diff --git a/include/admin/maintenance.inc.php b/include/admin/maintenance.inc.php
index cbaf30b8..5e1cbd51 100644
--- a/include/admin/maintenance.inc.php
+++ b/include/admin/maintenance.inc.php
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 <?php
-
+@define('MAINTAIN_TITLE', 'Maintenance');
+@define('MAINTAIN_CCT_PASS', '<span class="perm_name">[smarty clearCompiledTemplate()]</span>');
+@define('MAINTAIN_CCT_FAIL', 'Error: %s not allowed / not available!');
+@define('MAINTAIN_CCT_TITLE', 'Clear compiled Template');
+@define('MAINTAIN_CCT_INFO', 'This will purge compiled files of this template only, but will leave the used runtime files by this current template file.');
 $data = array();
 
+if (!is_object($serendipity['smarty'])) {
+    serendipity_smarty_init();
+}
+
+// do not move to end of switch, since this will change smarty assignment scope
+ob_start();
+include S9Y_INCLUDE_PATH . 'include/admin/import.inc.php';
+$data['importMenu'] = ob_get_contents();
+ob_end_clean();
+
 switch($serendipity['GET']['adminAction']) {
     case 'integrity':
         $data['action'] = "integrity";
@@ -12,15 +26,20 @@ switch($serendipity['GET']['adminAction']) {
         }
         $data['badsums'] = serendipity_verifyFTPChecksums();
         break;
-}
 
-ob_start();
-include S9Y_INCLUDE_PATH . 'include/admin/import.inc.php';
-$data['importMenu'] = ob_get_contents();
-ob_end_clean();
-
-if (!is_object($serendipity['smarty'])) {
-    serendipity_smarty_init();
+    case 'cct':
+        // We clear all compiles smarty template files in templates_c, which leaves the page we are on: ../admin/index.tpl and all others,
+        // which are set, included and compiled by runtime, plugins, etc. (This can be quite some..!)
+        // We have to reduce this call() = all tpl files, to clear the blogs template only, to not have the following automated recompile, force the servers memory
+        // to get exhausted, when using plugins like serendipity_event_gravatar plugin, which can eat up some MB...
+        $finish = null;
+        if(method_exists($serendipity['smarty'], 'clearCompiledTemplate')) {
+            if( $serendipity['smarty']->clearCompiledTemplate(null, $serendipity['template']) ) {
+                $finish = true;
+            } else { $finish = false; }
+        }
+        $data['cct_finish'] = $finish;
+        break;
 }
 
 echo serendipity_smarty_show('admin/maintenance.inc.tpl', $data);
diff --git a/templates/2k11/admin/maintenance.inc.tpl b/templates/2k11/admin/maintenance.inc.tpl
index aed16b8f..03b5689f 100644
--- a/templates/2k11/admin/maintenance.inc.tpl
+++ b/templates/2k11/admin/maintenance.inc.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div id="maintenance" class="clearfix">
-    <h2>Maintenance</h2>  {* i18n *}
+    <h2>{$CONST.MAINTAIN_TITLE}</h2>
 
 {if $action == "integrity"}
     <div class="clearfix">
@@ -20,14 +20,33 @@
     </div>
 {/if}
 
+{if $cct_finish === true}
+        <span class="msg_success"><span class="icon-ok-circled"></span>{$CONST.DONE}! {$CONST.MAINTAIN_CCT_PASS}</span>
+{/if}
+{if $cct_finish === false}
+        <span class="msg_error"><span class="icon-attention-circled"></span>{$CONST.MAINTAIN_CCT_FAIL|sprintf:$CONST.MAINTAIN_CCT_PASS}</span>
+{/if}
+
 {if 'siteConfiguration'|checkPermission || 'blogConfiguration'|checkPermission}
     <section id="maintenance_integrity" class="equal_heights quick_list">
         <h3>{$CONST.INTEGRITY}</h3>
 
-        <a class="button_link" href="?serendipity[action]=admin&amp;serendipity[adminModule]=maintenance&amp;serendipity[adminAction]=integrity" title="{$CONST.INTEGRITY}"><span>{$CONST.INTEGRITY}</span></a> {* i18n *}
+        <a class="button_link" href="?serendipity[action]=admin&amp;serendipity[adminModule]=maintenance&amp;serendipity[adminAction]=integrity" title="{$CONST.INTEGRITY}"><span>{$CONST.INTEGRITY}</span></a>
     </section>
 {/if}
+
+{if 'adminTemplates'|checkPermission}
+    <section id="maintenance_cleanup" class="equal_heights quick_list">
+        <h3>{$CONST.MAINTAIN_CCT_TITLE}</h3>
+
+        <a class="button_link" href="?serendipity[action]=admin&amp;serendipity[adminModule]=maintenance&amp;serendipity[adminAction]=cct" title="{$CONST.MAINTAIN_CCT_TITLE}"><span>{$CONST.MAINTAIN_CCT_TITLE}</span></a>
+        <button class="toggle_info button_link" type="button" data-href="#cct_info"><span class="icon-info-circled"></span><span class="visuallyhidden"> More</span></button>
+        <span id="cct_info" class="comment_status additional_info">{$CONST.MAINTAIN_CCT_INFO}</span>
+    </section>
+{/if}
+
 {serendipity_hookPlugin hook="backend_maintenance" hookAll="true"}
+
 {if 'adminImport'|checkPermission}
     <section id="maintenance_export" class="equal_heights quick_list">
         <h3>{$CONST.EXPORT_ENTRIES}</h3>
@@ -76,5 +95,6 @@
         </form>
     </section>
 {/if}
+
 </div>
 <script src="{serendipity_getFile file='admin/js/jquery.syncheight.js'}"></script>
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