diff --git a/is-clean.sh b/is-clean.sh
index b63b54f46..4bcf4bd7d 100755
--- a/is-clean.sh
+++ b/is-clean.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+[[ -n "${FORCE_RELEASE}" ]] && exit 0
+
 set -e
 
 if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 4d2eca141..e0ef0b657 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+[[ -n "${FORCE_RELEASE}" ]] && exit 0
+
 set -e
 
 [ "${FLOCKER}" != "$0" ] && exec env FLOCKER="$0" flock -en .stack-work.lock "$0" "$@" || :