diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 99641790..552df6b6 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use ruma::OwnedRoomId;
 
 use crate::{
     config::{default_tracing_filter, EnvFilterClone, LogFormat},
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 mod check_config;
+mod delete_room;
 mod serve;
 
 /// Command line arguments
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ pub(crate) struct Args {
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
 pub(crate) enum Command {
+    /// Delete a room from the database.
+    DeleteRoom(DeleteRoomArgs),
+
     /// Run the server.
     Serve(ServeArgs),
 
@@ -88,6 +93,18 @@ pub(crate) struct ServeArgs {
     pub(crate) config: ConfigArg,
 }
 
+#[derive(clap::Args)]
+pub(crate) struct DeleteRoomArgs {
+    #[clap(flatten)]
+    pub(crate) config: ConfigArg,
+
+    #[clap(flatten)]
+    observability: ObservabilityArgs,
+
+    /// The room ID to delete all data for
+    pub(crate) room_id: OwnedRoomId,
+}
+
 impl Args {
     pub(crate) async fn run(self) -> Result<(), error::Main> {
         if let Some((format, filter)) = self.command.cli_observability_args() {
@@ -95,6 +112,7 @@ impl Args {
         }
 
         match self.command {
+            Command::DeleteRoom(args) => delete_room::run(args).await?,
             Command::Serve(args) => serve::run(args).await?,
             Command::CheckConfig(args) => {
                 check_config::run(args.config).await?;
@@ -113,6 +131,10 @@ impl Command {
                 args.observability.log_format,
                 args.observability.log_filter.clone(),
             )),
+            Command::DeleteRoom(args) => Some((
+                args.observability.log_format,
+                args.observability.log_filter.clone(),
+            )),
             Command::Serve(_) => None,
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/cli/delete_room.rs b/src/cli/delete_room.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5fc677b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/delete_room.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#![warn(clippy::missing_docs_in_private_items)]
+
+//! Implementation of the `delete-room` subcommand
+
+use std::error::Error;
+
+use super::DeleteRoomArgs;
+
+/// Subcommand entrypoint
+pub(crate) async fn run(args: DeleteRoomArgs) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index ce8ebb37..cd206ab4 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for DisplayWithSources<'_> {
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum Main {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    DeleteRoomCommand(#[from] Box<dyn std::error::Error>),
+
     #[error(transparent)]
     ServeCommand(#[from] ServeCommand),