diff --git a/src/OpenRCT2.cpp b/src/OpenRCT2.cpp
index 0f693a05c0..f870399a0b 100644
--- a/src/OpenRCT2.cpp
+++ b/src/OpenRCT2.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ extern "C"
         // TODO Ideally we want to delay this until we show the title so that we can
         //      still open the game window and draw a progress screen for the creation
         //      of the object cache.
-        objRepo->LoadOrConstruct();
+        objRepo->LoadOrConstruct(false);
 
         // TODO Like objects, this can take a while if there are a lot of track designs
         //      its also really something really we might want to do in the background
diff --git a/src/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp b/src/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp
index 2586279392..6990b75134 100644
--- a/src/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp
+++ b/src/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ extern "C"
 #include "../core/Path.hpp"
 #include "../core/String.hpp"
 #include "../network/network.h"
+#include "../object/ObjectRepository.h"
 #include "CommandLine.hpp"
 
 #ifdef USE_BREAKPAD
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ static utf8 * _userDataPath    = nullptr;
 static utf8 * _openrctDataPath = nullptr;
 static utf8 * _rct2DataPath    = nullptr;
 static bool   _silentBreakpad  = false;
+static bool   _forceScan       = false;
 
 static const CommandLineOptionDefinition StandardOptions[]
 {
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ static const CommandLineOptionDefinition StandardOptions[]
 #ifdef USE_BREAKPAD
     { CMDLINE_TYPE_SWITCH,  &_silentBreakpad,  NAC, "silent-breakpad",   "make breakpad crash reporting silent"                       },
 #endif // USE_BREAKPAD
+    { CMDLINE_TYPE_SWITCH,  &_forceScan,       'f', "force-scan",        "forces scanning of object repository" },
     OptionTableEnd
 };
 
@@ -194,6 +197,14 @@ exitcode_t CommandLine::HandleCommandDefault()
     gOpenRCT2Headless = _headless;
     gOpenRCT2SilentBreakpad = _silentBreakpad || _headless;
 
+    if (_forceScan)
+    {
+        IObjectRepository * objectRepository = GetObjectRepository();
+        objectRepository->LoadOrConstruct(true);
+
+        result = EXITCODE_OK;
+    }
+
     if (_userDataPath != nullptr)
     {
         String::Set(gCustomUserDataPath, sizeof(gCustomUserDataPath), _userDataPath);
diff --git a/src/object/ObjectRepository.cpp b/src/object/ObjectRepository.cpp
index f81b30a51d..ca83285645 100644
--- a/src/object/ObjectRepository.cpp
+++ b/src/object/ObjectRepository.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class ObjectRepository : public IObjectRepository
     QueryDirectoryResult                _queryDirectoryResult = { 0 };
     ObjectEntryMap                      _itemMap;
     uint16                              _languageId = 0;
+    int                                 _numConflicts;
 
 public:
     ObjectRepository(IPlatformEnvironment * env)
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ public:
         ClearItems();
     }
 
-    void LoadOrConstruct() override
+    void LoadOrConstruct(bool forceScan) override
     {
         ClearItems();
 
@@ -122,8 +123,12 @@ public:
         QueryDirectory(&_queryDirectoryResult, rct2Path);
         QueryDirectory(&_queryDirectoryResult, openrct2Path);
 
-        if (!Load())
+        if (forceScan || !Load())
         {
+            if (forceScan)
+            {
+                Console::WriteLine("Forcing object repository scan.");
+            }
             _languageId = gCurrentLanguage;
 
             Construct();
@@ -247,6 +252,7 @@ private:
         Path::GetDirectory(objectDirectory, sizeof(objectDirectory), gRCT2AddressObjectDataPath);
 
         Console::WriteLine("Scanning %lu objects...", _queryDirectoryResult.TotalFiles);
+        _numConflicts = 0;
 
         auto stopwatch = Stopwatch();
         stopwatch.Start();
@@ -258,6 +264,10 @@ private:
 
         stopwatch.Stop();
         Console::WriteLine("Scanning complete in %.2f seconds.", stopwatch.GetElapsedMilliseconds() / 1000.0f);
+        if (_numConflicts > 0)
+        {
+            Console::WriteLine("%d object conflicts found.", _numConflicts);
+        }
     }
 
     void ScanDirectory(const std::string &directory)
@@ -390,6 +400,7 @@ private:
         }
         else
         {
+            _numConflicts++;
             Console::Error::WriteLine("Object conflict: '%s'", conflict->Path);
             Console::Error::WriteLine("               : '%s'", item->Path);
             return false;
@@ -659,7 +670,7 @@ extern "C"
     void object_list_load()
     {
         IObjectRepository * objectRepository = GetObjectRepository();
-        objectRepository->LoadOrConstruct();
+        objectRepository->LoadOrConstruct(false);
 
         IObjectManager * objectManager = GetObjectManager();
         objectManager->UnloadAll();
diff --git a/src/object/ObjectRepository.h b/src/object/ObjectRepository.h
index 11ef872873..e696c7c783 100644
--- a/src/object/ObjectRepository.h
+++ b/src/object/ObjectRepository.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ interface IObjectRepository
 {
     virtual ~IObjectRepository() { }
 
-    virtual void                            LoadOrConstruct() abstract;
+    virtual void                            LoadOrConstruct(bool forceScan) abstract;
     virtual size_t                          GetNumObjects() const abstract;
     virtual const ObjectRepositoryItem *    GetObjects() const abstract;
     virtual const ObjectRepositoryItem *    FindObject(const utf8 * name) const abstract;