diff --git a/tagger b/tagger
index 4bb2c90..3353ec7 100755
--- a/tagger
+++ b/tagger
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ap.add_argument("--fullyear", action="store_true")
 ap.add_argument("--day-always", action="store_true")
 ap.add_argument("--prefix", default="r")
 ap.add_argument("--noop", action="store_true")
+ap.add_argument("--force", action="store_true")
 args = ap.parse_args()
 
 subprocess.run(["git", "pull"])
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ for ln in result.stdout.split("\n"):
         need_tag = True
 
 print(need_tag, found_tags)
-if need_tag:
+if need_tag or args.force:
     today = datetime.date.today()
     version = []
     if args.fullyear: