diff --git a/src/AbstractContainer.php b/src/AbstractContainer.php
index 2506a59..ed3c213 100644
--- a/src/AbstractContainer.php
+++ b/src/AbstractContainer.php
@@ -193,11 +193,12 @@ public function getPages()
     /**
      * Removes the given page from the container
      *
-     * @param  Page\AbstractPage|int $page page to remove, either a page
-     *                                     instance or a specific page order
+     * @param  Page\AbstractPage|int $page      page to remove, either a page
+     *                                          instance or a specific page order
+     * @param  bool                  $recursive [optional] whether to remove recursively
      * @return bool whether the removal was successful
      */
-    public function removePage($page)
+    public function removePage($page, $recursive = false)
     {
         if ($page instanceof Page\AbstractPage) {
             $hash = $page->hashCode();
@@ -217,6 +218,16 @@ public function removePage($page)
             return true;
         }
 
+        if ($recursive) {
+            /** @var \Zend\Navigation\Page\AbstractPage $childPage */
+            foreach ($this->pages as $childPage) {
+                if ($childPage->hasPage($page, true)) {
+                    $childPage->removePage($page, true);
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/ContainerTest.php b/test/ContainerTest.php
index 7eb6046..b933d34 100644
--- a/test/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/test/ContainerTest.php
@@ -1080,4 +1080,31 @@ public function testGetChildrenShouldReturnNullWhenContainerIsEmpty()
 
         $this->assertEquals(null, $container->getChildren());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @group GH-5929
+     */
+    public function testRemovePageRecursively()
+    {
+        $container = new Navigation\Navigation(array(
+            array(
+                'route' => 'foo',
+                'pages' => array(
+                    array(
+                        'route' => 'bar',
+                        'pages' => array(
+                            array(
+                                'route' => 'baz',
+                            ),
+                        ),
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+        ));
+
+        $container->removePage($container->findOneBy('route', 'baz'), true);
+        $this->assertNull($container->findOneBy('route', 'baz'));
+        $container->removePage($container->findOneBy('route', 'bar'), true);
+        $this->assertNull($container->findOneBy('route', 'bar'));
+    }
 }