diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 1bb4c80..f599f96 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ sub syncdataset {
 					my $nextsnapshotescaped = escapeshellparam($nextsnapshot);
 
 					my $sendcmd = "$sourcesudocmd $zfscmd send -i $sourcefsescaped#$bookmarkescaped $sourcefsescaped\@$nextsnapshotescaped";
-					my $recvcmd = "$targetsudocmd $zfscmd receive $receiveextraargs -F $targetfsescaped";
+					my $recvcmd = "$targetsudocmd $zfscmd receive $receiveextraargs $forcedrecv $targetfsescaped";
 					my $synccmd = buildsynccmd($sendcmd,$recvcmd,$pvsize,$sourceisroot,$targetisroot);
 
 					if (!$quiet) { print "Sending incremental $sourcefs#$bookmarkescaped ... $nextsnapshot (~ $disp_pvsize):\n"; }
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ sub syncdataset {
 					$matchingsnapescaped = escapeshellparam($matchingsnap);
 				} else {
 					my $sendcmd = "$sourcesudocmd $zfscmd send -i $sourcefsescaped#$bookmarkescaped $sourcefsescaped\@$newsyncsnapescaped";
-					my $recvcmd = "$targetsudocmd $zfscmd receive $receiveextraargs -F $targetfsescaped";
+					my $recvcmd = "$targetsudocmd $zfscmd receive $receiveextraargs $forcedrecv $targetfsescaped";
 					my $synccmd = buildsynccmd($sendcmd,$recvcmd,$pvsize,$sourceisroot,$targetisroot);
 
 					if (!$quiet) { print "Sending incremental $sourcefs#$bookmarkescaped ... $newsyncsnap (~ $disp_pvsize):\n"; }
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ sub syncdataset {
 			# bookmark replication was only done to the next oldest snapshot
 			if (!$bookmark || $nextsnapshot) {
 				my $sendcmd = "$sourcesudocmd $zfscmd send $args{'streamarg'} $sourcefsescaped\@$matchingsnapescaped $sourcefsescaped\@$newsyncsnapescaped";
-				my $recvcmd = "$targetsudocmd $zfscmd receive $receiveextraargs -F $targetfsescaped";
+				my $recvcmd = "$targetsudocmd $zfscmd receive $receiveextraargs $forcedrecv $targetfsescaped";
 				my $pvsize = getsendsize($sourcehost,"$sourcefs\@$matchingsnap","$sourcefs\@$newsyncsnap",$sourceisroot);
 				my $disp_pvsize = readablebytes($pvsize);
 				if ($pvsize == 0) { $disp_pvsize = "UNKNOWN"; }