diff --git a/examples/puppet-dashboard.cleanup_reports.cron b/examples/puppet-dashboard.cleanup_reports.cron
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3d885a9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/puppet-dashboard.cleanup_reports.cron
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Example script to clean up after Dashboard by pruning old reports.
+# Options for the rake task specifying time requirements for report
+# deletion can be modified in this script. As specified below, this task will
+# delete reports older than one month. To view options for the task,
+# run `rake reports:prune` in the directory containing puppet-dashboard's
+# code.
+
+set -u
+
+PUPPET_DB_PATH=/usr/share/puppet-dashboard
+
+output=`rake -s -f ${PUPPET_DB_PATH}/Rakefile RAILS_ENV=production reports:prune upto=1 unit=mon 2>&1 1> /dev/null`
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  logger -i "${output}"
+fi
diff --git a/ext/packaging/debian/rules b/ext/packaging/debian/rules
index 77db794e5..48bef134a 100755
--- a/ext/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/ext/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ binary-install/puppet-dashboard::
 	    Rakefile \
 	    script \
 	    spec \
+      examples \
 	    vendor \
 		VERSION \
 	    $(CURDIR)/debian/$(cdbs_curpkg)/usr/share/puppet-dashboard
diff --git a/ext/packaging/redhat/puppet-dashboard.spec.erb b/ext/packaging/redhat/puppet-dashboard.spec.erb
index 9f98ec49b..1fbae6b87 100644
--- a/ext/packaging/redhat/puppet-dashboard.spec.erb
+++ b/ext/packaging/redhat/puppet-dashboard.spec.erb
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ install -p -d -m0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/vendor
 install -p -d -m0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/certs
 install -p -d -m0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-%{version}
 install -p -d -m0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/spool
-cp -p -r app bin config db ext lib public Rakefile script spec vendor $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}
+install -p -d -m0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/examples
+cp -p -r app bin config db ext lib public Rakefile script spec examples vendor $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}
 install -Dp -m0640 config/database.yml.example $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/config/database.yml
 install -Dp -m0640 config/settings.yml.example $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/config/settings.yml
 install -Dp -m0644 VERSION $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/%{name}/VERSION
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ fi
 %attr(-,puppet-dashboard,puppet-dashboard) %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/tmp
 %attr(-,puppet-dashboard,puppet-dashboard) %{_datadir}/%{name}/vendor
 %attr(-,puppet-dashboard,puppet-dashboard) %{_datadir}/%{name}/certs
+%attr(-,puppet-dashboard,puppet-dashboard) %{_datadir}/%{name}/examples
 #%attr(-,puppet-dashboard,puppet-dashboard) %dir /var/log/%{name}
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/lib/tasks/install_cleanup_cron.rake b/lib/tasks/install_cleanup_cron.rake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..600fdda77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/install_cleanup_cron.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+namespace :cron do
+  desc 'Install monthly cron job to automatically prune old reports from the databases.'
+  task :cleanup do
+    cron_path      = '/etc/cron.monthly'
+    dashboard_path = '/usr/share/puppet-dashboard/examples'
+    cron_script    = 'puppet-dashboard.cleanup_reports.cron'
+
+    begin
+      ln_sf("#{dashboard_path}/#{cron_script}", "#{cron_path}/#{cron_script}")
+    rescue
+      puts "\n\nError: Could not create symlink #{cron_path}/#{cron_script}\n"
+      puts "Are you root?\n"
+    end
+  end
+end