diff --git a/include/libnfs-private.h b/include/libnfs-private.h
index 72c627f..bf7f1e5 100644
--- a/include/libnfs-private.h
+++ b/include/libnfs-private.h
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ int nfs4_stat64_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *path,
                       int no_follow, nfs_cb cb, void *private_data);
 int nfs4_symlink_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *oldpath,
                        const char *newpath, nfs_cb cb, void *private_data);
+int nfs4_unlink_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *path, nfs_cb cb,
+                      void *private_data);
 int nfs4_write_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, struct nfsfh *nfsfh,
                      uint64_t count, const void *buf, nfs_cb cb,
                      void *private_data);
diff --git a/lib/libnfs.c b/lib/libnfs.c
index 459033c..4623d7a 100755
--- a/lib/libnfs.c
+++ b/lib/libnfs.c
@@ -1231,9 +1231,11 @@ nfs_unlink_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *path, nfs_cb cb,
 	switch (nfs->version) {
         case NFS_V3:
                 return nfs3_unlink_async(nfs, path, cb, private_data);
+        case NFS_V4:
+                return nfs4_unlink_async(nfs, path, cb, private_data);
         default:
-                nfs_set_error(nfs, "%s does not support NFSv4",
-                              __FUNCTION__);
+                nfs_set_error(nfs, "%s does not support NFSv%d",
+                              __FUNCTION__, nfs->version);
                 return -1;
         }
 }
diff --git a/lib/nfs_v4.c b/lib/nfs_v4.c
index c8396d9..8685ff7 100644
--- a/lib/nfs_v4.c
+++ b/lib/nfs_v4.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ nfs4_mkdir2_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *orig_path, int mode,
 /* Takes object name as filler.data
  */
 static int
-nfs4_populate_rmdir(struct nfs4_cb_data *data, nfs_argop4 *op)
+nfs4_populate_remove(struct nfs4_cb_data *data, nfs_argop4 *op)
 {
         REMOVE4args *rmargs;
 
@@ -1315,8 +1315,8 @@ nfs4_populate_rmdir(struct nfs4_cb_data *data, nfs_argop4 *op)
 }
 
 static void
-nfs4_rmdir_cb(struct rpc_context *rpc, int status, void *command_data,
-              void *private_data)
+nfs4_remove_cb(struct rpc_context *rpc, int status, void *command_data,
+               void *private_data)
 {
         struct nfs4_cb_data *data = private_data;
         struct nfs_context *nfs = data->nfs;
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ nfs4_rmdir_cb(struct rpc_context *rpc, int status, void *command_data,
 
         assert(rpc->magic == RPC_CONTEXT_MAGIC);
 
-        if (check_nfs4_error(nfs, status, data, res, "RMDIR")) {
+        if (check_nfs4_error(nfs, status, data, res, "REMOVE")) {
                 free_nfs4_cb_data(data);
                 return;
         }
@@ -1333,9 +1333,9 @@ nfs4_rmdir_cb(struct rpc_context *rpc, int status, void *command_data,
         free_nfs4_cb_data(data);
 }
 
-int
-nfs4_rmdir_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *orig_path,
-                 nfs_cb cb, void *private_data)
+static int
+nfs4_remove_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *orig_path,
+                  nfs_cb cb, void *private_data)
 {
         struct nfs4_cb_data *data;
         char *path;
@@ -1373,10 +1373,10 @@ nfs4_rmdir_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *orig_path,
                 *path++ = 0;
                 data->filler.data = strdup(path);
         }
-        data->filler.func = nfs4_populate_rmdir;
+        data->filler.func = nfs4_populate_remove;
         data->filler.max_op = 1;
 
-        if (nfs4_lookup_path_async(nfs, data, nfs4_rmdir_cb) < 0) {
+        if (nfs4_lookup_path_async(nfs, data, nfs4_remove_cb) < 0) {
                 free_nfs4_cb_data(data);
                 return -1;
         }
@@ -1384,6 +1384,13 @@ nfs4_rmdir_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *orig_path,
         return 0;
 }
 
+int
+nfs4_rmdir_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *path,
+                 nfs_cb cb, void *private_data)
+{
+        return nfs4_remove_async(nfs, path, cb, private_data);
+}
+    
 static void
 nfs4_open_truncate_cb(struct rpc_context *rpc, int status, void *command_data,
                       void *private_data)
@@ -2514,3 +2521,10 @@ nfs4_create_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *path, int flags,
         return nfs4_open_async(nfs, path, O_CREAT | flags, mode,
                                cb, private_data);
 }
+
+int
+nfs4_unlink_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *path,
+                  nfs_cb cb, void *private_data)
+{
+        return nfs4_remove_async(nfs, path, cb, private_data);
+}