A paint roller cleaning apparatus includes a hollow pipe with notches formed at the lower end to permit fluid to escape from the interior of the pipe. A tubular spray arm is rotatably mounted within the pipe and has a plurality of vertically aligned and spaced apart apertures to spray cleaning fluid along the length of a paint roller positioned within the pipe. An elbow at the top of the paint arm projects out from the pipe and is connected by a flexible hose to a source of water or other cleaning fluid. A clip on the exterior of the pipe will grip the support rod of a paint roller, and a slot in the upper edge of the pipe will receive the support rod so that the paint roller will be journaled in a vertical orientation with the roller longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spray arm.