diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 9dd32a115bbbfe..f1eaf6e6edb154 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static char *opt_update_shallow;
 static char *opt_refmap;
 static char *opt_ipv4;
 static char *opt_ipv6;
+static int opt_show_forced_updates = -1;
 
 static struct option pull_options[] = {
 	/* Shared options */
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@ static struct option pull_options[] = {
 	OPT_PASSTHRU('6',  "ipv6", &opt_ipv6, NULL,
 		N_("use IPv6 addresses only"),
 		PARSE_OPT_NOARG),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "show-forced-updates", &opt_show_forced_updates,
+		 N_("check for forced-updates on all updated branches")),
 
 	OPT_END()
 };
@@ -549,6 +552,10 @@ static int run_fetch(const char *repo, const char **refspecs)
 		argv_array_push(&args, opt_ipv4);
 	if (opt_ipv6)
 		argv_array_push(&args, opt_ipv6);
+	if (opt_show_forced_updates > 0)
+		argv_array_push(&args, "--show-forced-updates");
+	else if (opt_show_forced_updates == 0)
+		argv_array_push(&args, "--no-show-forced-updates");
 
 	if (repo) {
 		argv_array_push(&args, repo);