diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts b/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
index 766aaac5af..32460fa672 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
@@ -22,12 +22,24 @@ export class Collection {
     featureImage: string | null;
     createdAt: Date;
     updatedAt: Date;
-    deleted: boolean;
+    deletable: boolean;
+    _deleted: boolean = false;
 
     _posts: string[];
     get posts() {
         return this._posts;
     }
+
+    public get deleted() {
+        return this._deleted;
+    }
+
+    public set deleted(value: boolean) {
+        if (this.deletable) {
+            this._deleted = value;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param post {{id: string}} - The post to add to the collection
      * @param index {number} - The index to insert the post at, use negative numbers to count from the end.
@@ -69,6 +81,7 @@ export class Collection {
         this.featureImage = data.featureImage;
         this.createdAt = data.createdAt;
         this.updatedAt = data.updatedAt;
+        this.deletable = data.deletable;
         this.deleted = data.deleted;
         this._posts = data.posts;
     }
@@ -135,6 +148,7 @@ export class Collection {
             createdAt: Collection.validateDateField(data.created_at, 'created_at'),
             updatedAt: Collection.validateDateField(data.updated_at, 'updated_at'),
             deleted: data.deleted || false,
+            deletable: (data.deletable !== false),
             posts: data.posts || []
         });
     }
diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
index 7175e78859..13944133ea 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import {Collection} from './Collection';
 import {CollectionRepository} from './CollectionRepository';
+import tpl from '@tryghost/tpl';
+import {MethodNotAllowedError} from '@tryghost/errors';
+
+const messages = {
+    cannotDeleteBuiltInCollectionError: {
+        message: 'Cannot delete builtin collection',
+        context: 'The collection {id} is a builtin collection and cannot be deleted'
+    }
+};
 
 type CollectionsServiceDeps = {
     collectionsRepository: CollectionRepository;
@@ -18,6 +27,7 @@ type ManualCollection = {
     description?: string;
     feature_image?: string;
     filter?: null;
+    deletable?: boolean;
 };
 
 type AutomaticCollection = {
@@ -27,6 +37,7 @@ type AutomaticCollection = {
     slug?: string;
     description?: string;
     feature_image?: string;
+    deletable?: boolean;
 };
 
 type CollectionInputDTO = ManualCollection | AutomaticCollection;
@@ -107,7 +118,8 @@ export class CollectionsService {
             description: data.description,
             type: data.type,
             filter: data.filter,
-            featureImage: data.feature_image
+            featureImage: data.feature_image,
+            deletable: data.deletable
         });
 
         if (collection.type === 'automatic' && collection.filter) {
@@ -218,6 +230,15 @@ export class CollectionsService {
         const collection = await this.getById(id);
 
         if (collection) {
+            if (collection.deletable === false) {
+                throw new MethodNotAllowedError({
+                    message: tpl(messages.cannotDeleteBuiltInCollectionError.message),
+                    context: tpl(messages.cannotDeleteBuiltInCollectionError.context, {
+                        id: collection.id
+                    })
+                });
+            }
+
             collection.deleted = true;
             await this.collectionsRepository.save(collection);
         }
diff --git a/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts b/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
index 452fef2d30..ded24c946a 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
@@ -169,4 +169,30 @@ describe('Collection', function () {
 
         assert.equal(collection.posts.length, 0);
     });
+
+    it('Cannot set non deletable collection to deleted', async function () {
+        const collection = await Collection.create({
+            title: 'Testing adding posts',
+            deletable: false
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(collection.deleted, false);
+
+        collection.deleted = true;
+
+        assert.equal(collection.deleted, false);
+    });
+
+    it('Can set deletable collection to deleted', async function () {
+        const collection = await Collection.create({
+            title: 'Testing adding posts',
+            deletable: true
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(collection.deleted, false);
+
+        collection.deleted = true;
+
+        assert.equal(collection.deleted, true);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts b/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts
index 73a62a1887..03377ce2e1 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,25 @@ describe('CollectionsService', function () {
         assert.equal(deletedCollection, null, 'Collection should be deleted');
     });
 
+    it('Throws when built in collection is attempted to be deleted', async function () {
+        const collection = await collectionsService.createCollection({
+            title: 'Featured Posts',
+            slug: 'featured',
+            description: 'Collection of featured posts',
+            type: 'automatic',
+            deletable: false,
+            filter: 'featured:true'
+        });
+
+        await assert.rejects(async () => {
+            await collectionsService.destroy(collection.id);
+        }, (err: any) => {
+            assert.equal(err.message, 'Cannot delete builtin collection', 'Error message should match');
+            assert.equal(err.context, `The collection ${collection.id} is a builtin collection and cannot be deleted`, 'Error context should match');
+            return true;
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('toDTO', function () {
         it('Can map Collection entity to DTO object', async function () {
             const collection = await Collection.create({});
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/collections.js b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/collections.js
index f80426dfcb..9c57dc1078 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/collections.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/collections.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ module.exports = {
         options: [
             'limit',
             'order',
-            'page'
+            'page',
+            'filter'
         ],
         // @NOTE: should have permissions when moving out of Alpha
         permissions: false,
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/collections/built-in-collections.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/collections/built-in-collections.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af7f71a67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/collections/built-in-collections.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module.exports = [{
+    title: 'Featured Posts',
+    slug: 'featured',
+    description: 'Collection of featured posts',
+    type: 'automatic',
+    deletable: false,
+    filter: 'featured:true'
+}];
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/collections/index.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/collections/index.js
index b06809576e..ee72847a03 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/collections/index.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/collections/index.js
@@ -49,12 +49,8 @@ class CollectionsServiceWrapper {
         const featuredCollections = await this.api.browse({filter: 'slug:featured'});
 
         if (!featuredCollections.data.length) {
-            this.api.add({
-                title: 'Featured Posts',
-                slug: 'featured',
-                description: 'Collection of featured posts',
-                type: 'automatic',
-                filter: 'featured:true'
+            require('./built-in-collections').forEach((collection) => {
+                this.api.add(collection);
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/collections.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/collections.test.js.snap
index e279337fc2..b35659e8ed 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/collections.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/collections.test.js.snap
@@ -446,6 +446,37 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Collections API Cannot delete a built in collection 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "errors": Array [
+    Object {
+      "code": null,
+      "context": Any<String>,
+      "details": null,
+      "ghostErrorCode": null,
+      "help": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+      "message": "Method not allowed, cannot delete collection.",
+      "property": null,
+      "type": "MethodNotAllowedError",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Collections API Cannot delete a built in collection 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "355",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "vary": "Accept-Version, Origin, Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Collections API Edit Can add Posts and append Post to a Collection 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "collections": Array [
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/collections.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/collections.test.js
index 4e7a6055c1..001edf013c 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/collections.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/collections.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ const {
     anyLocationFor,
     anyObjectId,
     anyISODateTime,
-    anyNumber
+    anyNumber,
+    anyString
 } = matchers;
 
 const matchCollection = {
@@ -333,6 +334,29 @@ describe('Collections API', function () {
             });
     });
 
+    it('Cannot delete a built in collection', async function () {
+        const builtInCollection = await agent
+            .get('/collections/?filter=slug:featured')
+            .expectStatus(200);
+
+        assert.ok(builtInCollection.body.collections);
+        assert.equal(builtInCollection.body.collections.length, 1);
+
+        await agent
+            .delete(`/collections/${builtInCollection.body.collections[0].id}/`)
+            .expectStatus(405)
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                'content-version': anyContentVersion,
+                etag: anyEtag
+            })
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                errors: [{
+                    id: anyErrorId,
+                    context: anyString
+                }]
+            });
+    });
+
     describe('Automatic Collection Filtering', function () {
         it('Creates an automatic Collection with a featured filter', async function () {
             const collection = {