diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
index 4c8c2bab..a58af4ff 100644
--- a/project.py
+++ b/project.py
@@ -2681,8 +2681,10 @@ class Project(object):
       if self._allrefs:
         raise GitError('%s checkout %s ' % (self.name, rev))
 
-  def _CherryPick(self, rev):
+  def _CherryPick(self, rev, ffonly=False):
     cmd = ['cherry-pick']
+    if ffonly:
+      cmd.append('--ff')
     cmd.append(rev)
     cmd.append('--')
     if GitCommand(self, cmd).Wait() != 0:
diff --git a/subcmds/download.py b/subcmds/download.py
index 87d0ce04..12d99526 100644
--- a/subcmds/download.py
+++ b/subcmds/download.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ If no project is specified try to use current directory as a project.
           print('  %s' % (c), file=sys.stderr)
       if opt.cherrypick:
         try:
-          project._CherryPick(dl.commit)
+          project._CherryPick(dl.commit, ffonly=opt.ffonly)
         except GitError:
           print('[%s] Could not complete the cherry-pick of %s'
                 % (project.name, dl.commit), file=sys.stderr)