diff --git a/scripts/tag-preview-build b/scripts/tag-preview-build
index 5692892dc..1fc9316e3 100755
--- a/scripts/tag-preview-build
+++ b/scripts/tag-preview-build
@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@ RELEASE_VERSION=${CURRENT_VERSION%%-SNAPSHOT}
 PREVIEW_TAG="${RELEASE_VERSION}-preview"
 printf "preview tag: '%s'\n" "${PREVIEW_TAG}"
 
-git tag "${PREVIEW_TAG}"
+if [ "$1" == "-f" ]
+then
+ git tag -f "${PREVIEW_TAG}"
+else
+ git tag "${PREVIEW_TAG}"
+fi