diff --git a/subr/build_init.subr b/subr/build_init.subr
index 3dd3901..0bc544e 100644
--- a/subr/build_init.subr
+++ b/subr/build_init.subr
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ buildp_init_getopts() {
 	local _arg="" _opt="" _rc=0 _shiftfl=0 OPTIND=0; _status="";
 	: ${ARCH:="nt64"}; : ${BUILD_KIND:="debug"};
 	ARG_AS_NEEDED=0; ARG_CLEAN_BUILDS=""; ARG_DEBUG_MINIPIX=0; ARG_DIST=""; ARG_DUMP_IN="";
-	ARG_DUMP_ON_ABORT=0; ARG_FETCH_FORCE=0; ARG_PARALLEL=1; ARG_RELAXED=0; ARG_RESTART="";
+	ARG_DUMP_ON_ABORT=0; ARG_FETCH_FORCE=""; ARG_PARALLEL=1; ARG_RELAXED=0; ARG_RESTART="";
 	ARG_RESTART_AT=""; ARG_RESTART_RECURSIVE=""; ARG_VERBOSE=0;
 	while [ "${#}" -gt 0 ]; do
 		case "${1}" in
@@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ buildp_init_getopts() {
 			break;
 		elif [ "${_shiftfl}" -gt 0 ]; then
 			shift "${_shiftfl}"; continue;
-		elif getopts a:b:C:D:Fhp:Pr:R _opt; then
+		elif getopts a:b:C:D:F:hp:Pr:R _opt; then
 			case "${_opt}" in
 			a)	ARCH="${OPTARG}"; ;;
 			b)	BUILD_KIND="${OPTARG}"; ;;
 			C)	ARG_CLEAN_BUILDS="${OPTARG}"; ;;
 			D)	ARG_DIST="${OPTARG}"; ;;
-			F)	ARG_FETCH_FORCE=1; ;;
+			F)	ARG_FETCH_FORCE="${OPTARG}"; ;;
 			h)	cat etc/build.usage; exit 0; ;;
 			p)	ARG_PARALLEL="${OPTARG}"; ;;
 			P)	ARG_PARALLEL="auto";