diff --git a/tasks/drone-agent.yml b/tasks/drone-agent.yml
index 38ace2e..f2564b3 100644
--- a/tasks/drone-agent.yml
+++ b/tasks/drone-agent.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
       - /store/drone:/var/drone
       - /store/builds:/var/builds
     env_file: /etc/drone/drone-agent.env
-  when: drone_agent_config is defined and drone_agent_config.changed
+  when: drone_agent_config is defined and drone_agent_config.changed or
+        drone_agent_force
   tags:
     - drone-agent
     - skip_ansible_lint