2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc b/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc
index 87deb6bf0..494928332 100644
--- a/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc
+++ b/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static bool addArgumentsAPTHelper(std::vector<CommandLine::Args> &Args, char con
 									/*}}}*/
 static bool addArgumentsAPTGet(std::vector<CommandLine::Args> &Args, char const * const Cmd)/*{{{*/
 {
-   if (CmdMatches("install", "remove", "purge", "upgrade", "dist-upgrade",
+   if (CmdMatches("install", "reinstall", "remove", "purge", "upgrade", "dist-upgrade",
 	    "dselect-upgrade", "autoremove", "autopurge", "full-upgrade"))
    {
       addArg(0, "show-progress", "DpkgPM::Progress", 0);
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static bool addArgumentsAPTGet(std::vector<CommandLine::Args> &Args, char const
    else if (CmdMatches("moo"))
       addArg(0, "color", "APT::Moo::Color", 0);
 
-   if (CmdMatches("install", "remove", "purge", "upgrade", "dist-upgrade",
+   if (CmdMatches("install", "reinstall", "remove", "purge", "upgrade", "dist-upgrade",
 	    "dselect-upgrade", "autoremove", "auto-remove", "autopurge", "clean", "autoclean", "auto-clean", "check",
 	    "build-dep", "full-upgrade", "source"))
    {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static bool addArgumentsAPTMark(std::vector<CommandLine::Args> &Args, char const
    {
       addArg('f',"file","Dir::State::extended_states",CommandLine::HasArg);
    }
-   else if (CmdMatches("install", "remove", "deinstall", "purge",
+   else if (CmdMatches("install", "reinstall", "remove", "deinstall", "purge",
 	    "showinstall", "showinstalls", "showremove", "showremoves",
 	    "showdeinstall", "showdeinstalls", "showpurge", "showpurges"))
       ;
diff --git a/apt-private/private-install.cc b/apt-private/private-install.cc
index 1713ff308..243b75b1c 100644
--- a/apt-private/private-install.cc
+++ b/apt-private/private-install.cc
@@ -586,7 +586,9 @@ bool DoCacheManipulationFromCommandLine(CommandLine &CmdL, std::vector<PseudoPkg
       Fix.reset(new pkgProblemResolver(Cache));
 
    unsigned short fallback = MOD_INSTALL;
-   if (strcasecmp(CmdL.FileList[0],"remove") == 0)
+   if (strcasecmp(CmdL.FileList[0], "reinstall") == 0)
+      _config->Set("APT::Get::ReInstall", "true");
+   else if (strcasecmp(CmdL.FileList[0],"remove") == 0)
       fallback = MOD_REMOVE;
    else if (strcasecmp(CmdL.FileList[0], "purge") == 0)
    {