diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 74d7d27..4008fea 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ require "middleman-gh-pages"
 
 desc "Build and publish to GitHub Pages"
 task :deploy => :publish
+
+desc "Clean build directory"
+task :clean do
+  puts "Cleaning build/ directory"
+  system("rm -rf build/")
+end
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