diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/pxe.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/pxe.py
index 3463f3543c..222e952dac 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/pxe.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/pxe.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class PXEBoot(pxe_base.PXEBaseMixin, base.BootInterface):
     capabilities = ['ramdisk_boot', 'pxe_boot']
 
 
-class PXERamdiskDeploy(agent_base.AgentBaseMixin, base.DeployInterface):
+class PXERamdiskDeploy(agent_base.AgentBaseMixin, agent_base.HeartbeatMixin,
+                       base.DeployInterface):
 
     def get_properties(self, task):
         return {}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ramdisk-clean-2d3b033a401b911b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ramdisk-clean-2d3b033a401b911b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..022372fb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ramdisk-clean-2d3b033a401b911b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes cleaning with the ``ramdisk`` deploy interface by reusing the same
+    procedure as for the ``direct`` deploy interface.