diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.h b/src/pacman/conf.h
index 2aba8bf..afb7878 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.h
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ typedef struct __config_t {
 	unsigned short version;
 	unsigned short help;
 	unsigned short noconfirm;
+	unsigned short yes;
 	unsigned short noprogressbar;
 	unsigned short logmask;
 	unsigned short print;
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ enum {
 	OP_LONG_FLAG_MIN = 1000,
 	OP_NOCONFIRM,
 	OP_CONFIRM,
+	OP_YES,
 	OP_CONFIG,
 	OP_IGNORE,
 	OP_DEBUG,
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index be52d1b..91528b2 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
 		addlist(_("      --logfile <path> set an alternate log file\n"));
 		addlist(_("      --noconfirm      do not ask for any confirmation\n"));
 		addlist(_("      --confirm        always ask for confirmation\n"));
+		addlist(_("      --yes            always assume yes, even on answers where the default answer is\n"
+		          "                       no. Only works together with --noconfirm\n"));
 	}
 	list = alpm_list_msort(list, alpm_list_count(list), options_cmp);
 	for(i = list; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
@@ -433,6 +435,9 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
 		case OP_CONFIRM:
 			config->noconfirm = 0;
 			break;
+		case OP_YES:
+			config->yes = 1;
+			break;
 		case OP_DBPATH:
 		case 'b':
 			free(config->dbpath);
@@ -914,6 +919,7 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"refresh",    no_argument,       0, OP_REFRESH},
 		{"noconfirm",  no_argument,       0, OP_NOCONFIRM},
 		{"confirm",    no_argument,       0, OP_CONFIRM},
+		{"yes",        no_argument,       0, OP_YES},
 		{"config",     required_argument, 0, OP_CONFIG},
 		{"ignore",     required_argument, 0, OP_IGNORE},
 		{"assume-installed",     required_argument, 0, OP_ASSUMEINSTALLED},
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index d924bf3..7bf297b 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -1546,6 +1546,9 @@ static int question(short preset, const char *format, va_list args)
 
 	if(config->noconfirm) {
 		fprintf(stream, "\n");
+		if(config->yes) {
+			return 1;
+		}
 		return preset;
 	}