diff --git a/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh b/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
index f6aabc99..5eff79ff 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,12 @@ destroy_jail() {
         if [ "${bastille_zfs_enable}" = "YES" ]; then
             if [ -n "${bastille_zfs_zpool}" ]; then
                 if [ -n "${TARGET}" ]; then
+                    local OPTIONS="-r"
+                    if [ "${FORCE}" = "1" ]; then
+                        local OPTIONS="-rf"
+                    fi
                     ## remove jail zfs dataset recursively
-                    zfs destroy -r "${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${TARGET}"
+                    zfs destroy "${OPTIONS}" "${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${TARGET}"
                 fi
             fi
         fi