diff --git a/frontends/verific/verific.cc b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
index a58842792..a1d129852 100644
--- a/frontends/verific/verific.cc
+++ b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ USING_YOSYS_NAMESPACE
 
 #include "Array.h"
 #include "RuntimeFlags.h"
+#include "Set.h" 
 #ifdef VERIFIC_HIER_TREE_SUPPORT
 #include "hier_tree.h"
 #endif
@@ -3924,6 +3925,22 @@ struct VerificPass : public Pass {
 			goto check_error;
 		}
 
+		if (GetSize(args) > argidx && args[argidx] == "-delete_module") {
+			string lib = "work";
+			Set *ignored = veri_file::GetIgnoredModuleSet();
+			for (argidx++; argidx < GetSize(args); argidx++) {
+				if (args[argidx] == "-work" && argidx+1 < GetSize(args)) {
+					lib = args[++argidx];
+					continue;
+				}
+				const char *name = args[argidx].c_str();
+				if (ignored)
+					ignored->Remove(name);
+				veri_file::RemoveModule(name, lib.c_str());
+			}
+			goto check_error;
+		}
+
 		if (GetSize(args) > argidx && args[argidx] == "-set_vhdl_default_library_path") {
 			for (argidx++; argidx < GetSize(args); argidx++) {
 #ifdef VERIFIC_VHDL_SUPPORT