diff --git a/doc/source/cli/nova-manage.rst b/doc/source/cli/nova-manage.rst
index aa699b1eee..ab33e7c4b6 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli/nova-manage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cli/nova-manage.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Nova Database
     determined by ``[database]/connection`` in the configuration file passed to
     nova-manage.
 
-``nova-manage db archive_deleted_rows [--max_rows <number>] [--verbose] [--until-complete]``
+``nova-manage db archive_deleted_rows [--max_rows <number>] [--verbose] [--until-complete] [--purge]``
 
     Move deleted rows from production tables to shadow tables. Note that the
     corresponding rows in the instance_mappings and request_specs tables of the
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ Nova Database
     --verbose will print the results of the archive operation for any tables that
     were changed. Specifying --until-complete will make the command run
     continuously until all deleted rows are archived. Use the --max_rows option,
-    which defaults to 1000, as a batch size for each iteration.
+    which defaults to 1000, as a batch size for each iteration. Specifying --purge
+    will cause a `full` DB purge to be completed after archival. If a date range
+    is desired for the purge, then run ``nova-manage db purge --before
+    <date>`` manually after archiving is complete.
 
 ``nova-manage db purge [--all] [--before <date>] [--verbose]``
 
diff --git a/nova/cmd/manage.py b/nova/cmd/manage.py
index a089582bf6..656dfa8d85 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/manage.py
@@ -488,8 +488,10 @@ Error: %s""") % six.text_type(e))
           default=False,
           help=('Run continuously until all deleted rows are archived. Use '
                 'max_rows as a batch size for each iteration.'))
+    @args('--purge', action='store_true', dest='purge', default=False,
+          help='Purge all data from shadow tables after archive completes')
     def archive_deleted_rows(self, max_rows=1000, verbose=False,
-                             until_complete=False):
+                             until_complete=False, purge=False):
         """Move deleted rows from production tables to shadow tables.
 
         Returns 0 if nothing was archived, 1 if some number of rows were
@@ -544,6 +546,12 @@ Error: %s""") % six.text_type(e))
                                  dict_value=_('Number of Rows Archived'))
             else:
                 print(_('Nothing was archived.'))
+
+        if table_to_rows_archived and purge:
+            if verbose:
+                print(_('Rows were archived, running purge...'))
+            self.purge(purge_all=True, verbose=verbose)
+
         # NOTE(danms): Return nonzero if we archived something
         return int(bool(table_to_rows_archived))
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_nova_manage.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_nova_manage.py
index 34942b1ccd..24fe11676d 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_nova_manage.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_nova_manage.py
@@ -447,15 +447,18 @@ Archiving.....complete
     def test_archive_deleted_rows_until_complete_quiet(self):
         self.test_archive_deleted_rows_until_complete(verbose=False)
 
+    @mock.patch('nova.db.sqlalchemy.api.purge_shadow_tables')
     @mock.patch.object(db, 'archive_deleted_rows')
     def test_archive_deleted_rows_until_stopped(self, mock_db_archive,
+                                                mock_db_purge,
                                                 verbose=True):
         mock_db_archive.side_effect = [
             ({'instances': 10, 'instance_extra': 5}, list()),
             ({'instances': 5, 'instance_faults': 1}, list()),
             KeyboardInterrupt]
         result = self.commands.archive_deleted_rows(20, verbose=verbose,
-                                                    until_complete=True)
+                                                    until_complete=True,
+                                                    purge=True)
         self.assertEqual(1, result)
         if verbose:
             expected = """\
@@ -467,6 +470,7 @@ Archiving.....stopped
 | instance_faults | 1                       |
 | instances       | 15                      |
 +-----------------+-------------------------+
+Rows were archived, running purge...
 """
         else:
             expected = ''
@@ -475,15 +479,18 @@ Archiving.....stopped
         mock_db_archive.assert_has_calls([mock.call(20),
                                           mock.call(20),
                                           mock.call(20)])
+        mock_db_purge.assert_called_once_with(None, status_fn=mock.ANY)
 
     def test_archive_deleted_rows_until_stopped_quiet(self):
         self.test_archive_deleted_rows_until_stopped(verbose=False)
 
     @mock.patch.object(db, 'archive_deleted_rows', return_value=({}, []))
     def test_archive_deleted_rows_verbose_no_results(self, mock_db_archive):
-        result = self.commands.archive_deleted_rows(20, verbose=True)
+        result = self.commands.archive_deleted_rows(20, verbose=True,
+                                                    purge=True)
         mock_db_archive.assert_called_once_with(20)
         output = self.output.getvalue()
+        # If nothing was archived, there should be no purge messages
         self.assertIn('Nothing was archived.', output)
         self.assertEqual(0, result)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/purge-db-command-d4cd9ea5400f479c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/purge-db-command-d4cd9ea5400f479c.yaml
index 8f53be1b44..7c4c716126 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/purge-db-command-d4cd9ea5400f479c.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/purge-db-command-d4cd9ea5400f479c.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 features:
   - |
     The nova-manage command now has a 'db purge' command that will delete data
-    from the shadow tables after 'db archive_deleted_rows' has been run.
+    from the shadow tables after 'db archive_deleted_rows' has been run. There
+    is also now a ``--purge`` option for 'db archive_deleted_rows' that will
+    automatically do a full purge after archiving.