diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
index 042037475c6..2f3dd975c4b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
@@ -389,10 +389,12 @@ bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousPush(const QString &workingDir,
 bool VcsBaseClient::vcsFullySynchronousExec(const QString &workingDir,
                                             const QStringList &args,
                                             QByteArray *outputData,
-                                            QByteArray *errorData) const
+                                            QByteArray *errorData,
+                                            unsigned flags) const
 {
     QByteArray internalErrorData;
     QScopedPointer<VcsCommand> command(createCommand(workingDir));
+    command->addFlags(flags);
     bool result = command->runFullySynchronous(args, vcsTimeoutS(), outputData,
                                                errorData ? errorData : &internalErrorData);
     if (!internalErrorData.isEmpty())
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
index 91d812db4d2..4947a9f5312 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ protected:
     QString vcsEditorTitle(const QString &vcsCmd, const QString &sourceId) const;
     // Fully synchronous VCS execution (QProcess-based)
     bool vcsFullySynchronousExec(const QString &workingDir, const QStringList &args,
-                                 QByteArray *outputData, QByteArray *errorData = 0) const;
+                                 QByteArray *outputData, QByteArray *errorData = 0,
+                                 unsigned flags = 0) const;
     // Synchronous VCS execution using Utils::SynchronousProcess, with
     // log windows updating (using VcsBasePlugin::runVcs with flags)
     Utils::SynchronousProcessResponse vcsSynchronousExec(const QString &workingDir,