diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 2a97c12..3f10cc7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ galaxy_uwsgi_config_default:
 # build separately, but this is not guaranteed to work for all version of Galaxy - using `make` is the safer choice.
 galaxy_client_make_target: client-production-maps
 
+# Build the client even if it is not out of date
+galaxy_client_force_build: false
+
 # If galaxy_client_make_target is null, you can set this to `development` to build the client for development
 galaxy_client_node_env: production
 galaxy_client_build_steps:
diff --git a/tasks/client.yml b/tasks/client.yml
index 9677200..0b5ddd2 100644
--- a/tasks/client.yml
+++ b/tasks/client.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
     - name: Set client build version fact
       set_fact:
-        __galaxy_client_build_version: "{{ __galaxy_client_build_version_result.content | b64decode | trim }}"
+        __galaxy_client_build_version: "{{ galaxy_client_force_build | ternary('FORCE-BUILD', __galaxy_client_build_version_result.content | b64decode | trim) }}"
 
-    - name: Set client build version fact
+    - name: Set galaxy commit ID fact
       set_fact:
         __galaxy_current_commit_id: "{{ __galaxy_git_stat_result.after if __galaxy_from_git.stat.exists else 'none' }}"
       when: __galaxy_from_git.stat.exists