diff --git a/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php b/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php
index daea24b49cc..8f4e3143c14 100644
--- a/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php
+++ b/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php
@@ -1023,6 +1023,28 @@ public function fileDelete( $path, $fnamePart = false )
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $path
+     * @return bool|eZMySQLBackendError
+     */
+    public function filePurge( $path )
+    {
+        $path = self::cleanPath( $path );
+        $return = self::$dbbackend->_purge( $path );
+
+        // Remove local copies
+        if ( is_file( $path ) )
+        {
+            @unlink( $path );
+        }
+        elseif ( is_dir( $path ) )
+        {
+            eZDir::recursiveDelete( $path );
+        }
+
+        return $return;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Deletes specified file/directory.
      *