diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/sms_queue.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/sms_queue.h
index 02dec73a3..99f4e7bd8 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/sms_queue.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/sms_queue.h
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ int sms_queue_trigger(struct gsm_sms_queue *);
 /* vty helper functions */
 int sms_queue_stats(struct gsm_sms_queue *, struct vty* vty);
 int sms_queue_set_max_pending(struct gsm_sms_queue *, int max);
+int sms_queue_clear(struct gsm_sms_queue *);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/openbsc/src/sms_queue.c b/openbsc/src/sms_queue.c
index 4ffde627b..4bbdef88c 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/sms_queue.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/sms_queue.c
@@ -415,3 +415,16 @@ int sms_queue_set_max_pending(struct gsm_sms_queue *smsq, int max_pending)
 	smsq->max_pending = max_pending;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int sms_queue_clear(struct gsm_sms_queue *smsq)
+{
+	struct gsm_sms_pending *pending, *tmp;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(pending, tmp, &smsq->pending_sms, entry) {
+		LOGP(DSMS, LOGL_NOTICE,
+		     "SMSqueue clearing for sub %llu\n", pending->subscr->id);
+		sms_pending_free(pending);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/openbsc/src/vty_interface_layer3.c b/openbsc/src/vty_interface_layer3.c
index 51176fa5a..e7a2b2fbb 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/vty_interface_layer3.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/vty_interface_layer3.c
@@ -667,6 +667,17 @@ DEFUN(smsqueue_max,
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+DEFUN(smsqueue_clear,
+      smsqueue_clear_cmd,
+      "sms-queue clear",
+      "SMS Queue\n" "Clear the queue of pending SMS\n")
+{
+	struct gsm_network *net = gsmnet_from_vty(vty);
+
+	sms_queue_clear(net->sms_queue);
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 int bsc_vty_init_extra(void)
 {
 	register_signal_handler(SS_SCALL, scall_cbfn, NULL);
@@ -692,6 +703,7 @@ int bsc_vty_init_extra(void)
 	install_element(ENABLE_NODE, &subscriber_purge_cmd);
 	install_element(ENABLE_NODE, &smsqueue_trigger_cmd);
 	install_element(ENABLE_NODE, &smsqueue_max_cmd);
+	install_element(ENABLE_NODE, &smsqueue_clear_cmd);
 
 	return 0;
 }