diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80ef192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Test case Name  : recreate-index
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test creating and inserting into a dataset with an index
+ *                   then deleting the index, re-create the same index with the same name, and then insert
+ *                   additional data
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : June 23 2017
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
+create type test.Emp as
+ closed {
+  id : bigint,
+  fname : string,
+  lname : string,
+  age : bigint,
+  dept : string
+}
+
+create  dataset test.employee(Emp) primary key id;
+
+create  index idx_employee_first_name  on test.employee (fname) type btree;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08a2f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Test case Name  : recreate-index
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test creating and inserting into a dataset with an index
+ *                   then deleting the index, re-create the same index with the same name, and then insert
+ *                   additional data
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : June 23 2017
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+load  dataset test.employee using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/names.adm`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+insert into test.employee
+select element {'id':(x.id + 10000),'fname':x.fname,'lname':x.lname,'age':x.age,'dept':x.dept}
+from  `test.employee` as x
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.3.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.3.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f86a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.3.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Test case Name  : recreate-index
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test creating and inserting into a dataset with an index
+ *                   then deleting the index, re-create the same index with the same name, and then insert
+ *                   additional data
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : June 23 2017
+ */
+
+use test;
+drop index employee.idx_employee_first_name;
+create  index idx_employee_first_name  on test.employee (fname) type btree;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.4.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.4.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f89c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.4.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Test case Name  : recreate-index
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test creating and inserting into a dataset with an index
+ *                   then deleting the index, re-create the same index with the same name, and then insert
+ *                   additional data
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : June 23 2017
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+insert into test.employee
+select element {'id':(x.id + 20000),'fname':x.fname,'lname':x.lname,'age':x.age,'dept':x.dept}
+from  `test.employee` as x
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.5.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.5.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..122ff4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.5.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Test case Name  : recreate-index
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test creating and inserting into a dataset with an index
+ *                   then deleting the index, re-create the same index with the same name, and then insert
+ *                   additional data
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : June 23 2017
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+select element count(*)
+from  `test.employee`;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ad8022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/dml/recreate-index/recreate-index.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+480
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index 33cf582..93ba5b0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -1685,6 +1685,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="dml">
+      <compilation-unit name="recreate-index">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">recreate-index</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="dml">
       <compilation-unit name="insert-and-scan-joined-datasets">
         <output-dir compare="Text">insert-and-scan-joined-datasets</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>