diff --git a/include/rapidjson/document.h b/include/rapidjson/document.h
index ca809631..889cdfae 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/document.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/document.h
@@ -1213,6 +1213,31 @@ public:
         return pos;
     }
 
+    //! Erase a member in object by its name.
+    /*! \param name Name of member to be removed.
+        \return Whether the member existed.
+        \note Linear time complexity.
+    */
+    bool EraseMember(const Ch* name) {
+        GenericValue n(StringRef(name));
+        return EraseMember(n);
+    }
+
+#if RAPIDJSON_HAS_STDSTRING
+    bool EraseMember(const std::basic_string<Ch>& name) { return EraseMember(GenericValue(StringRef(name))); }
+#endif
+
+    template <typename SourceAllocator>
+    bool EraseMember(const GenericValue<Encoding, SourceAllocator>& name) {
+        MemberIterator m = FindMember(name);
+        if (m != MemberEnd()) {
+            EraseMember(m);
+            return true;
+        }
+        else
+            return false;
+    }
+
     //@}
 
     //!@name Array
diff --git a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
index 5e142e1e..f14669a6 100644
--- a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
@@ -1182,6 +1182,24 @@ TEST(Value, Object) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(z.IsObject());
 }
 
+TEST(Value, EraseMember_String) {
+    Value::AllocatorType allocator;
+    Value x(kObjectType);
+    x.AddMember("A", "Apple", allocator);
+    x.AddMember("B", "Banana", allocator);
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(x.EraseMember("B"));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(x.HasMember("B"));
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(x.EraseMember("nonexist"));
+
+    GenericValue<UTF8<>, CrtAllocator> othername("A");
+    EXPECT_TRUE(x.EraseMember(othername));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(x.HasMember("A"));
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(x.MemberBegin() == x.MemberEnd());
+}
+
 TEST(Value, BigNestedArray) {
     MemoryPoolAllocator<> allocator;
     Value x(kArrayType);