diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index a4547a7..9f1cb63 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ where
     NotADirectory,
     /// Found a directory when we expected a file
     IsADirectory,
+    /// Expected an empty directory
+    DirectoryNotEmpty,
     /// This file cannot be modified, as it is read-only
     ReadOnlyFile,
     /// A file or directory wasn't found
diff --git a/src/fat/direntry.rs b/src/fat/direntry.rs
index 43f7e82..98ffcec 100644
--- a/src/fat/direntry.rs
+++ b/src/fat/direntry.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ impl TryFrom<EntryModificationTime> for PrimitiveDateTime {
 // a directory entry occupies 32 bytes
 pub(crate) const DIRENTRY_SIZE: usize = 32;
 
+// each directory other than the root directory must have
+// at least the `.` and `..` entries
+// TODO: actually check this on runtime
+pub(crate) const NONROOT_MIN_DIRENTRIES: usize = 2;
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub(crate) struct FATDirEntry {
     pub(crate) sfn: SFN,
diff --git a/src/fat/fs.rs b/src/fat/fs.rs
index 5f44e15..7bb1bbf 100644
--- a/src/fat/fs.rs
+++ b/src/fat/fs.rs
@@ -1412,6 +1412,52 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Remove an empty directory from the filesystem
+    ///
+    /// Errors if the path provided points to the root directory
+    pub fn remove_empty_dir(&mut self, path: PathBuf) -> FSResult<(), S::Error> {
+        if path.is_malformed() {
+            return Err(FSError::MalformedPath);
+        }
+
+        if !path.is_dir() {
+            log::error!("Not a directory");
+            return Err(FSError::NotADirectory);
+        }
+
+        if path == PathBuf::new() {
+            // we are in the root directory, we can't remove it
+            return Err(S::Error::new(
+                <S::Error as IOError>::Kind::new_unsupported(),
+                "We can't remove the root directory",
+            )
+            .into());
+        }
+
+        let dir_entries = self.read_dir(path.clone())?;
+
+        if dir_entries.len() > NONROOT_MIN_DIRENTRIES {
+            return Err(FSError::DirectoryNotEmpty);
+        }
+
+        let parent_path = path.parent();
+
+        let parent_dir_entries = self.read_dir(parent_path)?;
+
+        let entry = parent_dir_entries
+            .iter()
+            .find(|entry| entry.path == path)
+            .ok_or(FSError::NotFound)?;
+
+        // we first clear the corresponding entry chain in the parent directory
+        self.remove_entry_chain(&entry.chain)?;
+
+        // then we remove the allocated cluster chain
+        self.free_cluster_chain(entry.data_cluster)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Get a corresponding [`RWFile`] object from a [`PathBuf`]
     ///
     /// Borrows `&mut self` until that [`RWFile`] object is dropped, effectively locking `self` until that file closed
diff --git a/src/fat/tests.rs b/src/fat/tests.rs
index 3327c03..92a23ef 100644
--- a/src/fat/tests.rs
+++ b/src/fat/tests.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,28 @@ fn remove_data_region_file() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn remove_empty_dir() {
+    use std::io::Cursor;
+
+    let mut storage = Cursor::new(FAT16.to_owned());
+    let mut fs = FileSystem::from_storage(&mut storage).unwrap();
+
+    let dir_path = PathBuf::from("/another root directory/");
+
+    fs.remove_empty_dir(dir_path.clone()).unwrap();
+
+    // the directory should now be gone
+    let dir_result = fs.read_dir(dir_path);
+    match dir_result {
+        Err(err) => match err {
+            FSError::NotFound => (),
+            _ => panic!("unexpected IOError: {:?}", err),
+        },
+        _ => panic!("the directory should have been deleted by now"),
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
 fn FAT_tables_after_write_are_identical() {
@@ -466,6 +488,28 @@ fn remove_fat32_file() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn remove_fat32_dir() {
+    use std::io::Cursor;
+
+    let mut storage = Cursor::new(FAT32.to_owned());
+    let mut fs = FileSystem::from_storage(&mut storage).unwrap();
+
+    let dir_path = PathBuf::from("/emptydir/");
+
+    fs.remove_empty_dir(dir_path.clone()).unwrap();
+
+    // the directory should now be gone
+    let dir_result = fs.read_dir(dir_path);
+    match dir_result {
+        Err(err) => match err {
+            FSError::NotFound => (),
+            _ => panic!("unexpected IOError: {:?}", err),
+        },
+        _ => panic!("the directory should have been deleted by now"),
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
 fn FAT_tables_after_fat32_write_are_identical() {
diff --git a/src/path.rs b/src/path.rs
index d2b78aa..5335f40 100644
--- a/src/path.rs
+++ b/src/path.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn is_forbidden(pathbuf: &PathBuf) -> bool {
 // TODO: pushing an absolute path should replace a pathbuf
 
 /// Represents an owned, mutable path
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct PathBuf {
     inner: VecDeque<String>,
 }