diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
index 709152a7b408..d6525bc54d13 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
 			    const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	const char *to_ctf     = NULL;
+	bool force = false;
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
 		OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
 		OPT_STRING(0, "to-ctf", &to_ctf, NULL, "Convert to CTF format"),
 #endif
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (to_ctf) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
-		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf);
+		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf, force);
 #else
 		pr_err("The libbabeltrace support is not compiled in.\n");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index c6d62268cc2a..dd17c9a32fbc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -791,12 +791,13 @@ err:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path)
+int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path, bool force)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session;
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
 		.path = input,
 		.mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
+		.force = force,
 	};
 	struct convert c = {
 		.tool = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
index dda30c5d0792..4c204342a9d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
 
-int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input_name, const char *to_ctf);
+int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input_name, const char *to_ctf, bool force);
 
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT */
 #endif /* __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H */