diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index eabe16a..d4432ce 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
       t.join()
 
     # If we saw an error, exit with code 1 so that other scripts can check.
-    if err_event.isSet():
+    if err_event.isSet() and not opt.force_broken:
       print('\nerror: Exited sync due to fetch errors', file=sys.stderr)
       sys.exit(1)