diff --git a/rattail/fablib/apt.py b/rattail/fablib/apt.py
index 28cd4c5c062e16f91158c0ee3b2e696464502ce5..1df2e95ba9f016c8bd1e034e8218d83c12b463cc 100644
--- a/rattail/fablib/apt.py
+++ b/rattail/fablib/apt.py
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ def install(*packages, **kwargs):
     frontend = kwargs.get('frontend', 'noninteractive')
     target = kwargs.get('target_release')
     target = '--target-release={}'.format(target) if target else ''
-    sudo('DEBIAN_FRONTEND={} apt-get --assume-yes {} install {}'.format(
-            frontend, target, ' '.join(packages)))
+    force_yes = ' --force-yes' if kwargs.get('force_yes') else ''
+    sudo('DEBIAN_FRONTEND={} apt-get --assume-yes {}{} install {}'.format(
+            frontend, target, force_yes, ' '.join(packages)))
 
 
 def purge(*packages):