diff --git a/web-frontend/pom.xml b/web-frontend/pom.xml
index f8d9dd01860b..7282e088de05 100644
--- a/web-frontend/pom.xml
+++ b/web-frontend/pom.xml
@@ -35,4 +35,37 @@
         <build.frontend.skip>false</build.frontend.skip>
     </properties>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>forceclean</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>node-clean</id>
+                                <phase>clean</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>clean</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <filesets>
+                                        <fileset>
+                                            <directory>${project.parent.basedir}/${plugin.frontend.node.install.dir}</directory>
+                                            <includes>
+                                                <include>**</include>
+                                            </includes>
+                                        </fileset>
+                                    </filesets>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>