diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b59c51a..179315d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 * bkctld: add a [-f|--force] option to remove confirmation on some commands
+* bkctld-remove: confirmation before removal of jails if not in force mode
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/lib/bkctld-remove b/lib/bkctld-remove
index 30d2594..94d6b19 100755
--- a/lib/bkctld-remove
+++ b/lib/bkctld-remove
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #
 # Description: Remove jail and all dated copies (incs)
 # Usage: remove <jailname>|all
+# Return codes:
+# * 101 : jail removal aborted
 #
 
 # shellcheck source=./includes
@@ -16,6 +18,28 @@ incs_path=$(incs_path "${jail_name}")
 
 test -d "${jail_path}" || error "${jail_name}: jail not found" 2
 
+if [ "${FORCE}" != "1" ]; then
+    answer=""
+    while :; do
+        printf "> Are you sure you want to delete jail \`%s'? [Y,n,?] " "${jail_name}"
+        read -r answer
+        case $answer in
+            [Yy]|"" )
+                break
+                ;;
+            [Nn] )
+                tty -s && echo "Abort." >&2
+                exit 101
+                ;;
+            * )
+                printf "y - yes, execute actions and exit\n"
+                printf "n - no, don't execute actions and exit\n"
+                printf "? - print this help\n"
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi
+
 "${LIBDIR}/bkctld-is-on" "${jail_name}" && "${LIBDIR}/bkctld-stop" "${jail_name}"
 
 rm -f "${CONFDIR}/${jail_name}"