diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d9a04d..782ac6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Aliases:
 Flags:
       --custom-order          Enable custom order of sections
   -d, --debug                 Enables debug output from the formatter
+      --format-always         Format the file even if no imports blocks are defined. The default value is false.
   -h, --help                  help for print
   -s, --section stringArray   Sections define how inputs will be processed. Section names are case-insensitive and may contain parameters in (). The section order is standard > default > custom > blank > dot > alias. The default value is [standard,default].
                               standard - standard section that Go provides officially, like "fmt"
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Aliases:
 Flags:
       --custom-order          Enable custom order of sections
   -d, --debug                 Enables debug output from the formatter
+      --format-always         Format the file even if no imports blocks are defined. The default value is false.
   -h, --help                  help for write
   -s, --section stringArray   Sections define how inputs will be processed. Section names are case-insensitive and may contain parameters in (). The section order is standard > default > custom > blank > dot > alias. The default value is [standard,default].
                               standard - standard section that Go provides officially, like "fmt"
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ Usage:
 Flags:
       --custom-order          Enable custom order of sections
   -d, --debug                 Enables debug output from the formatter
+      --format-always         Format the file even if no imports blocks are defined. The default value is false.
   -h, --help                  help for diff
   -s, --section stringArray   Sections define how inputs will be processed. Section names are case-insensitive and may contain parameters in (). The section order is standard > default > custom > blank > dot > alias. The default value is [standard,default].
                               standard - standard section that Go provides officially, like "fmt"
diff --git a/cmd/gci/gcicommand.go b/cmd/gci/gcicommand.go
index a1a2236..5c84427 100644
--- a/cmd/gci/gcicommand.go
+++ b/cmd/gci/gcicommand.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 type processingFunc = func(args []string, gciCfg config.Config) error
 
 func (e *Executor) newGciCommand(use, short, long string, aliases []string, stdInSupport bool, processingFunc processingFunc) *cobra.Command {
-	var noInlineComments, noPrefixComments, skipGenerated, skipVendor, customOrder, debug *bool
+	var noInlineComments, noPrefixComments, skipGenerated, skipVendor, customOrder, debug, formatAlways *bool
 	var sectionStrings, sectionSeparatorStrings *[]string
 	cmd := cobra.Command{
 		Use:               use,
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func (e *Executor) newGciCommand(use, short, long string, aliases []string, stdI
 				SkipGenerated:    *skipGenerated,
 				SkipVendor:       *skipVendor,
 				CustomOrder:      *customOrder,
+				FormatAlways:     *formatAlways,
 			}
 			gciCfg, err := config.YamlConfig{Cfg: fmtCfg, SectionStrings: *sectionStrings, SectionSeparatorStrings: *sectionSeparatorStrings}.Parse()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func (e *Executor) newGciCommand(use, short, long string, aliases []string, stdI
 	e.rootCmd.AddCommand(&cmd)
 
 	debug = cmd.Flags().BoolP("debug", "d", false, "Enables debug output from the formatter")
+	formatAlways = cmd.Flags().Bool("format-always", false, "Format the file even if no imports blocks are defined. The default value is false.")
 
 	sectionHelp := `Sections define how inputs will be processed. Section names are case-insensitive and may contain parameters in (). The section order is standard > default > custom > blank > dot > alias. The default value is [standard,default].
 standard - standard section that Go provides officially, like "fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 51f6ccf..951e1da 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type BoolConfig struct {
 	SkipGenerated    bool `yaml:"skipGenerated"`
 	SkipVendor       bool `yaml:"skipVendor"`
 	CustomOrder      bool `yaml:"customOrder"`
+	FormatAlways     bool `yaml:"formatAlways"`
 }
 
 type Config struct {
diff --git a/pkg/gci/gci.go b/pkg/gci/gci.go
index 163e95a..eef3f40 100644
--- a/pkg/gci/gci.go
+++ b/pkg/gci/gci.go
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ func LoadFormat(in []byte, path string, cfg config.Config) (src, dist []byte, er
 	imports, headEnd, tailStart, cStart, cEnd, err := parse.ParseFile(src, path)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, parse.NoImportError{}) {
+			if cfg.FormatAlways {
+				return GoFormat(src)
+			}
 			return src, src, nil
 		}
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -220,6 +223,15 @@ func LoadFormat(in []byte, path string, cfg config.Config) (src, dist []byte, er
 	return src, dist, nil
 }
 
+func GoFormat(src []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
+	dist, err := goFormat.Source(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return src, dist, nil
+}
+
 func AddIndent(in *[]byte, first *bool) {
 	if *first {
 		*first = false
diff --git a/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.cfg.yaml b/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.cfg.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c9c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.cfg.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+formatAlways: true
diff --git a/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.in.go b/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.in.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..664be31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.in.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package main
+
+func SomeFunc() error {
+return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.out.go b/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.out.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..357e01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gci/internal/testdata/format-always.out.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package main
+
+func SomeFunc() error {
+	return nil
+}