diff --git a/src/queueElemDelete.c b/src/queueElemDelete.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8af618d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/queueElemDelete.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "libnazgul.h"
+
+int msgQueueElemDelete(msgQueueElemId queueElemId){
+  msgQueueElem * queueElemAddr;
+  msgQueueElemId nextIdToDie;
+  
+  queueElemAddr = msgQueueElemOpen(queueElemId);
+  msgQueueElemClose(queueElem);
+  if (nextIdToDie != NULL){
+	return msgQueueElemDelete(nextIdToDie);
+  } else {
+	return 0;
+  }
+
+ERROR:
+  return -1;
+}