diff --git a/README b/README
index 3c9e4d4a..a0897a4f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ Other COMMANDs are meant primarily for maintainers:
     diff     - write a patch file capturing changes to source in the working directory
     stage    - as upload, but don't request processing of uploaded packages
     announce - compose and send a package announcement
-    repro-build - rebuild from created source package to temp directory
-    repro-diff  - check whether packages from original and rebuild differ
-    repro-check - run repro-build and repro-diff
+    repro-build  - rebuild from created source package to temp directory
+    repro-diff   - check whether packages from original and rebuild differ
+    repro-check  - run repro-build and repro-diff
+    repro-finish - delete the temp directory used for rebuild
 
 The standard arguments --help or --version may also be passed to cygport.
 
diff --git a/bin/cygport.in b/bin/cygport.in
index df38a8b5..15bd559e 100755
--- a/bin/cygport.in
+++ b/bin/cygport.in
@@ -801,6 +801,10 @@ do
 			__pkg_repro_diff
 			_status=$?
 			;;
+		repro-finish)
+			__pkg_repro_finish
+			_status=$?
+			;;
 		help)
 			__show_help;
 			exit 0;
diff --git a/lib/help.cygpart b/lib/help.cygpart
index d28fd7bb..ff03fb5f 100644
--- a/lib/help.cygpart
+++ b/lib/help.cygpart
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ __show_help() {
 		  repro-build   rebuild from created source package to temp directory
 		  repro-diff    check whether packages from original and rebuild differ
 		  repro-check   run repro-build and repro-diff
+		  repro-finish  delete the temp directory used for rebuild
 
 		See the included README file for further documentation.
 
diff --git a/lib/pkg_pkg.cygpart b/lib/pkg_pkg.cygpart
index 25b80906..07313c66 100644
--- a/lib/pkg_pkg.cygpart
+++ b/lib/pkg_pkg.cygpart
@@ -1048,6 +1048,28 @@ __pkg_repro_diff() {
 	inform "Rebuild produced identical packages"
 }
 
+__pkg_repro_finish() {
+	local t_spkgdir=${T}/${spkgdir##*/}
+
+	cd ${top}
+
+	__step "Removing rebuild directory in 2 seconds..."
+	inform "Rebuild dir: ${t_spkgdir}"
+	if ! [ -d ${t_spkgdir} ]
+	then
+		inform "Rebuild directory does not exist"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	sleep 2 || exit $?
+
+	__step "Removing rebuild directory NOW."
+	rm -rf ${t_spkgdir}
+
+	__step "Finished."
+}
+
 # protect functions
 readonly -f __pkg_binpkg __pkg_diff __gpg_sign __pkg_srcpkg __pkg_dist \
-	 __pkg_repro_build __pkg_repro_diff __squeeze_whitespace __tar
+	 __pkg_repro_build __pkg_repro_diff __pkg_repro_finish \
+	 __squeeze_whitespace __tar