diff --git a/saku-cli/src/install.rs b/saku-cli/src/install.rs
index a04053b..4776404 100644
--- a/saku-cli/src/install.rs
+++ b/saku-cli/src/install.rs
@@ -48,5 +48,11 @@ pub fn install_pkg(p: Pkg) -> Result<()> {
         exec::cleanup(&p.name, &p.group)?;
     }
 
+    if !config.main.keep_repos {
+        let repo_path = path::repo(&p.name);
+        debug!("removing cloned repo: {repo_path}");
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo_path)?;
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/saku-lib/pkg/config.rs b/saku-lib/pkg/config.rs
index 44d1a11..68d8aa6 100644
--- a/saku-lib/pkg/config.rs
+++ b/saku-lib/pkg/config.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ pub struct ConfigMain {
     pub frozen_update: bool,
     // cleanup on `saku install` (default: false)
     pub no_install_cleanup: bool,
+    // keep repo after install (default: false)
+    pub keep_repos: bool,
 }
 
 impl ConfigMain {
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ impl ConfigMain {
         Self {
             frozen_update: false,
             no_install_cleanup: false,
+            keep_repos: false,
         }
     }
 }