diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc
index 630ff0d9..ec400175 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc
@@ -185,11 +185,16 @@ Options
 	the installation root setting.
 
 *\--noconfirm*::
-	Bypass any and all ``Are you sure?'' messages. It's not a good idea to do
-	this unless you want to run pacman from a script.
+	Bypass any and all ``Are you sure?'' messages via using the default answer.
+	It's not a good idea to do this unless you want to run pacman from a script.
+
+*\--noconfirm-unsafe*::
+	Bypass any and all ``Are you sure?'' messages via answering yes or
+	selecting the default option.
+	It's NOT a good idea to do this unless you want to run pacman from a script.
 
 *\--confirm*::
-	Cancels the effects of a previous '\--noconfirm'.
+	Cancels the effects of a previous '\--noconfirm' or '\--noconfirm-unsafe'.
 
 *\--disable-download-timeout*::
 	Disable defaults for low speed limit and timeout on downloads. Use this
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.h b/src/pacman/conf.h
index f7916ca9..fbed3055 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.h
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef struct __config_t {
 	unsigned short usesyslog;
 	unsigned short color;
 	unsigned short disable_dl_timeout;
+	unsigned short noconfirmunsafe;
 	char *print_format;
 	/* unfortunately, we have to keep track of paths both here and in the library
 	 * because they can come from both the command line or config file, and we
@@ -210,7 +211,8 @@ enum {
 	OP_DOWNLOADONLY,
 	OP_REFRESH,
 	OP_ASSUMEINSTALLED,
-	OP_DISABLEDLTIMEOUT
+	OP_DISABLEDLTIMEOUT,
+	OP_NOCONFIRMUNSAFE
 };
 
 /* clean method */
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index e5c6e420..bb04fdc8 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
 		addlist(_("      --confirm        always ask for confirmation\n"));
 		addlist(_("      --disable-download-timeout\n"
 		          "                       use relaxed timeouts for download\n"));
+		addlist(_("      --noconfirm-unsafe\n"
+		          "                       answer yes or default for every confirmation\n"));
 	}
 	list = alpm_list_msort(list, alpm_list_count(list), options_cmp);
 	for(i = list; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
@@ -442,8 +444,13 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
 		case OP_NOCONFIRM:
 			config->noconfirm = 1;
 			break;
+		case OP_NOCONFIRMUNSAFE:
+			config->noconfirm = 0;
+			config->noconfirmunsafe = 1;
+			break;
 		case OP_CONFIRM:
 			config->noconfirm = 0;
+			config->noconfirmunsafe = 0;
 			break;
 		case OP_DBPATH:
 		case 'b':
@@ -948,6 +955,7 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"dbonly",     no_argument,       0, OP_DBONLY},
 		{"color",      required_argument, 0, OP_COLOR},
 		{"disable-download-timeout", no_argument, 0, OP_DISABLEDLTIMEOUT},
+		{"noconfirm-unsafe",      no_argument,       0, OP_NOCONFIRMUNSAFE},
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index 5f5c7c54..532e058d 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ int multiselect_question(char *array, int count)
 	FILE *stream;
 	size_t response_len = 64;
 
-	if(config->noconfirm) {
+	if(config->noconfirm || config->noconfirmunsafe) {
 		stream = stdout;
 	} else {
 		/* Use stderr so questions are always displayed when redirecting output */
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ int multiselect_question(char *array, int count)
 		fprintf(stream, ": ");
 		fflush(stream);
 
-		if(config->noconfirm) {
+		if(config->noconfirm || config->noconfirmunsafe) {
 			fprintf(stream, "\n");
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ int select_question(int count)
 	FILE *stream;
 	int preset = 1;
 
-	if(config->noconfirm) {
+	if(config->noconfirm || config->noconfirmunsafe) {
 		stream = stdout;
 	} else {
 		/* Use stderr so questions are always displayed when redirecting output */
@@ -1617,6 +1617,11 @@ int select_question(int count)
 		fprintf(stream, ": ");
 		fflush(stream);
 
+		if(config->noconfirmunsafe) {
+			fprintf(stream, "y\n");
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if(config->noconfirm) {
 			fprintf(stream, "\n");
 			break;
@@ -1682,7 +1687,7 @@ static int question(short preset, const char *format, va_list args)
 	FILE *stream;
 	int fd_in = fileno(stdin);
 
-	if(config->noconfirm) {
+	if(config->noconfirm || config->noconfirmunsafe) {
 		stream = stdout;
 	} else {
 		/* Use stderr so questions are always displayed when redirecting output */
@@ -1705,6 +1710,11 @@ static int question(short preset, const char *format, va_list args)
 	fputs(config->colstr.nocolor, stream);
 	fflush(stream);
 
+	if(config->noconfirmunsafe) {
+		fprintf(stream, "y\n");
+		return preset;
+	}
+
 	if(config->noconfirm) {
 		fprintf(stream, "\n");
 		return preset;