diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
index 5d6c32268d..fb408836e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
@@ -1852,6 +1852,9 @@ As response a link:#mergeable-info[MergeableInfo] entity is returned.
 If the `other-branches` parameter is specified, the mergeability will also be
 checked for all other branches.
 
+If the `force` parameter is specified, the mergeability against the destination
+will be rechecked, in case of prior transient failures or bugs.
+
 .Request
 ----
   GET /changes/myProject~master~I8473b95934b5732ac55d26311a706c9c2bde9940/revisions/current/mergeable?other-branches HTTP/1.0
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Mergeable.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Mergeable.java
index f2c4adc61e..c17afb8e4e 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Mergeable.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Mergeable.java
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ public class Mergeable implements RestReadView<RevisionResource> {
       usage = "test mergeability for other branches too")
   private boolean otherBranches;
 
+  @Option(name = "--force", aliases = {"-f"},
+      usage = "force recheck of mergeable field")
+  public void setForce(boolean force) {
+    this.force = force;
+  }
+
   private final TestSubmitType.Get submitType;
   private final GitRepositoryManager gitManager;
   private final ProjectCache projectCache;
@@ -97,10 +103,6 @@ public class Mergeable implements RestReadView<RevisionResource> {
     this.indexer = indexer;
   }
 
-  public void setForce(boolean force) {
-    this.force = force;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public MergeableInfo apply(RevisionResource resource) throws AuthException,
       ResourceConflictException, BadRequestException, OrmException, IOException {