diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f71b9e7..6d62b50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           source_branch: "main"
           destination_repo: "destination_org/repository"
           destination_branch: "main"
+          destination_force_push: "true" # optional, whether to force push to destination
           ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }} # optional
           source_ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.SOURCE_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }} # optional, will override `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`
           destination_ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.DESTINATION_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }} # optional, will override `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 83fe5ca..7baefdf 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ inputs:
   destination_branch:
     description: Branch name to sync to
     required: true
+  destination_force_push:
+    description: Whether to force push to destination
+    required: false
   ssh_private_key:
     description: SSH key used to authenticate with source and destination ssh urls provided (optional if public or https url with authentication)
     required: false
@@ -37,4 +40,5 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.source_repo }}
     - ${{ inputs.source_branch }}
     - ${{ inputs.destination_repo }}
-    - ${{ inputs.destination_branch }}
\ No newline at end of file
+    - ${{ inputs.destination_branch }}
+    - ${{ inputs.destination_force_push }}
diff --git a/git-sync.sh b/git-sync.sh
index 05a0e0a..f68f66c 100755
--- a/git-sync.sh
+++ b/git-sync.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SOURCE_REPO=$1
 SOURCE_BRANCH=$2
 DESTINATION_REPO=$3
 DESTINATION_BRANCH=$4
+DESTINATION_FORCE_PUSH=$5
 
 if ! echo $SOURCE_REPO | grep -Eq ':|@|\.git\/?$'; then
   if [[ -n "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" || -n "$SOURCE_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" ]]; then
@@ -48,4 +49,8 @@ if [[ -n "$DESTINATION_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" ]]; then
   git config --local core.sshCommand "/usr/bin/ssh -i ~/.ssh/dst_rsa"
 fi
 
-git push destination "${SOURCE_BRANCH}:${DESTINATION_BRANCH}" -f
+if  [[ -n "$DESTINATION_FORCE_PUSH" && "$DESTINATION_FORCE_PUSH" = true ]]; then
+    git push destination "${SOURCE_BRANCH}:${DESTINATION_BRANCH}" -f
+else
+    git push destination "${SOURCE_BRANCH}:${DESTINATION_BRANCH}"
+fi