diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index ec7fa5454..5d4ef51e3 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ DFHack future
 
 New Features
 ------------
+- `confirm`: Added a confirmation for retiring locations
 - `search-plugin`: Support for the location occupation assignment menu
 
 Fixes
diff --git a/plugins/confirm.cpp b/plugins/confirm.cpp
index ec8ee2a73..3ea5d540c 100644
--- a/plugins/confirm.cpp
+++ b/plugins/confirm.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "df/general_ref_contained_in_itemst.h"
 #include "df/viewscreen_dwarfmodest.h"
 #include "df/viewscreen_layer_militaryst.h"
+#include "df/viewscreen_locationsst.h"
 #include "df/viewscreen_tradegoodsst.h"
 
 using namespace DFHack;
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ DEFINE_CONFIRMATION(squad_disband,      viewscreen_layer_militaryst, 0);
 DEFINE_CONFIRMATION(uniform_delete,     viewscreen_layer_militaryst, 0);
 DEFINE_CONFIRMATION(note_delete,        viewscreen_dwarfmodest, 0);
 DEFINE_CONFIRMATION(route_delete,       viewscreen_dwarfmodest, 0);
+DEFINE_CONFIRMATION(location_retire,    viewscreen_locationsst, 0);
 
 DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init (color_ostream &out, vector <PluginCommand> &commands)
 {
diff --git a/plugins/lua/confirm.lua b/plugins/lua/confirm.lua
index 751b1b4da..135187358 100644
--- a/plugins/lua/confirm.lua
+++ b/plugins/lua/confirm.lua
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ end
 route_delete.title = "Delete route"
 route_delete.message = "Are you sure you want to delete this route?"
 
+location_retire = defconf('location-retire')
+function location_retire.intercept_key(key)
+    return key == keys.LOCATION_RETIRE and
+        (screen.menu == df.viewscreen_locationsst.T_menu.Locations or
+            screen.menu == df.viewscreen_locationsst.T_menu.Occupations) and
+        screen.in_edit == df.viewscreen_locationsst.T_in_edit.None and
+        screen.locations[screen.location_idx]
+end
+location_retire.title = "Retire location"
+location_retire.message = "Are you sure you want to retire this location?"
+
 -- End of confirmation definitions
 
 function check()