diff --git a/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php b/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php
index 640978a..8be3b30 100644
--- a/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php
+++ b/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ class MultiCurl extends BaseCurl
         $curl = new Curl($this->baseUrl, $this->options);
         $this->queueHandle($curl);
         $this->setUrl($url, $query_parameters);
-        $curl->setUrl($url, $query_parameters);
-        $curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'DELETE');
-        $curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $curl->buildPostData($data));
+        $curl->setDelete($url, $query_parameters, $data);
         return $curl;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
index ce2b2ad..b900fd2 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
@@ -4081,6 +4081,36 @@ class PHPMultiCurlClassTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($download_callback_called);
     }
 
+    public function testDeleteContentLengthSetWithBody()
+    {
+        $request_body = 'a=1&b=2&c=3';
+        $multi_curl = new MultiCurl();
+        $multi_curl->setHeader('X-DEBUG-TEST', 'request_method');
+        $delete = $multi_curl->addDelete(Test::TEST_URL, [], $request_body);
+        $multi_curl->start();
+        $this->assertEquals(strlen($request_body), $delete->requestHeaders['content-length']);
+    }
+
+    public function testDeleteContentLengthUnsetWithoutBody()
+    {
+        $multi_curl = new MultiCurl();
+        $multi_curl->setHeader('X-DEBUG-TEST', 'request_method');
+        $delete = $multi_curl->addDelete(Test::TEST_URL, [], []);
+        $multi_curl->start();
+        $this->assertFalse(isset($delete->requestHeaders['content-length']));
+    }
+
+    public function testDeleteZeroRequestBody()
+    {
+        $multi_curl = new MultiCurl();
+        $multi_curl->setTimeout(2);
+        $multi_curl->setHeader('X-DEBUG-TEST', 'post_json');
+        $delete = $multi_curl->addDelete(Test::TEST_URL, [], '0');
+        $multi_curl->start();
+        $this->assertFalse($delete->error);
+        $this->assertSame('0', $delete->rawResponse);
+    }
+
     public function testSetUrlInConstructor()
     {
         $data = ['key' => 'value'];