diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c1a22e87a..fc11540ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Cacti CHANGELOG
 1.2.26
 -issue#5481: Attempting to edit a Data Query that does not exist throws warnings and not an GUI error
 -issue#5483: cacti 1.2.25 ubuntu server 22.04.3 php8.1 add device error
+-issue#5489: remove_graphs.php does not handle "--preserve" option
 -issue#5493: Multi select drop down list box not rendered correctly in Chrome and Edge
 
 1.2.25
diff --git a/cli/remove_graphs.php b/cli/remove_graphs.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4d5193a89..020866df3
--- a/cli/remove_graphs.php
+++ b/cli/remove_graphs.php
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@
 
 				$host_template_ids = $value;
 
+				break;
+			case 'preserve':
+				$preserve = true;
+
+				break;
+			case 'all':
+				$all = true;
+
 				break;
 			case 'graph-id':
 				if (!is_array($value)) {