diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7b130ec..a38726d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   get_option('default-ipv6-accept-ra'))
 conf_data.set('SYNC_MAC_FROM_INVENTORY', get_option('sync-mac'))
 conf_data.set('PERSIST_MAC', get_option('persist-mac'))
+conf_data.set10('FORCE_SYNC_MAC_FROM_INVENTORY', get_option('force-sync-mac'))
 
 sdbusplus_dep = dependency('sdbusplus')
 sdbusplusplus_prog = find_program('sdbus++', native: true)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 83862af..56234e6 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
        description : 'ibm-oem: Enable the hypervisor network manager')
 option('persist-mac', type: 'boolean',
        description: 'Permit the MAC address to be written to the systemd.network config')
+option('force-sync-mac', type: 'boolean',
+       description: 'Force sync mac address no matter is first boot or not')
+
diff --git a/src/network_manager_main.cpp b/src/network_manager_main.cpp
index 8f8a89e..80276b3 100644
--- a/src/network_manager_main.cpp
+++ b/src/network_manager_main.cpp
@@ -218,12 +218,15 @@
     bool registeredSignals = false;
     for (const auto& interfaceString : configJson.items())
     {
-        if (!std::filesystem::exists(firstBootPath + interfaceString.key()) &&
+        if ((FORCE_SYNC_MAC_FROM_INVENTORY ||
+             !std::filesystem::exists(firstBootPath + interfaceString.key())) &&
             !registeredSignals)
         {
-
-            log<level::INFO>(
-                "First boot file is not present, check VPD for MAC");
+            auto msg = fmt::format("{}, check VPD for MAC",
+                                   (FORCE_SYNC_MAC_FROM_INVENTORY)
+                                       ? "Force sync enabled"
+                                       : "First boot file is not present");
+            log<level::INFO>(msg.c_str());
             EthInterfaceMatch = std::make_unique<sdbusplus::bus::match_t>(
                 bus,
                 "interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager',type='signal',"