diff --git a/lib/searchkick/index.rb b/lib/searchkick/index.rb
index 37a3d0d..38cef52 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/index.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/index.rb
@@ -50,11 +50,14 @@ module Searchkick
     end
 
     def remove(record)
-      client.delete(
-        index: name,
-        type: document_type(record),
-        id: search_id(record)
-      )
+      id = search_id(record)
+      unless id.blank?
+        client.delete(
+          index: name,
+          type: document_type(record),
+          id: id
+        )
+      end
     end
 
     def import(records)
diff --git a/test/index_test.rb b/test/index_test.rb
index 61fe8d3..5651630 100644
--- a/test/index_test.rb
+++ b/test/index_test.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ class TestIndex < Minitest::Test
     Product.reindex
   end
 
+  def test_remove_blank_id
+    store_names ["Product A"]
+    Product.searchkick_index.remove(Product.new)
+    assert_search "product", ["Product A"]
+  ensure
+    Product.reindex
+  end
+
   def test_missing_index
     assert_raises(Searchkick::MissingIndexError) { Product.search "test", index_name: "not_found" }
   end
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