diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
index 136b6dbb69b..7660d80aead 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Datasets.java
@@ -372,10 +372,17 @@ public Response destroyDataset(@Context ContainerRequestContext crc, @PathParam(
                 fileService.finalizeFileDeletes(deleteStorageLocations);
             }
 
-            return ok("Dataset " + id + " destroyed");
+            return ok(getDatasetDestroyedMessage(id, doomed));
         }, u);
     }
 
+    static String getDatasetDestroyedMessage(String id, Dataset dataset) {
+        String datasetIdentifier = PERSISTENT_ID_KEY.equals(id)
+                ? dataset.getGlobalId().asString()
+                : id;
+        return "Dataset " + datasetIdentifier + " destroyed";
+    }
+
     @DELETE
     @AuthRequired
     @Path("{id}/versions/{versionId}")
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsTest.java
index 58aa366c9e5..39c5168fc0b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.api;
 
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.Dataset;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.GlobalId;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.pidproviders.doi.AbstractDOIProvider;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -55,4 +58,19 @@ public void testCleanup() {
         assertTrue(deleted.contains("1837fda17ce-d7b9987fc6e9_suffix"));
         assertTrue(deleted.contains("1837fda17ce-d7b9987fc6e9.aux"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDatasetDestroyedMessageWithId() {
+        assertEquals("Dataset 42 destroyed", Datasets.getDatasetDestroyedMessage("42", new Dataset()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDatasetDestroyedMessageWithPersistentId() {
+        Dataset dataset = new Dataset();
+        dataset.setGlobalId(new GlobalId(AbstractDOIProvider.DOI_PROTOCOL, "10.5072", "FK2/ABCDEF", "/",
+                AbstractDOIProvider.DOI_RESOLVER_URL, null));
+
+        assertEquals("Dataset doi:10.5072/FK2/ABCDEF destroyed",
+                Datasets.getDatasetDestroyedMessage(AbstractApiBean.PERSISTENT_ID_KEY, dataset));
+    }
 }