diff --git a/dom0-updates/qubes-dom0-update b/dom0-updates/qubes-dom0-update
index 5912279f..34188611 100755
--- a/dom0-updates/qubes-dom0-update
+++ b/dom0-updates/qubes-dom0-update
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
             UPDATEVM_OPTS+=( "$1" )
             QVMTEMPLATE_OPTS+=( "$1" )
             ;;
+        --downloadonly)
+            YUM_OPTS+=( "${1}" )
+            QVMTEMPLATE_OPTS+=( "$1" )
+            ;;
         --clean)
             CLEAN=1
             UPDATEVM_OPTS+=( "$1" )