diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
index 1df520c6..36168fd2 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
@@ -291,11 +291,12 @@ sub push : Chained('api') PathPart('push') Args(0) {
 
     $c->{stash}->{json}->{jobsetsTriggered} = [];
 
+    my $force = exists $c->request->query_params->{force};
     my @jobsets = split /,/, ($c->request->query_params->{jobsets} // "");
     foreach my $s (@jobsets) {
         my ($p, $j) = parseJobsetName($s);
         my $jobset = $c->model('DB::Jobsets')->find($p, $j);
-        next unless defined $jobset && $jobset->project->enabled && $jobset->enabled;
+        next unless defined $jobset && ($force || ($jobset->project->enabled && $jobset->enabled));
         triggerJobset($self, $c, $jobset);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/root/topbar.tt b/src/root/topbar.tt
index 7fcbc6ea..d8175392 100644
--- a/src/root/topbar.tt
+++ b/src/root/topbar.tt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
               'Are you sure you want to force evaluation of this jobset?',
               function(c) {
                 if (!c) return;
-                $.post("[% c.uri_for('/api/push', { jobsets = project.name _ ':' _ jobset.name }) %]")
+                $.post("[% c.uri_for('/api/push', { jobsets = project.name _ ':' _ jobset.name, force = "1" }) %]")
                   .done(function(data) {
                     if (data.error)
                       bootbox.alert("Unable to schedule the jobset for evaluation: " + data.error);