diff --git a/backends/opkg/pk-backend-opkg.c b/backends/opkg/pk-backend-opkg.c
index a20769f..0b9867e 100644
--- a/backends/opkg/pk-backend-opkg.c
+++ b/backends/opkg/pk-backend-opkg.c
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ backend_remove_packages_thread (PkBackend *backend)
 	gchar **package_ids;
 	gboolean allow_deps;
 	gboolean autoremove;
+	gboolean force_depends=!!1;
 	gpointer *data;
 
 	data = pk_backend_get_pointer (backend, "remove-params");
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ backend_remove_packages_thread (PkBackend *backend)
 
 	opkg_set_option (opkg, "autoremove", &autoremove);
 	opkg_set_option (opkg, "force_removal_of_dependent_packages", &allow_deps);
+	opkg_set_option (opkg, "force_depends", &force_depends);
 
 	err = 0;