diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1fe462cc..a543f114 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@ task :examples do
   end
 end
 
+namespace :examples do
+  desc "clean up the example directories"
+  task :clean do
+    puts "Cleaning Examples"
+    Dir.glob('examples/*/clean.rb').each do |cleaner|
+      load cleaner
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+task "gemspec:generate" => "examples:clean"
+
 namespace :git do
   task :clean do
     sh "git", "clean", "-fdx"
diff --git a/examples/compass/clean.rb b/examples/compass/clean.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f82f8ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/compass/clean.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+FileUtils.rm_rf "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/extensions"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/ninesixty/clean.rb b/examples/ninesixty/clean.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f82f8ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ninesixty/clean.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+FileUtils.rm_rf "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/extensions"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/susy/clean.rb b/examples/susy/clean.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f82f8ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/susy/clean.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+FileUtils.rm_rf "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/extensions"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/yui/clean.rb b/examples/yui/clean.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f82f8ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/yui/clean.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+FileUtils.rm_rf "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/extensions"
\ No newline at end of file