diff --git a/swift/cli/relinker.py b/swift/cli/relinker.py
index a418a105f1..79add9925e 100644
--- a/swift/cli/relinker.py
+++ b/swift/cli/relinker.py
@@ -463,9 +463,10 @@ def main(args):
         'Path to config file with [object-relinker] section'))
     parser.add_argument('--swift-dir', default=None,
                         dest='swift_dir', help='Path to swift directory')
-    parser.add_argument('--policy', default=None, dest='policy',
-                        type=policy,
-                        help='Policy to relink (default: all)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--policy', default=[], dest='policies',
+        action='append', type=policy,
+        help='Policy to relink; may specify multiple (default: all)')
     parser.add_argument('--devices', default=None,
                         dest='devices', help='Path to swift device directory')
     parser.add_argument('--user', default=None, dest='user',
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ def main(args):
         'files_per_second': (
             args.files_per_second if args.files_per_second is not None
             else non_negative_float(conf.get('files_per_second', '0'))),
-        'policies': POLICIES if args.policy is None else [args.policy],
+        'policies': set(args.policies) or POLICIES,
         'partitions': set(args.partitions),
     })
 
diff --git a/test/unit/cli/test_relinker.py b/test/unit/cli/test_relinker.py
index 633eaf328f..31b6840d68 100644
--- a/test/unit/cli/test_relinker.py
+++ b/test/unit/cli/test_relinker.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ class TestRelinker(unittest.TestCase):
             'files_per_second': 2.2,
             'log_level': 'DEBUG',
             'log_name': 'test-relinker',
-            'policies': [POLICIES[1]],
+            'policies': {POLICIES[1]},
             'partitions': {123, 456},
         }, mock.ANY, device='sdx')
 
@@ -372,16 +372,23 @@ class TestRelinker(unittest.TestCase):
 
         with mock.patch('swift.cli.relinker.relink') as mock_relink, \
                 mock.patch('logging.basicConfig') as mock_logging_config:
-            relinker.main(['relink', '--device', 'sdx', '--debug',
-                           '--swift-dir', 'cli-dir', '--devices', 'cli-devs',
-                           '--skip-mount-check'])
+            relinker.main([
+                'relink', '--debug',
+                '--swift-dir', 'cli-dir',
+                '--devices', 'cli-devs',
+                '--device', 'sdx',
+                '--skip-mount-check',
+                '--policy', '0',
+                '--policy', '1',
+                '--policy', '0',
+            ])
         mock_relink.assert_called_once_with({
             'swift_dir': 'cli-dir',
             'devices': 'cli-devs',
             'mount_check': False,
             'files_per_second': 0.0,
             'log_level': 'DEBUG',
-            'policies': POLICIES,
+            'policies': set(POLICIES),
             'partitions': set(),
         }, mock.ANY, device='sdx')
         # --debug is now effective