diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorder.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorder.java
index 43b4cb4562fab9b04f6e587c958a411a55dca9df..2299a74027b72e8d7ca28c79d1eef10e310b8cd9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorder.java
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ public class LogRecorder extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable {
         rsp.sendRedirect2(redirect);
     }
 
+    @RequirePOST
+    public void doClear(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException {
+        handler.clear();
+        rsp.sendRedirect2(".");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Loads the settings from a file.
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/RingBufferLogHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/RingBufferLogHandler.java
index c7839d47ff74c7686821b71b1bac80e1cf4db006..19f48053d395983518ed4d201736ce4b9a52abe9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/RingBufferLogHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/RingBufferLogHandler.java
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ public class RingBufferLogHandler extends Handler {
         }
     }
 
+    public synchronized void clear() {
+        size = 0;
+        start = 0;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the list view of {@link LogRecord}s in the ring buffer.
      *
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/logging/LogRecorder/index.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/logging/LogRecorder/index.jelly
index 4b663c90fb3d4f5e79c4a057cae2fd36e4a58834..6841b605493ab334130d0faff578ff3b48aea966 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/logging/LogRecorder/index.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/logging/LogRecorder/index.jelly
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <t:logRecords logRecords="${entry.value}"/>
     </j:forEach>
 
+    <form method="post" id='clear-logrecorder' action="clear">
+      <f:submit value="${%Clear This Log}" />
+    </form>
+
     <st:include it="${it.parent}" page="feeds.jelly" />    
   </l:main-panel>
 </l:layout>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorderTest.java
index 7d8e0a02f42c077c5545a117037537d7f2e951ae..2c136ae575a236ae6ad9f84083b117eeb50395c5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/hudson/logging/LogRecorderTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,21 @@ public class LogRecorderTest {
         assertFalse(matches("", "hudson.model.Hudson", Level.FINE));
     }
 
+    @Test public void testClearing() {
+        LogRecorder lr = new LogRecorder("foo");
+        LogRecorder.Target t = new LogRecorder.Target("", Level.FINE);
+        lr.targets.add(t);
+
+        LogRecord record = createLogRecord("jenkins", Level.INFO, "message");
+        lr.handler.publish(record);
+        assertEquals(lr.handler.getView().get(0), record);
+        assertTrue(lr.handler.getView().size() == 1);
+
+        lr.handler.clear();
+
+        assertTrue(lr.handler.getView().size() == 0);
+    }
+
     @Test public void testSpecificExclusion() {
         LogRecorder lr = new LogRecorder("foo");