diff --git a/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Commands.cs b/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Commands.cs
index e4a89be..cf92de9 100644
--- a/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Commands.cs
+++ b/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Commands.cs
@@ -643,6 +643,13 @@ public override bool PrepareForSend(
                 return true;
             }
 
+            internal void PrepareForSend()
+            {
+                // add the file name to the data property buffer
+                Data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(FileName);
+                NameLength = (uint)FileName.Length;
+            }
+
             //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
             // !!! KEEP IN SYNC WITH typedef enum Monitor_StorageOperation (in native code) !!! //
             //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Engine.cs b/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Engine.cs
index d35e24e..b779123 100644
--- a/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Engine.cs
+++ b/nanoFramework.Tools.DebugLibrary.Shared/WireProtocol/Engine.cs
@@ -4494,6 +4494,8 @@ public StorageOperationErrorCode DeleteStorageFile(string fileName)
                 Commands.Monitor_StorageOperation.StorageOperation.Delete,
                 fileName);
 
+            storop.PrepareForSend();
+
             IncomingMessage reply = PerformSyncRequest(
                 Commands.c_Monitor_StorageOperation,
                 0,