diff --git a/ivy/Ivy.scala b/ivy/Ivy.scala
index 400490086..a9a5cf8f8 100644
--- a/ivy/Ivy.scala
+++ b/ivy/Ivy.scala
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ private object IvySbt
 	{
 		for(dependency <- dependencies)
 		{
-			val dependencyDescriptor = new DefaultDependencyDescriptor(moduleID, toID(dependency), false, dependency.isChanging, dependency.isTransitive)
+			val dependencyDescriptor = new DefaultDependencyDescriptor(moduleID, toID(dependency), dependency.isForce, dependency.isChanging, dependency.isTransitive)
 			dependency.configurations match
 			{
 				case None => // The configuration for this dependency was not explicitly specified, so use the default
diff --git a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
index d5ffc4d6a..e7d5115d3 100644
--- a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
+++ b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import scala.xml.NodeSeq
 import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.{DependencyResolver, IBiblioResolver}
 import org.apache.ivy.util.url.CredentialsStore
 
-final case class ModuleID(organization: String, name: String, revision: String, configurations: Option[String] = None, isChanging: Boolean = false, isTransitive: Boolean = true, explicitArtifacts: Seq[Artifact] = Nil, exclusions: Seq[ExclusionRule] = Nil, extraAttributes: Map[String,String] = Map.empty, crossVersion: CrossVersion = CrossVersion.Disabled)
+final case class ModuleID(organization: String, name: String, revision: String, configurations: Option[String] = None, isChanging: Boolean = false, isTransitive: Boolean = true, isForce: Boolean = false, explicitArtifacts: Seq[Artifact] = Nil, exclusions: Seq[ExclusionRule] = Nil, extraAttributes: Map[String,String] = Map.empty, crossVersion: CrossVersion = CrossVersion.Disabled)
 {
 	override def toString =
 		organization + ":" + name + ":" + revision +
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ final case class ModuleID(organization: String, name: String, revision: String,
 	def notTransitive() = intransitive()
 	def intransitive() = copy(isTransitive = false)
 	def changing() = copy(isChanging = true)
+	def force() = copy(isForce = true)
 	def from(url: String) = artifacts(Artifact(name, new URL(url)))
 	def classifier(c: String) = artifacts(Artifact(name, c))
 	def artifacts(newArtifacts: Artifact*) = copy(explicitArtifacts = newArtifacts ++ this.explicitArtifacts)