diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/LocalizableStrings.resx b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/LocalizableStrings.resx
index 6ffdc38b3..877cfa218 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/LocalizableStrings.resx
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/LocalizableStrings.resx
@@ -165,4 +165,7 @@
   <data name="CmdNoDependenciesOptionDescription" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Set this flag to ignore project to project references and only restore the root project.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="CmdForceRestoreOptionDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Set this flag to force all dependencies to be resolved even if the last restore was successful. This is equivalent to deleting project.assets.json.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
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diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/RestoreCommandParser.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/RestoreCommandParser.cs
index f42acad6b..a50c464a3 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/RestoreCommandParser.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/RestoreCommandParser.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
                     LocalizableStrings.CmdNoDependenciesOptionDescription,
                     Accept.NoArguments()
                           .ForwardAs("/p:RestoreRecursive=false")),
+                Create.Option(
+                    "-f|--force",
+                    LocalizableStrings.CmdForceRestoreOptionDescription,
+                    Accept.NoArguments()
+                          .ForwardAs("/p:RestoreForce=true")),
                 CommonOptions.VerbosityOption());
     }
 }
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