diff --git a/docs/management.rst b/docs/management.rst
index 7b0693850..1118f7e99 100644
--- a/docs/management.rst
+++ b/docs/management.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ not reference the generated thumbnails by name somewhere else in your code. As
 long as all the original images still exist this will trigger a regeneration of
 all the thumbnails the Key Value Store knows about.
 
+The command supports an optional ``--timeout`` parameter that can specify a
+date filter criteria when deciding to delete a thumbnail. The timeout value can
+be either a number of seconds or an ISO 8601 duration string supported by
+``django.utils.dateparse.parse_duration``. For example, running
+``python manage.py thumbnail clear_delete_referenced --timeout=P90D`` will
+delete all thumbnails that were created more than 90 days ago.
+
 
 .. _thumbnail-clear-delete-all:
 
diff --git a/sorl/thumbnail/kvstores/base.py b/sorl/thumbnail/kvstores/base.py
index 97958be14..99a3e5d93 100644
--- a/sorl/thumbnail/kvstores/base.py
+++ b/sorl/thumbnail/kvstores/base.py
@@ -79,13 +79,17 @@ def delete_thumbnails(self, image_file):
             # Delete the thumbnails key from store
             self._delete(image_file.key, identity='thumbnails')
 
-    def delete_all_thumbnail_files(self):
+    def delete_all_thumbnail_files(self, older_than=None):
         for key in self._find_keys(identity='thumbnails'):
             thumbnail_keys = self._get(key, identity='thumbnails')
             if thumbnail_keys:
                 for key in thumbnail_keys:
                     thumbnail = self._get(key)
                     if thumbnail:
+                        if older_than is not None:
+                            created_time = thumbnail.storage.get_created_time(thumbnail.name)
+                            if created_time > older_than:
+                                continue
                         thumbnail.delete()
 
     def cleanup(self):
diff --git a/sorl/thumbnail/management/commands/thumbnail.py b/sorl/thumbnail/management/commands/thumbnail.py
index 34f72dfbc..04a398b16 100644
--- a/sorl/thumbnail/management/commands/thumbnail.py
+++ b/sorl/thumbnail/management/commands/thumbnail.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.dateparse import parse_duration
 
 from sorl.thumbnail import default
 from sorl.thumbnail.images import delete_all_thumbnails
@@ -14,7 +18,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument('args', choices=VALID_LABELS, nargs=1)
+        parser.add_argument('--timeout')
 
+    # flake8: noqa: C901
     def handle(self, *labels, **options):
         verbosity = int(options.get('verbosity'))
         label = labels[0]
@@ -31,13 +37,25 @@ def handle(self, *labels, **options):
             return
 
         if label == 'clear_delete_referenced':
+            timeout_date = None
+            if options['timeout']:
+                # Optional deletion timeout duration
+                if options['timeout'].isdigit():  # A number of seconds
+                    seconds = int(options['timeout'])
+                else:
+                    # A duration string as supported by Django.
+                    duration = parse_duration(options['timeout'])
+                    if not duration:
+                        raise CommandError(f"Unable to parse '{options['timeout']}' as a duration")
+                    seconds = duration.seconds
+                timeout_date = timezone.now() - timedelta(seconds=seconds)
             if verbosity >= 1:
-                self.stdout.write(
-                    "Delete all thumbnail files referenced in Key Value Store",
-                    ending=' ... '
-                )
+                msg = "Delete all thumbnail files referenced in Key Value Store"
+                if timeout_date:
+                    msg += f" older than {timeout_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}"
+                self.stdout.write(msg, ending=' ... ')
 
-            default.kvstore.delete_all_thumbnail_files()
+            default.kvstore.delete_all_thumbnail_files(older_than=timeout_date)
 
             if verbosity >= 1:
                 self.stdout.write('[Done]')
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/storage.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/storage.py
index 6b0bfb736..308217d22 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/storage.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/storage.py
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ def url(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
         # slog.debug('url: %s' % name)
         return super().url(name, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def accessed_time(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+    def get_accessed_time(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
         slog.debug('accessed_time: %s' % name)
-        return super().accessed_time(name, *args, **kwargs)
+        return super().get_accessed_time(name, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def created_time(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+    def get_created_time(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
         slog.debug('created_time: %s' % name)
-        return super().created_time(name, *args, **kwargs)
+        return super().get_created_time(name, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def modified_time(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+    def get_modified_time(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
         slog.debug('modified_time: %s' % name)
-        return super().modified_time(name, *args, **kwargs)
+        return super().get_modified_time(name, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 class TestStorage(TestStorageMixin, FileSystemStorage):
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py
index 31c48be9a..d56cbe949 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import os
+from datetime import datetime
 from io import StringIO
+from unittest import mock
 
 from django.core import management
+from django.core.management.base import CommandError
 
 from sorl.thumbnail.conf import settings
 
@@ -44,6 +47,38 @@ def test_clear_delete_referenced_action(self):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(name2))
         self.assertFalse(os.path.isfile(name3))
 
+    def _test_clear_delete_referenced_timeout(self, timeout):
+        """
+        Clear KV store and delete referenced thumbnails for thumbnails older
+        than the specified timeout.
+        """
+        name1, name2 = self.make_test_thumbnails('400x300', '200x200')
+        out = StringIO()
+        with mock.patch('tests.thumbnail_tests.storage.TestStorage.get_created_time') as mocked:
+            mocked.return_value = datetime(2016, 9, 29, 12, 58, 27)
+            management.call_command(
+                'thumbnail', 'clear_delete_referenced', f'--timeout={timeout}',
+                verbosity=1, stdout=out
+            )
+        lines = out.getvalue().split("\n")
+        self.assertRegex(
+            lines[0],
+            "Delete all thumbnail files referenced in Key Value Store "
+            r"older than \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} \.\.\. \[Done\]"
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.isfile(name1))
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.isfile(name2))
+
+    def test_clear_delete_referenced_timeout_digits(self):
+        self._test_clear_delete_referenced_timeout('7776000')
+
+    def test_clear_delete_referenced_timeout_duration(self):
+        self._test_clear_delete_referenced_timeout('P180D')
+
+    def test_clear_delete_referenced_timeout_invalid(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(CommandError, "Unable to parse 'XX360' as a duration"):
+            self._test_clear_delete_referenced_timeout('XX360')
+
     def test_clear_delete_all_action(self):
         """ Clear KV store and delete all thumbnails """
         name1, name2 = self.make_test_thumbnails('400x300', '200x200')
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/utils.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/utils.py
index 443c35cac..d37590cb5 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from subprocess import check_output
 
+from django.test import TestCase
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 
 from sorl.thumbnail.conf import settings
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def __init__(self, name):
         self.name = name
 
 
-class BaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+class BaseTestCase(TestCase):
     IMAGE_DIMENSIONS = [(500, 500), (100, 100), (200, 100), ]
     BACKEND = None
     ENGINE = None