diff --git a/plugins/mergePaths.js b/plugins/mergePaths.js
index 066b3f2e..9d3c570d 100644
--- a/plugins/mergePaths.js
+++ b/plugins/mergePaths.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ exports.description = 'merges multiple paths in one if possible';
 
 exports.params = {
     collapseRepeated: true,
+    force: false,
     leadingZero: true,
     negativeExtraSpace: true,
     noSpaceAfterFlags: true
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ exports.fn = function(item, params) {
                 prevPathJS = path2js(prevContentItem),
                 curPathJS = path2js(contentItem);
 
-            if (equalData && !intersects(prevPathJS, curPathJS)) {
+            if (params.force || equalData && !intersects(prevPathJS, curPathJS)) {
                 js2path(prevContentItem, prevPathJS.concat(curPathJS), params);
                 return false;
             }