diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
index e0057a8b..573404f1 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/configuration.rst
@@ -1220,6 +1220,9 @@ repository with a new commit.
       deliverable is not release blocking.
     * ``update_summary`` -- (*bool*) Update summary metadata after tree composing.
       Defaults to ``False``.
+    * ``force_new_commit`` -- (*bool*) Do not use rpm-ostree's built in change
+      detection.
+      Defaults to ``False``.
     * ``version`` -- (*str*) Version string to be added as versioning metadata.
       If this option is set to ``!OSTREE_VERSION_FROM_LABEL_DATE_TYPE_RESPIN``,
       a value will be generated automatically as ``$VERSION.$RELEASE``.
diff --git a/pungi/checks.py b/pungi/checks.py
index 9fc40b81..9db1c92c 100644
--- a/pungi/checks.py
+++ b/pungi/checks.py
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ def make_schema():
                                     "arches": {"$ref": "#/definitions/list_of_strings"},
                                     "failable": {"$ref": "#/definitions/list_of_strings"},
                                     "update_summary": {"type": "boolean"},
+                                    "force_new_commit": {"type": "boolean"},
                                     "version": {"type": "string"},
                                     "config_branch": {"type": "string"},
                                     "tag_ref": {"type": "boolean"},
diff --git a/pungi/ostree/tree.py b/pungi/ostree/tree.py
index 45978a71..64e34463 100644
--- a/pungi/ostree/tree.py
+++ b/pungi/ostree/tree.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class Tree(OSTree):
         if self.version:
             # Add versioning metadata
             cmd.append('--add-metadata-string=version=%s' % self.version)
+        # Note renamed from rpm-ostree --force-nocache since it's a better
+        # name; more clearly describes what we're doing here.
+        if self.force_new_commit:
+            cmd.append('--force-nocache')
         cmd.append(self.treefile)
 
         shortcuts.run(cmd, show_cmd=True, stdout=True, logfile=log_file)
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ class Tree(OSTree):
         self.update_summary = self.args.update_summary
         self.extra_config = self.args.extra_config
         self.ostree_ref = self.args.ostree_ref
+        self.force_new_commit = self.args.force_new_commit
 
         if self.extra_config or self.ostree_ref:
             if self.extra_config: