diff --git a/src/updater/CommandLineOptions.cs b/src/updater/CommandLineOptions.cs
index 1e8f811..2980042 100644
--- a/src/updater/CommandLineOptions.cs
+++ b/src/updater/CommandLineOptions.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ namespace CitizenMP.Server.Installer
         [Option("log", DefaultValue = true, HelpText = "Write a log file \"build.log\" to the output folder.")]
         public bool WriteLogFile { get; set; }
 
+        [Option("force", DefaultValue = false, HelpText = "Enforce rebuilding the server even if the server's version is up-to-date.")]
+        public bool ForceBuild { get; set; }
+
         [ValueOption(0)]
         public string OutputPath { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/updater/Program.cs b/src/updater/Program.cs
index cd2548b..24b84db 100644
--- a/src/updater/Program.cs
+++ b/src/updater/Program.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using System.Xml.XPath;
 using CommandLine;
 using LibGit2Sharp;
 using Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine;
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ namespace CitizenMP.Server.Installer
 
             // Check if we need to update by parsing AssemblyConfigurationAttribute in server assembly.
             // Should have a space-separated segment saying "CommitHash=<commit hash here>".
-            if (binOutputDirectory.Exists)
+            if (!options.ForceBuild && binOutputDirectory.Exists)
             {
                 var serverBins = binOutputDirectory
                     .EnumerateFiles("*Server.exe", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)