diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 317b9486..00b032e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ GO111MODULE=on
 AWS_SERVICE=$(shell echo $(SERVICE) | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 
 # Build ldflags
-VERSION ?= "v0.4.0"
+VERSION ?= "v0.5.0"
 GITCOMMIT=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 BUILDDATE=$(shell date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
 IMPORT_PATH=github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/code-generator
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d92bdeb..dbc96385 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/code-generator
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.4.0
+	github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.5.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.4
 	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0
 	// pin to v0.1.1 due to release problem with v0.1.2
diff --git a/templates/pkg/resource/manager.go.tpl b/templates/pkg/resource/manager.go.tpl
index 8c6ef918..aa4fa8c4 100644
--- a/templates/pkg/resource/manager.go.tpl
+++ b/templates/pkg/resource/manager.go.tpl
@@ -129,11 +129,12 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) Update(
 }
 
 // Delete attempts to destroy the supplied AWSResource in the backend AWS
-// service API.
+// service API, returning an AWSResource representing the
+// resource being deleted (if delete is asynchronous and takes time)
 func (rm *resourceManager) Delete(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	res acktypes.AWSResource,
-) error {
+) (acktypes.AWSResource, error) {
 	r := rm.concreteResource(res)
 	if r.ko == nil {
 		// Should never happen... if it does, it's buggy code.
diff --git a/templates/pkg/resource/sdk.go.tpl b/templates/pkg/resource/sdk.go.tpl
index 9b660b96..74b2d767 100644
--- a/templates/pkg/resource/sdk.go.tpl
+++ b/templates/pkg/resource/sdk.go.tpl
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) newCreateRequestPayload(
 func (rm *resourceManager) sdkDelete(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	r *resource,
-) (err error) {
+) (latest *resource, err error) {
 	rlog := ackrtlog.FromContext(ctx)
 	exit := rlog.Trace("rm.sdkDelete")
 	defer exit(err)
@@ -136,25 +136,26 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) sdkDelete(
 {{- end }}
 {{- if $customMethod := .CRD.GetCustomImplementation .CRD.Ops.Delete }}
 	if err = rm.{{ $customMethod }}(ctx, r); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 {{- end }}
 	input, err := rm.newDeleteRequestPayload(r)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 {{- if $hookCode := Hook .CRD "sdk_delete_post_build_request" }}
 {{ $hookCode }}
 {{- end }}
-	_, err = rm.sdkapi.{{ .CRD.Ops.Delete.Name }}WithContext(ctx, input)
+	var resp {{ .CRD.GetOutputShapeGoType .CRD.Ops.Delete }}; _ = resp;
+	resp, err = rm.sdkapi.{{ .CRD.Ops.Delete.Name }}WithContext(ctx, input)
 	rm.metrics.RecordAPICall("DELETE", "{{ .CRD.Ops.Delete.Name }}", err)
 {{- if $hookCode := Hook .CRD "sdk_delete_post_request" }}
 {{ $hookCode }}
 {{- end }}
-	return err
+	return nil, err
 {{- else }}
 	// TODO(jaypipes): Figure this out...
-	return nil
+	return nil, nil
 {{ end }}
 }