diff --git a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
index 02d6b88943..dd5c8fa774 100755
--- a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
+++ b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/startup.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'config.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/constants.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions.' . $phpEx);
+require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_admin.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_container.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/utf/utf_tools.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'phpbb/class_loader.' . $phpEx);
diff --git a/phpBB/config/console.yml b/phpBB/config/console.yml
index 3d57c257dd..1340d9c0d7 100644
--- a/phpBB/config/console.yml
+++ b/phpBB/config/console.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 services:
+    console.command.cache.purge:
+        class: phpbb\console\command\cache\purge
+        arguments:
+            - @cache.driver
+            - @dbal.conn
+            - @auth
+            - @log
+            - @user
+        tags:
+            - { name: console.command }
+
     console.command.config.delete:
         class: phpbb\console\command\config\delete
         arguments:
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/console/command/cache/purge.php b/phpBB/phpbb/console/command/cache/purge.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..017bdc5144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/console/command/cache/purge.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package phpBB3
+* @copyright (c) 2014 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+namespace phpbb\console\command\cache;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class purge extends \phpbb\console\command\command
+{
+	/** @var \phpbb\cache\driver\driver_interface */
+	protected $cache;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\db\driver\driver_interface */
+	protected $db;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\auth\auth */
+	protected $auth;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\log\log */
+	protected $log;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\user */
+	protected $user;
+
+	function __construct(\phpbb\cache\driver\driver_interface $cache, \phpbb\db\driver\driver_interface $db, \phpbb\auth\auth $auth, \phpbb\log\log $log, \phpbb\user $user)
+	{
+		$this->cache = $cache;
+		$this->db = $db;
+		$this->auth = $auth;
+		$this->log = $log;
+		$this->user = $user;
+		$this->user->add_lang(array('acp/common'));
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure()
+	{
+		$this
+			->setName('cache:purge')
+			->setDescription('Purge the cache.')
+		;
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+	{
+		$this->cache->purge();
+
+		// Clear permissions
+		$this->auth->acl_clear_prefetch();
+		phpbb_cache_moderators($this->db, $this->cache, $this->auth);
+
+		$this->log->add('admin', ANONYMOUS, '', 'LOG_PURGE_CACHE', time(), array());
+
+		$output->writeln($this->user->lang('PURGE_CACHE_SUCCESS'));
+	}
+}