diff --git a/sisyphus/global_settings.py b/sisyphus/global_settings.py
index 5709c49..1bf2e25 100644
--- a/sisyphus/global_settings.py
+++ b/sisyphus/global_settings.py
@@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ def file_caching(path):
 JOB_CLEANER_INTERVAL = 60
 #: How many threads should be cleaning in parallel
 JOB_CLEANER_WORKER = 5
-#: If the job internal work directory should be keeped re deleted during clean up
+#: If the job internal work directory should be kept or deleted during clean up
 JOB_CLEANUP_KEEP_WORK = False
+#: If the job internal input directory with symlinks to input jobs should be kept or deleted during clean up
+JOB_CLEANUP_KEEP_INPUT = True
 #: Default value for job used by tk.cleaner to determine if a job should be removed or not
 JOB_DEFAULT_KEEP_VALUE = 50
 #: How many threads should update the graph in parallel, useful if the filesystem has a high latency
diff --git a/sisyphus/job.py b/sisyphus/job.py
index d016d6e..5243bdb 100644
--- a/sisyphus/job.py
+++ b/sisyphus/job.py
@@ -516,11 +516,10 @@ def _sis_cleanup(self):
                 try:
                     if not gs.JOB_CLEANUP_KEEP_WORK:
                         shutil.rmtree(os.path.abspath(self._sis_path(gs.JOB_WORK_DIR)))
-                    files = [
-                        i
-                        for i in os.listdir(self._sis_path())
-                        if i not in (gs.JOB_OUTPUT, gs.JOB_INFO, gs.JOB_WORK_DIR)
-                    ]
+                    files_keep = [gs.JOB_OUTPUT, gs.JOB_INFO, gs.JOB_WORK_DIR]
+                    if gs.JOB_CLEANUP_KEEP_INPUT:
+                        files_keep.append(gs.JOB_INPUT)
+                    files = [i for i in os.listdir(self._sis_path()) if i not in files_keep]
                     subprocess.check_call(
                         ["tar", "-czf", gs.JOB_FINISHED_ARCHIVE] + files, cwd=os.path.abspath(self._sis_path())
                     )