diff --git a/package/system/apk/Makefile b/package/system/apk/Makefile
index 945722c6c0..2cea412dd5 100644
--- a/package/system/apk/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/apk/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=apk
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/apk-tools.git
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
diff --git a/package/system/apk/patches/0100-add-add-force-reinstall-option.patch b/package/system/apk/patches/0100-add-add-force-reinstall-option.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d8c4c6c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/system/apk/patches/0100-add-add-force-reinstall-option.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 13:41:16 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] add: add --force-reinstall option
+
+Allow reinstalling already-installed packages without a version change.
+Only the named packages are reinstalled, not their dependencies.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+---
+
+--- a/src/app_add.c
++++ b/src/app_add.c
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct add_ctx {
+ 	OPT(OPT_ADD_initdb,	"initdb") \
+ 	OPT(OPT_ADD_latest,	APK_OPT_SH("l") "latest") \
+ 	OPT(OPT_ADD_no_chown,   "no-chown") \
++	OPT(OPT_ADD_reinstall,	"force-reinstall") \
+ 	OPT(OPT_ADD_upgrade,	APK_OPT_SH("u") "upgrade") \
+ 	OPT(OPT_ADD_usermode,	"usermode") \
+ 	OPT(OPT_ADD_virtual,	APK_OPT_ARG APK_OPT_SH("t") "virtual")
+@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ static int add_parse_option(void *ctx, s
+ 	case OPT_ADD_latest:
+ 		actx->solver_flags |= APK_SOLVERF_LATEST;
+ 		break;
++	case OPT_ADD_reinstall:
++		actx->solver_flags |= APK_SOLVERF_REINSTALL;
++		break;
+ 	case OPT_ADD_upgrade:
+ 		actx->solver_flags |= APK_SOLVERF_UPGRADE;
+ 		break;
+@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ static int add_main(void *ctx, struct ap
+ 			apk_deps_add(&world, &dep);
+ 			apk_solver_set_name_flags(dep.name,
+ 						  actx->solver_flags,
+-						  actx->solver_flags);
++						  actx->solver_flags & ~APK_SOLVERF_REINSTALL);
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	if (actx->virtpkg) {
+@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ static int add_main(void *ctx, struct ap
+ 		apk_deps_add(&world, &virtdep);
+ 		apk_solver_set_name_flags(virtdep.name,
+ 					  actx->solver_flags,
+-					  actx->solver_flags);
++					  actx->solver_flags & ~APK_SOLVERF_REINSTALL);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	r = apk_solver_commit(db, 0, world);