diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 015574c..12420bf 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ tasks:
           DOCKERFILE: '{{.ITEM}}'
           DOCKER_CONTEXT: images
           IMAGE_TAG: '{{.ITEM | splitList "/" | last | replace "Dockerfile-" ""}}'
-
   docker:build:image:
     internal: true
     sources:
@@ -119,6 +118,18 @@ tasks:
     dir: '{{.MOLECULE_DIR}}'
     cmd: '{{.PYTHON_WRAPPER}} molecule {{.CLI_ARGS}}'
 
+  molecule:purge:
+    desc: purge libvirtd and reset firewall rules
+    vars:
+      VIRSH_CONNECT: '{{.VIRSH_CONNECT | default "qemu:///system"}}'
+    cmds:
+      - ./scripts/purge_virsh.sh
+      - task: 'molecule'
+        vars:
+          CLI_ARGS: 'destroy'
+      - sudo systemctl restart nftables.service
+      - sudo systemctl restart libvirtd.service
+
   ansible:new:role:*:
     desc: create a new role for the specified collection
     vars: