diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
index 3b583080c7f7c7f7e1f382d42dcd77ff7f36a159..71e3aa80adc31f2b4c3a146959788cfdc9d015d4 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
@@ -757,3 +757,15 @@ void MAVLinkProtocol::suspendLogForReplay(bool suspend)
     
     _logSuspendReplay = suspend;
 }
+
+void MAVLinkProtocol::deleteTempLogFiles(void)
+{
+    QDir tempDir(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::TempLocation));
+    
+    QString filter(QString("*.%1").arg(_logFileExtension));
+    QFileInfoList fileInfoList = tempDir.entryInfoList(QStringList(filter), QDir::Files);
+    
+    foreach(const QFileInfo fileInfo, fileInfoList) {
+        QFile::remove(fileInfo.filePath());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h
index 070902b7866c544987a47966f25c63d3235a539c..04da4a693bbce237f9a4393c7def3a0518742a70 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.h
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ public slots:
     ///         and not called directly in order to synchronize with the bytesReady signal
     ///         which may be ahead of it in the signal queue.
     void suspendLogForReplay(bool suspend);
+    
+    /// @brief Deletes any log files which are in the temp directory
+    static void deleteTempLogFiles(void);
 
 protected:    
     // Override from QObject