diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0ce5cb6..356b41d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ the table below for reference.
 | AV_DEFINITION_PATH | Path containing files at runtime | /tmp/clamav_defs | No |
 | AV_SCAN_START_SNS_ARN | SNS topic ARN to publish notification about start of scan | | No |
 | AV_SCAN_START_METADATA | The tag/metadata indicating the start of the scan | av-scan-start | No |
+| AV_SCAN_FORCE_ALL | Controls whenever manual bucket scan should skip already scanned files (True - don't skip) | False | No
 | AV_SIGNATURE_METADATA | The tag/metadata name representing file's AV type | av-signature | No |
 | AV_STATUS_CLEAN | The value assigned to clean items inside of tags/metadata | CLEAN | No |
 | AV_STATUS_INFECTED | The value assigned to clean items inside of tags/metadata | INFECTED | No |
diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 9e95af96..c1d362c9 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 AV_DEFINITION_PATH = os.getenv("AV_DEFINITION_PATH", "/tmp/clamav_defs")
 AV_SCAN_START_SNS_ARN = os.getenv("AV_SCAN_START_SNS_ARN")
 AV_SCAN_START_METADATA = os.getenv("AV_SCAN_START_METADATA", "av-scan-start")
+AV_SCAN_FORCE_ALL = os.getenv("AV_SCAN_FORCE_ALL", "False")
 AV_SIGNATURE_METADATA = os.getenv("AV_SIGNATURE_METADATA", "av-signature")
 AV_SIGNATURE_OK = "OK"
 AV_SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN = "UNKNOWN"
diff --git a/scan_bucket.py b/scan_bucket.py
index 6043ffb0..b2c4965a 100755
--- a/scan_bucket.py
+++ b/scan_bucket.py
@@ -19,15 +19,17 @@
 import json
 import sys
 
+from distutils.util import strtobool
+
 import boto3
 
 from common import AV_STATUS_METADATA
 from common import AV_TIMESTAMP_METADATA
+from common import AV_SCAN_FORCE_ALL
 
 
 # Get all objects in an S3 bucket that have not been previously scanned
 def get_objects(s3_client, s3_bucket_name):
-
     s3_object_list = []
 
     s3_list_objects_result = {"IsTruncated": True}
@@ -42,7 +44,9 @@ def get_objects(s3_client, s3_bucket_name):
         for key in s3_list_objects_result["Contents"]:
             key_name = key["Key"]
             # Don't include objects that have been scanned
-            if not object_previously_scanned(s3_client, s3_bucket_name, key_name):
+            if strtobool(AV_SCAN_FORCE_ALL) or not object_previously_scanned(
+                s3_client, s3_bucket_name, key_name
+            ):
                 s3_object_list.append(key_name)
 
     return s3_object_list
@@ -62,7 +66,6 @@ def object_previously_scanned(s3_client, s3_bucket_name, key_name):
 # Scan an S3 object for viruses by invoking the lambda function
 # Skip any objects that have already been scanned
 def scan_object(lambda_client, lambda_function_name, s3_bucket_name, key_name):
-
     print("Scanning: {}/{}".format(s3_bucket_name, key_name))
     s3_event = format_s3_event(s3_bucket_name, key_name)
     lambda_invoke_result = lambda_client.invoke(