diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
index c5d0a006cafcd3b2b1bce7fa5b7541ad8fa0056b..a15480010828fbe53c71692af71d4c958166979c 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"no-need-wakeup", no_argument, 0, 'm'},
 	{"unaligned", no_argument, 0, 'u'},
 	{"shared-umem", no_argument, 0, 'M'},
+	{"force", no_argument, 0, 'F'},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ static void usage(const char *prog)
 		"  -f, --frame-size=n   Set the frame size (must be a power of two in aligned mode, default is %d).\n"
 		"  -u, --unaligned	Enable unaligned chunk placement\n"
 		"  -M, --shared-umem	Enable XDP_SHARED_UMEM\n"
+		"  -F, --force		Force loading the XDP prog\n"
 		"\n";
 	fprintf(stderr, str, prog, XSK_UMEM__DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);