diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 343a2affd2..b24b5783f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #### :bug: Bug fix
 
 - Fix `typeof` parens on functions. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7643
-
+- Add --dev flag to clean command. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7622
 
 # 12.0.0-beta.1
 
diff --git a/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs b/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs
index da1543b2f9..4cd52a4759 100644
--- a/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs
+++ b/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ pub fn cleanup_after_build(build_state: &BuildState) {
     });
 }
 
-pub fn clean(path: &Path, show_progress: bool, snapshot_output: bool) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn clean(path: &Path, show_progress: bool, snapshot_output: bool, build_dev_deps: bool) -> Result<()> {
     let project_root = helpers::get_abs_path(path);
     let workspace_root = helpers::get_workspace_root(&project_root);
     let packages = packages::make(
@@ -339,9 +339,7 @@ pub fn clean(path: &Path, show_progress: bool, snapshot_output: bool) -> Result<
         &project_root,
         &workspace_root,
         show_progress,
-        // Build the package tree with dev dependencies.
-        // They should always be cleaned if they are there.
-        true,
+        build_dev_deps,
     )?;
     let root_config_name = packages::read_package_name(&project_root)?;
     let bsc_path = helpers::get_bsc();
diff --git a/rewatch/src/cli.rs b/rewatch/src/cli.rs
index 6053d8cca2..5f593009df 100644
--- a/rewatch/src/cli.rs
+++ b/rewatch/src/cli.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ pub enum Command {
 
         #[command(flatten)]
         snapshot_output: SnapshotOutputArg,
+
+        #[command(flatten)]
+        dev: DevArg,
     },
     /// Alias to `legacy format`.
     #[command(disable_help_flag = true)]
diff --git a/rewatch/src/main.rs b/rewatch/src/main.rs
index fb3f6c3516..a81c3e1bb6 100644
--- a/rewatch/src/main.rs
+++ b/rewatch/src/main.rs
@@ -79,10 +79,16 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         cli::Command::Clean {
             folder,
             snapshot_output,
+            dev,
         } => {
             let _lock = get_lock(&folder);
 
-            build::clean::clean(Path::new(&folder as &str), show_progress, *snapshot_output)
+            build::clean::clean(
+                Path::new(&folder as &str),
+                show_progress,
+                *snapshot_output,
+                dev.dev,
+            )
         }
         cli::Command::Legacy { legacy_args } => {
             let code = build::pass_through_legacy(legacy_args);
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json b/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json
index dfa69cf830..f55b950dcd 100644
--- a/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "@testrepo/new-namespace",
     "@testrepo/namespace-casing",
     "@testrepo/with-dev-deps",
-    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy"
+    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy",
+    "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files"
   ],
   "bs-dependencies": [
     "@testrepo/main",
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
     "@testrepo/new-namespace",
     "@testrepo/namespace-casing",
     "@testrepo/with-dev-deps",
-    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy"
+    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy",
+    "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/package.json b/rewatch/testrepo/package.json
index 638c31f638..a170d39c59 100644
--- a/rewatch/testrepo/package.json
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
       "packages/new-namespace",
       "packages/namespace-casing",
       "packages/with-dev-deps",
-      "packages/compiled-by-legacy"
+      "packages/compiled-by-legacy",
+      "packages/nonexisting-dev-files"
     ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/package.json b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7af67a1eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "keywords": [
+    "rescript"
+  ],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/rescript.json b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/rescript.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eb6700ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/rescript.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files",
+  "sources": {
+    "dir": "dev",
+    "subdirs": true,
+    "type": "dev"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock b/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock
index 5c323e6f29..fa0f31c40a 100644
--- a/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
+"@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files@workspace:packages/nonexisting-dev-files":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files@workspace:packages/nonexisting-dev-files"
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
+
 "@testrepo/with-dev-deps@workspace:packages/with-dev-deps":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@testrepo/with-dev-deps@workspace:packages/with-dev-deps"
diff --git a/rewatch/tests/compile.sh b/rewatch/tests/compile.sh
index 334993cfc5..15f1bf09c3 100755
--- a/rewatch/tests/compile.sh
+++ b/rewatch/tests/compile.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ rewatch build --snapshot-output &> ../tests/snapshots/dependency-cycle.txt
 git checkout -- packages/new-namespace/src/NS_alias.res
 
 # it should compile dev dependencies with the --dev flag
-rewatch clean &> /dev/null
+rewatch clean --dev &> /dev/null
 rewatch build --dev &> /dev/null;
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];
 then
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
-error_output=$(rewatch clean 2>&1 >/dev/null)
+error_output=$(rewatch clean --dev 2>&1 >/dev/null)
 file_count=$(find ./packages/with-dev-deps -name *.mjs | wc -l)
 if [ "$file_count" -eq 0 ];
 then