diff --git a/distributed/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/server/distributed/impl/metadata/OIndexManagerDistributed.java b/distributed/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/server/distributed/impl/metadata/OIndexManagerDistributed.java
index 1ee02c9582a..551a1b310c0 100755
--- a/distributed/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/server/distributed/impl/metadata/OIndexManagerDistributed.java
+++ b/distributed/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/server/distributed/impl/metadata/OIndexManagerDistributed.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public void dropIndex(ODatabaseDocumentInternal database, final String iIndexNam
 
   public void distributedDropIndex(ODatabaseDocumentInternal database, final String iName) {
 
-    String dropIndexDDL = "DROP INDEX `" + iName + "`";
+    String dropIndexDDL = "DROP INDEX `" + iName + "` if exists";
 
     sendCommand(database, dropIndexDDL);