diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab2641f..9267ec0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.424</version><!-- which version of Hudson is this plugin built against? -->
+    <version>1.554.3</version><!-- which version of Hudson is this plugin built against? -->
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm.java
index a6211c7..057dd40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundSetter;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.QueryParameter;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.Exported;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ public class RepoScm extends SCM implements Serializable {
 	private final boolean currentBranch;
 	private final boolean resetFirst;
 	private final boolean quiet;
+	private boolean forceSync;
 	private final boolean trace;
 	private final boolean showAllChanges;
 
@@ -240,6 +242,13 @@ public boolean isCurrentBranch() {
 	public boolean isQuiet() {
 		return quiet;
 	}
+	/**
+	 * Returns the value of forceSync.
+	 */
+	@Exported
+	public boolean isForceSync() {
+		return forceSync;
+	}
 	/**
 	 * Returns the value of trace.
 	 */
@@ -328,6 +337,17 @@ public RepoScm(final String manifestRepositoryUrl,
 		this.repoUrl = Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(repoUrl);
 	}
 
+  /**
+   * Enables --force-sync option on repo sync command.
+	 * @param forceSync
+	 *        If this value is true, add the "--force-sync" option when
+   *        executing "repo sync".
+   */
+  @DataBoundSetter
+  public void setForceSync(final boolean forceSync) {
+    this.forceSync = forceSync;
+  }
+
 	@Override
 	public SCMRevisionState calcRevisionsFromBuild(
 			final AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, final Launcher launcher,
@@ -462,6 +482,9 @@ private int doSync(final Launcher launcher, final FilePath workspace,
 		if (isQuiet()) {
 			commands.add("-q");
 		}
+		if (isForceSync()) {
+			commands.add("--force-sync");
+		}
 		if (jobs > 0) {
 			commands.add("--jobs=" + jobs);
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm/config.jelly b/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm/config.jelly
index 86b37ab..202cf01 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm/config.jelly
+++ b/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/repo/RepoScm/config.jelly
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 			<f:checkbox name="repo.quiet" checked="${h.defaultToTrue(scm.quiet)}" />
 		</f:entry>
 
+		<f:entry title="Force Sync" help="/plugin/repo/help-forceSync.html">
+			<f:checkbox name="repo.forceSync" checked="${scm.forceSync}" />
+		</f:entry>
+
 		<f:entry title="Trace" help="/plugin/repo/help-trace.html">
 			<f:checkbox name="repo.trace" checked="${scm.trace}" />
 		</f:entry>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/help-forceSync.html b/src/main/webapp/help-forceSync.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85264a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/webapp/help-forceSync.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<div>
+   <p>
+	 Continue sync even if a project fails to sync
+   This is passed to repo as <code>repo sync <i>--force-sync</i></code>.
+  </p>
+</div>