diff --git a/src/commands/del.js b/src/commands/del.js
index d3ae8ba37..d3d4e5fc9 100644
--- a/src/commands/del.js
+++ b/src/commands/del.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { emitNotification } from '../keyspace-notifications'
 
 export function del(...keys) {
+  if (keys.length === 0 || !keys[0]) {
+    throw new Error("ERR wrong number of arguments for 'del' command")
+  }
+
   let deleted = 0
   keys.forEach(key => {
     if (this.data.has(key)) {
diff --git a/test/integration/commands/__snapshots__/del.js.snap b/test/integration/commands/__snapshots__/del.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53ee02af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/commands/__snapshots__/del.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`del throws if too few arguments 1`] = `"ERR wrong number of arguments for 'del' command"`;
+
+exports[`delBuffer throws if too few arguments 1`] = `"ERR wrong number of arguments for 'del' command"`;
diff --git a/test/integration/commands/del.js b/test/integration/commands/del.js
index 3746004ea..d4a6e22a8 100644
--- a/test/integration/commands/del.js
+++ b/test/integration/commands/del.js
@@ -5,21 +5,34 @@ import { runTwinSuite } from '../../../test-utils'
 
 runTwinSuite('del', command => {
   describe(command, () => {
+    const redis = new Redis()
+
+    afterAll(() => redis.disconnect())
+
     it('should delete passed in keys', async () => {
-      const redis = new Redis()
       await redis.set('deleteme', 'please')
       await redis.set('metoo', 'pretty please')
 
       expect(await redis[command]('deleteme', 'metoo')).toBe(2)
       expect(await redis.get('deleteme')).toBe(null)
       expect(await redis.get('metoo')).toBe(null)
-      redis.disconnect()
     })
     it('return 0 if nothing is deleted', async () => {
-      const redis = new Redis()
+      expect(await redis[command]('deleteme', 'metoo')).toBe(0)
+    })
 
+    it('return 0 if nothing is deleted', async () => {
       expect(await redis[command]('deleteme', 'metoo')).toBe(0)
-      redis.disconnect()
+    })
+
+    it('throws if too few arguments', async () => {
+      expect.assertions(1)
+
+      try {
+        await redis[command]()
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err.message).toMatchSnapshot()
+      }
     })
   })
 })