diff --git a/cmd/task/task.go b/cmd/task/task.go
index a7d968ca..746d7f0b 100644
--- a/cmd/task/task.go
+++ b/cmd/task/task.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ hello:
 '''
 `)
 	}
+	flag.BoolVar(&task.Force, "f", false, "forces execution even when the task is up-to-date")
 	flag.Parse()
 	task.Run()
 }
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index ceb70e5f..a354a1b6 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package task
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ var (
 	// ShPath constains the Bash path if found
 	ShPath string
 
+	// Force (-f flag) forces a task to run even when it's up-to-date
+	Force bool
+
 	// Tasks constains the tasks parsed from Taskfile
 	Tasks = make(map[string]*Task)
 )
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ func (err *taskRunError) Error() string {
 func Run() {
 	log.SetFlags(0)
 
-	args := os.Args[1:]
+	args := flag.Args()
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		log.Fatal("No argument given")
 	}
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ func RunTask(name string) error {
 		return &taskNotFoundError{name}
 	}
 
-	if isTaskUpToDate(t) {
+	if !Force && isTaskUpToDate(t) {
 		log.Printf(`Task "%s" is up to date`, name)
 		return nil
 	}