Mineralogical and geochemical data suggest that chloride components play an important role in the transformation and partial melting of upper mantle peridotites. The effect of KCl on the transformation of hydrous peridotite rich in Al2O3, CaO, and Na2O was examined in experiments aimed at studying interaction between model NCMAS peridotite with H2O-KCl fluid under a pressure of 1.9 GPa, temperatures of 900–1200°C, and various initial H2O/KCl ratios. The experimental results indicate that KCl depresses the solidus temperature of the hydrous peridotite: this temperature is 1200°C). The compositional evolution of melt generated during the melting of model peridotite in the presence of H2O-KCl fluid is controlled, on the one hand, by the solubility of the H2O-KCl fluid in the melt and, on the other hand, by phlogopite stability above the solidus. At temperatures below 1050°C, at which phlogopite does not actively participate in melting reactions, fluid dissolution results in SiO2-undersaturated (35–40 wt %) and MgO-enriched (up to 45 wt %) melts containing up to 4–5 wt % K2O and 2–3 wt % Cl. At higher temperatures, active phlogopite dissolution and, perhaps, also the separation of immiscible aqueous chloride liquid give rise to melts containing >10 wt % K2O and 0.3–0.5 wt % Cl. Our experimental results corroborate literature data on the transformation of upper mantle peridotites into phlogopite-bearing associations and the formation of ultrapotassic and highly magnesian melts.