diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index f165a646..93a99410 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     <j:if test="${siteClean}">
       <echo>Cleaning destination first</echo>
       <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
-        <arg line="${siteUsername}@${siteAddress} 'rm -r ${siteDirectory}'" />
+        <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'rm -r ${siteDirectory}'" />
       </exec>
     </j:if>
 
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index 10ee92c3..c8242335 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6.2-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-24" due-to="Julian Dunn">SSH arguments not used in <code>sshdeploy</code> with 'clean'.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-28" due-to="Davy Toch">Deploying the site documentation through SSH always results in 'Build Successful'.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-27">FTP deployment doesn't create the remote directory root.</action>
     </release>
