diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/CliGitAPIImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/CliGitAPIImpl.java
index ae0e73766e..be587dba73 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/CliGitAPIImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/CliGitAPIImpl.java
@@ -1603,18 +1603,30 @@ public void submoduleReset(boolean recursive, boolean hard) throws GitException,
      * Cleans submodules
      */
     @Override
-    public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive) throws GitException, InterruptedException {
+    public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive, boolean cleanSubmodule) throws GitException, InterruptedException {
         submoduleReset(true, true);
         ArgumentListBuilder args = new ArgumentListBuilder();
         args.add("submodule", "foreach");
         if (recursive) {
             args.add("--recursive");
         }
-        args.add("git clean -fdx");
+        String cmd = "git clean -fdx";
+        if (cleanSubmodule) cmd = "git clean -ffdx";
+        args.add(cmd);
 
         launchCommand(args);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
+     * Cleans submodules
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive) throws GitException, InterruptedException {
+        this.submoduleClean(recursive, false);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/GitClient.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/GitClient.java
index bc8fd0638f..f9ee5a2bd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/GitClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/GitClient.java
@@ -806,6 +806,16 @@ void submoduleUpdate(boolean recursive, boolean remoteTracking, String reference
      */
     void submoduleClean(boolean recursive) throws GitException, InterruptedException;
 
+    /**
+     * submoduleClean.
+     *
+     * @param recursive a boolean.
+     * @param cleanSubmodule flag to add extra -f
+     * @throws hudson.plugins.git.GitException if underlying git operation fails.
+     * @throws java.lang.InterruptedException if interrupted.
+     */
+    void submoduleClean(boolean recursive, boolean cleanSubmodule) throws GitException, InterruptedException;
+
     /**
      * submoduleInit.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/JGitAPIImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/JGitAPIImpl.java
index a032ff42bd..0b6d899e1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/JGitAPIImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/JGitAPIImpl.java
@@ -2324,12 +2324,12 @@ private Iterable<JGitAPIImpl> submodules() throws IOException {
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
-    public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive) throws GitException {
+    public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive, boolean cleanSubmodule) throws GitException {
         try {
             for (JGitAPIImpl sub : submodules()) {
-                sub.clean();
+                sub.clean(cleanSubmodule);
                 if (recursive) {
-                    sub.submoduleClean(true);
+                    sub.submoduleClean(true, cleanSubmodule);
                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -2337,6 +2337,12 @@ public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive) throws GitException {
         }
     }
 
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive) throws GitException {
+        this.submoduleClean(recursive, false);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Update submodules.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/RemoteGitImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/RemoteGitImpl.java
index 6b0b65fccf..d8be5c6ef1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/RemoteGitImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/RemoteGitImpl.java
@@ -783,7 +783,11 @@ public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive) throws GitException, InterruptedEx
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    @Override
+    public void submoduleClean(boolean recursive, boolean cleanSubmodule) throws GitException, InterruptedException {
+        proxy.submoduleClean(recursive, cleanSubmodule);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public void setupSubmoduleUrls(Revision rev, TaskListener listener) throws GitException, InterruptedException {
         proxy.setupSubmoduleUrls(rev, listener);
     }