diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83144165ef8..48b0616aab4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ Configuration is assisted with auto-completion and validation in most commonly u
 |------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | **ADDITIONAL_EXCLUDED_DIRECTORIES**                        | \[\]                                     | List of additional excluded directory basenames. They are excluded at any nested level.                                                                                                                    |
 | [**APPLY_FIXES**](#apply-fixes)                            | `none`                                   | Activates formatting and auto-fixing [(more info)](#apply-fixes)                                                                                                                                           |
+| **CLEAR_REPORT_FOLDER**                                    | `false`                                  | Flag to clear files from report folder (usually megalinter-reports) before starting the linting process                                                                                                    |
 | **DEFAULT_BRANCH**                                         | `HEAD`                                   | Deprecated: The name of the repository's default branch.                                                                                                                                                   |
 | **DEFAULT_WORKSPACE**                                      | `/tmp/lint`                              | The location containing files to lint if you are running locally.                                                                                                                                          |
 | **DISABLE_ERRORS**                                         | `false`                                  | Flag to have the linter complete with exit code 0 even if errors were detected.                                                                                                                            |
diff --git a/megalinter/MegaLinter.py b/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
index 3f7e236e13a..01a4b051b80 100644
--- a/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
+++ b/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import logging
 import multiprocessing as mp
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 
 import chalk as c
@@ -677,6 +678,10 @@ def initialize_output(self):
                 self.report_folder = self.arg_output
         # Initialize output dir
         os.makedirs(self.report_folder, exist_ok=True)
+        # Clear report folder if requested
+        if config.get("CLEAR_REPORT_FOLDER", "false") == "true":
+            shutil.rmtree(self.report_folder)
+            logging.debug(f"Emptied report folder {self.report_folder}")
 
     def initialize_logger(self):
         logging_level_key = config.get("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO").upper()