diff --git a/src/basho_bench_driver_riakc_pb.erl b/src/basho_bench_driver_riakc_pb.erl
index 7338dd2af..3be8b337f 100644
--- a/src/basho_bench_driver_riakc_pb.erl
+++ b/src/basho_bench_driver_riakc_pb.erl
@@ -383,6 +383,13 @@ run(delete, KeyGen, _ValueGen, State) ->
         {error, Reason} ->
             {error, Reason, State}
     end;
+run(delete_create, KeyGen, ValueGen, State) ->
+    Key = KeyGen(),
+
+    PutResult = maybe_put_key(Key, ValueGen, State),
+    DeleteResult = maybe_delete_key(PutResult, Key),
+    maybe_put_key(DeleteResult, Key, ValueGen);
+
 run(listkeys, _KeyGen, _ValueGen, State) ->
     %% Pass on rw
     case riakc_pb_socket:list_keys(State#state.pid, State#state.bucket, State#state.timeout_listkeys) of
@@ -509,6 +516,44 @@ run(counter_val, KeyGen, _ValueGen, State) ->
 %% ====================================================================
 %% Internal functions
 %% ====================================================================
+maybe_delete_key({ok, State}, Key) ->
+    Result = case riakc_pb_socket:delete(State#state.pid, State#state.bucket, Key,
+                                [{w, all}, {pw, all}, {dw, all}], State#state.timeout_write) of
+        ok ->
+            {ok, State};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, Reason, State}
+    end,
+    maybe_durable_get(Result, Key);
+maybe_delete_key({error, Reason, State}, _Key) ->
+    {error, Reason, State}.
+
+maybe_durable_get({ok, State}, Key) ->
+    case riakc_pb_socket:get(State#state.pid, State#state.bucket, Key,
+                             [{r, all}, {pr, all}], State#state.timeout_read) of
+        {ok, _} ->
+            {ok, State};
+        {error, notfound} ->
+            {ok, State};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, Reason, State}
+    end;
+maybe_durable_get({error, Reason, State}, _Key) ->
+    {error, Reason, State}.
+
+
+maybe_put_key({ok, State}, Key, ValueGen) ->
+    maybe_put_key(Key, ValueGen, State);
+maybe_put_key({error, Reason, State}, _Key, _ValueGen) ->
+    {error, Reason, State};
+maybe_put_key(Key, ValueGen, State) ->
+    Robj = riakc_obj:new(State#state.bucket, Key, ValueGen(), State#state.content_type),
+    case riakc_pb_socket:put(State#state.pid, Robj, [{w, all}, {dw, all}], State#state.timeout_write) of
+        ok ->
+            {ok, State};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, Reason, State}
+    end.
 
 mapred(State, Input, Query) ->
     case riakc_pb_socket:mapred(State#state.pid, Input, Query, State#state.timeout_mapreduce) of