diff --git a/src/rebar_prv_clean.erl b/src/rebar_prv_clean.erl
index 3c8a0c3f..5d0d0a50 100644
--- a/src/rebar_prv_clean.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_prv_clean.erl
@@ -28,28 +28,32 @@ init(State) ->
                                                                {short_desc, "Remove compiled beam files from apps."},
                                                                {desc, "Remove compiled beam files from apps."},
                                                                {opts, [{all, $a, "all", undefined, "Clean all apps include deps"},
+                                                                       {apps, undefined, "apps", string, "Clean a specific list of apps or dependencies"},
                                                                        {profile, $p, "profile", string, "Clean under profile. Equivalent to `rebar3 as <profile> clean`"}]}])),
     {ok, State1}.
 
 -spec do(rebar_state:t()) -> {ok, rebar_state:t()} | {error, string()}.
 do(State) ->
     Providers = rebar_state:providers(State),
-    {All, Profiles} = handle_args(State),
+    {All, Profiles, Specific} = handle_args(State),
 
     State1 = rebar_state:apply_profiles(State, [list_to_atom(X) || X <- Profiles]),
 
     Cwd = rebar_dir:get_cwd(),
     rebar_hooks:run_all_hooks(Cwd, pre, ?PROVIDER, Providers, State1),
 
-    case All of
-        true ->
-            DepsDir = rebar_dir:deps_dir(State1),
-            DepsDirs = filelib:wildcard(filename:join(DepsDir, "*")),
-            AllApps = rebar_app_discover:find_apps(DepsDirs, all),
-            clean_apps(State1, Providers, AllApps);
-        false ->
-            ProjectApps = rebar_state:project_apps(State1),
-            clean_apps(State1, Providers, ProjectApps)
+    if All; Specific =/= [] ->
+        DepsDir = rebar_dir:deps_dir(State1),
+        DepsDirs = filelib:wildcard(filename:join(DepsDir, "*")),
+        AllApps = rebar_app_discover:find_apps(DepsDirs, all),
+        Filter = case All of
+            true -> fun(_) -> true end;
+            false -> fun(AppInfo) -> filter_name(AppInfo, Specific) end
+        end,
+        clean_apps(State1, Providers, AllApps, Filter);
+       true ->
+        ProjectApps = rebar_state:project_apps(State1),
+        clean_apps(State1, Providers, ProjectApps, fun(_) -> true end)
     end,
 
     clean_extras(State1),
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ format_error(Reason) ->
 %% Internal functions
 %% ===================================================================
 
-clean_apps(State, Providers, Apps) ->
+clean_apps(State, Providers, Apps, Filter) ->
     Compilers = rebar_state:compilers(State),
     [begin
          ?INFO("Cleaning out ~ts...", [rebar_app_info:name(AppInfo)]),
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ clean_apps(State, Providers, Apps) ->
          AppInfo1 = rebar_hooks:run_all_hooks(AppDir, pre, ?PROVIDER, Providers, AppInfo, State),
          rebar_compiler:clean(Compilers, AppInfo1),
          rebar_hooks:run_all_hooks(AppDir, post, ?PROVIDER, Providers, AppInfo1, State)
-     end || AppInfo <- Apps].
+     end || AppInfo <- Apps, Filter(AppInfo)].
 
 clean_extras(State) ->
     BaseDir = rebar_dir:base_dir(State),
@@ -84,4 +88,17 @@ handle_args(State) ->
     {Args, _} = rebar_state:command_parsed_args(State),
     All = proplists:get_value(all, Args, false),
     Profiles = proplists:get_all_values(profile, Args),
-    {All, Profiles}.
+    DepsRaw = proplists:get_value(apps, Args),
+    Deps = parse_deps(DepsRaw),
+    {All, Profiles, Deps}.
+
+parse_deps(undefined) -> [];
+parse_deps(Bin) ->
+    case lists:usort(re:split(Bin, <<" *, *">>, [trim, unicode])) of
+        [<<"">>] -> []; % nothing submitted
+        Other -> Other
+    end.
+
+filter_name(AppInfo, Names) ->
+    Name = rebar_app_info:name(AppInfo),
+    lists:member(Name, Names).
diff --git a/test/rebar_compile_SUITE.erl b/test/rebar_compile_SUITE.erl
index 30523678..bb7f9e8b 100644
--- a/test/rebar_compile_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/rebar_compile_SUITE.erl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ all() ->
      deps_in_path, checkout_priority, highest_version_of_pkg_dep,
      parse_transform_test, erl_first_files_test, mib_test,
      umbrella_mib_first_test, only_default_transitive_deps, clean_all,
-     profile_deps, deps_build_in_prod, only_deps,
+     clean_specific, profile_deps, deps_build_in_prod, only_deps,
      override_deps, override_add_deps, override_del_deps,
      override_opts, override_add_opts, override_del_opts,
      apply_overrides_exactly_once, override_only_deps,
@@ -1351,6 +1351,38 @@ clean_all(Config) ->
                                          {app, DepName, invalid},
                                          {app, PkgName, invalid}]}).
 
+clean_specific(Config) ->
+    AppDir = ?config(apps, Config),
+
+    Name = rebar_test_utils:create_random_name("app1_"),
+    Vsn = rebar_test_utils:create_random_vsn(),
+    rebar_test_utils:create_app(AppDir, Name, Vsn, [kernel, stdlib]),
+
+    DepName = rebar_test_utils:create_random_name("dep1_"),
+    PkgName = rebar_test_utils:create_random_name("pkg1_"),
+    mock_git_resource:mock([]),
+    mock_pkg_resource:mock([
+        {pkgdeps, [{{iolist_to_binary(PkgName), iolist_to_binary(Vsn)}, []}]}
+    ]),
+
+    RConfFile = rebar_test_utils:create_config(AppDir, [{deps, [
+        {list_to_atom(DepName), {git, "http://site.com/user/"++DepName++".git", {tag, Vsn}}},
+        {list_to_atom(PkgName), Vsn}
+    ]}]),
+    {ok, RConf} = file:consult(RConfFile),
+
+    %% Build things
+    rebar_test_utils:run_and_check(
+        Config, RConf, ["compile"],
+        {ok, [{app, Name}, {app, DepName}, {app, PkgName}]}
+    ),
+
+    %% Clean all
+    rebar_test_utils:run_and_check(Config, [], ["clean", "--apps="++DepName++","++Name],
+                                   {ok, [{app, Name, invalid},
+                                         {app, DepName, invalid},
+                                         {app, PkgName, valid}]}).
+
 override_deps(Config) ->
     Deps = rebar_test_utils:expand_deps(git, [{"some_dep", "0.0.1", [{"other_dep", "0.0.1", []}]}]),
     TopDeps = rebar_test_utils:top_level_deps(Deps),