diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake
index 5d2f02af13306c4b68e523557bad96dc65b35f5f..1168409dcbef90d50334bc990c41ddbefa238cc7 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/assets.rake
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require "fileutils"
+
 namespace :assets do
   desc "Compile all the assets named in config.assets.precompile"
   task :precompile => :environment do
@@ -7,4 +9,12 @@ namespace :assets do
     assets = Rails.application.config.assets.precompile
     Rails.application.assets.precompile(*assets)
   end
+
+  desc "Remove compiled assets"
+  task :cleanup => :environment do
+    assets = Rails.application.config.assets
+    public_asset_path = Rails.public_path + assets.prefix
+    FileUtils.rm_r Dir.glob("#{public_asset_path}/*.js")
+    FileUtils.rm_r Dir.glob("#{public_asset_path}/*.css")
+  end
 end