diff --git a/github/resource_github_enterprise_organization.go b/github/resource_github_enterprise_organization.go
index 2dce2f34e2..d053f6793d 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_enterprise_organization.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_enterprise_organization.go
@@ -190,7 +190,19 @@ func resourceGithubEnterpriseOrganizationRead(data *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 }
 
 func resourceGithubEnterpriseOrganizationDelete(data *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
-	return errors.New("deleting organizations is not supported programmatically by github, and hence is not supported by the provider. You will need to remove the org in the github ui, then use `terraform state rm` to remove the org from the state file")
+	owner := meta.(*Owner)
+	v3 := owner.v3client
+
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), ctxId, data.Id())
+
+	_, err := v3.Organizations.Delete(ctx, data.Get("name").(string))
+
+	// We expect the delete to return with a 202 Accepted error so ignore those
+	if _, ok := err.(*github.AcceptedError); ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return err
 }
 
 func resourceGithubEnterpriseOrganizationImport(data *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
diff --git a/github/resource_github_enterprise_organization_test.go b/github/resource_github_enterprise_organization_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09ed40cca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/resource_github_enterprise_organization_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccGithubEnterpriseOrganization(t *testing.T) {
+
+	randomID := acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(5, acctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
+	orgName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-test-%s", randomID)
+
+	desc := "Initial org description"
+	updatedDesc := "Updated org description"
+
+	config := fmt.Sprintf(`
+	  data "github_enterprise" "enterprise" {
+		slug = "%s"
+	  }
+	  
+	  data "github_user" "current" {
+		username = ""
+	  }
+
+	  resource "github_enterprise_organization" "org" {
+		enterprise_id = data.github_enterprise.enterprise.id
+		name          = "%s"
+		description   = "%s"
+		billing_email = data.github_user.current.email
+		admin_logins  = [
+		  data.github_user.current.login
+		]
+	  }
+		`, testEnterprise, orgName, desc)
+
+	t.Run("creates and updates an enterprise organization without error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		checks := map[string]resource.TestCheckFunc{
+			"before": resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(
+					"github_enterprise_organization.org", "enterprise_id",
+				),
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+					"github_enterprise_organization.org", "name",
+					orgName,
+				),
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+					"github_enterprise_organization.org", "description",
+					desc,
+				),
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(
+					"github_enterprise_organization.org", "billing_email",
+				),
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+					"github_enterprise_organization.org", "admin_logins.#",
+					"1",
+				),
+			),
+			"after": resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+					"github_enterprise_organization.org", "description",
+					updatedDesc,
+				),
+			),
+		}
+
+		testCase := func(t *testing.T, mode string) {
+			resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+				PreCheck:  func() { skipUnlessMode(t, mode) },
+				Providers: testAccProviders,
+				Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+					{
+						Config: config,
+						Check:  checks["before"],
+					},
+					{
+						Config: strings.Replace(config,
+							desc,
+							updatedDesc, 1),
+						Check: checks["after"],
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+
+		t.Run("with an enterprise account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			if isEnterprise != "true" {
+				t.Skip("Skipping because `ENTERPRISE_ACCOUNT` is not set or set to false")
+			}
+			if testEnterprise == "" {
+				t.Skip("Skipping because `ENTERPRISE_SLUG` is not set")
+			}
+			testCase(t, enterprise)
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("deletes an enterprise organization without error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testCase := func(t *testing.T, mode string) {
+			resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+				PreCheck:  func() { skipUnlessMode(t, mode) },
+				Providers: testAccProviders,
+				Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+					{
+						Config:  config,
+						Destroy: true,
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+
+		t.Run("with an enterprise account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			if isEnterprise != "true" {
+				t.Skip("Skipping because `ENTERPRISE_ACCOUNT` is not set or set to false")
+			}
+			if testEnterprise == "" {
+				t.Skip("Skipping because `ENTERPRISE_SLUG` is not set")
+			}
+			testCase(t, enterprise)
+		})
+	})
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/enterprise_organization.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/enterprise_organization.html.markdown
index 3beea263b0..1f9173d3ea 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/enterprise_organization.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/enterprise_organization.html.markdown
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ description: |-
 
 This resource allows you to create and manage a GitHub enterprise organization.
 
-~> **Note** This resource cannot delete an organization. Organizations must be deleted through the GitHub UI and remove them from the state using `terraform state rm`.
-
 ## Example Usage
 
 ```