diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.h b/src/pacman/conf.h
index d20eac47..4063a314 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.h
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ typedef struct __config_t {
 	unsigned short color;
 	unsigned short disable_dl_timeout;
 	unsigned short disable_sandbox;
+	unsigned short retry_input;
 	char *print_format;
 	/* unfortunately, we have to keep track of paths both here and in the library
 	 * because they can come from both the command line or config file, and we
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 4e8d9dd1..3387ea21 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
 		case 'v':
 			(config->verbose)++;
 			break;
+		case OP_RETRYINPUT:
+			config->retry_input = 1;
+			break;
 		default:
 			return 1;
 	}