        if (spell.mType != Spell::Type_EnchantedItem)
+            askDeleteSpell(spell.mId);
+    }
+
     void SpellWindow::onSpellSelected(const std::string& spellId)
     {
         MWWorld::Ptr player = MWMechanics::getPlayer();
@@ -224,12 +245,9 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         mSpellView->setModel(new SpellModel(MWMechanics::getPlayer(), ""));
 
-        SpellModel::ModelIndex selected = 0;
-        for (SpellModel::ModelIndex i = 0; i<int(mSpellView->getModel()->getItemCount()); ++i)
-        {
-            if (mSpellView->getModel()->getItem(i).mSelected)
-                selected = i;
-        }
+        SpellModel::ModelIndex selected = mSpellView->getModel()->getSelectedIndex();
+        if (selected < 0)
+            selected = 0;
 
         selected += next ? 1 : -1;
         int itemcount = mSpellView->getModel()->getItemCount();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp
index ce10770f5..01a9c7392 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         void onSpellSelected(const std::string& spellId);
         void onModelIndexSelected(SpellModel::ModelIndex index);
         void onFilterChanged(MyGUI::EditBox *sender);
+        void onDeleteClicked(MyGUI::Widget *widget);
         void onDeleteSpellAccept();
         void askDeleteSpell(const std::string& spellId);
 
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout
index 003c7ce97..67a9346f4 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
         <Widget type="SpellView" skin="MW_SpellView" position="8 38 268 490" align="Left Top Stretch" name="SpellView">
         </Widget>
 
+        <Widget type="HBox" position="8 535 268 23" align="Right Bottom HStretch">
+            <Widget type="Spacer"/>
+            <!-- Spell deletion button -->
+            <Widget type="AutoSizedButton" skin="MW_Button" align="Right Bottom" position="8 535 0 23" name="DeleteSpellButton">
+                <Property key="Caption" value="#{sDelete}"/>
+                <Property key="NeedKey" value="false"/>
+            </Widget>
+        </Widget>
+
         <!-- Search box-->
         <Widget type="EditBox" skin="MW_TextBoxEditWithBorder" position="8 535 268 23" align="Left Bottom HStretch" name="FilterEdit">
         </Widget>