diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_scrub.8 b/man/man8/xfs_scrub.8
index e881ae7..404baba 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_scrub.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_scrub.8
@@ -85,6 +85,25 @@
 .B \-n
 Only check filesystem metadata.
 Do not repair or optimize anything.
+.HP
+.B \-o
+.I subopt\c
+[\c
+.B =\c
+.IR value ]
+.BR
+Override what the program might conclude about the filesystem
+if left to its own devices.
+.IP
+The
+.IR subopt ions
+supported are:
+.RS 1.0i
+.TP
+.BI iwarn
+Treat informational messages as warnings.
+This will result in a nonzero return code, and a higher logging level.
+.RE
 .TP
 .BI \-T
 Print timing and memory usage information for each phase.
diff --git a/scrub/common.c b/scrub/common.c
index 283ac84..aca5964 100644
--- a/scrub/common.c
+++ b/scrub/common.c
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
 	/* print strerror or format of choice but not both */
 	assert(!(error && format));
 
+	if (level == S_INFO && info_is_warning)
+		level = S_WARN;
 	if (level >= S_INFO)
 		stream = stdout;
 
diff --git a/scrub/xfs_scrub.c b/scrub/xfs_scrub.c
index 5056585..e49538c 100644
--- a/scrub/xfs_scrub.c
+++ b/scrub/xfs_scrub.c
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
 /* Set to true if the kernel supports XFS_SCRUB_IFLAG_FORCE_REBUILD */
 bool				use_force_rebuild;
 
+/* Should we count informational messages as warnings? */
+bool				info_is_warning;
+
 #define SCRUB_RET_SUCCESS	(0)	/* no problems left behind */
 #define SCRUB_RET_CORRUPT	(1)	/* corruption remains on fs */
 #define SCRUB_RET_UNOPTIMIZED	(2)	/* fs could be optimized */
@@ -604,6 +607,43 @@
 # define XFS_SCRUB_HAVE_UNICODE	"-"
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * -o: user-supplied override options
+ */
+enum o_opt_nums {
+	IWARN = 0,
+	O_MAX_OPTS,
+};
+
+static char *o_opts[] = {
+	[IWARN]			= "iwarn",
+	[O_MAX_OPTS]		= NULL,
+};
+
+static void
+parse_o_opts(
+	struct scrub_ctx	*ctx,
+	char			*p)
+{
+	while (*p != '\0')  {
+		char		*val;
+
+		switch (getsubopt(&p, o_opts, &val))  {
+		case IWARN:
+			if (val) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+ _("iwarn does not take an argument\n"));
+				usage();
+			}
+			info_is_warning = true;
+			break;
+		default:
+			usage();
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 int
 main(
 	int			argc,
@@ -637,7 +677,7 @@
 	pthread_mutex_init(&ctx.lock, NULL);
 	ctx.mode = SCRUB_MODE_REPAIR;
 	ctx.error_action = ERRORS_CONTINUE;
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "a:bC:de:km:nTvxV")) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "a:bC:de:km:no:TvxV")) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'a':
 			ctx.max_errors = cvt_u64(optarg, 10);
@@ -687,6 +727,9 @@
 		case 'n':
 			ctx.mode = SCRUB_MODE_DRY_RUN;
 			break;
+		case 'o':
+			parse_o_opts(&ctx, optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'T':
 			display_rusage = true;
 			break;
diff --git a/scrub/xfs_scrub.h b/scrub/xfs_scrub.h
index 34d850d..1151ee9 100644
--- a/scrub/xfs_scrub.h
+++ b/scrub/xfs_scrub.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 extern bool			stdout_isatty;
 extern bool			is_service;
 extern bool			use_force_rebuild;
+extern bool			info_is_warning;
 
 enum scrub_mode {
 	SCRUB_MODE_DRY_RUN,