diff --git a/cmd/uplink/cmd/rb.go b/cmd/uplink/cmd/rb.go
index 20514cb68..d2efddbbe 100644
--- a/cmd/uplink/cmd/rb.go
+++ b/cmd/uplink/cmd/rb.go
@@ -9,18 +9,25 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"storj.io/common/fpath"
+	"storj.io/uplink"
+)
+
+var (
+	rbForceFlag *bool
 )
 
 func init() {
-	addCmd(&cobra.Command{
+	rbCmd := addCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "rb sj://BUCKET",
 		Short: "Remove an empty bucket",
 		RunE:  deleteBucket,
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	}, RootCmd)
+	rbForceFlag = rbCmd.Flags().Bool("force", false, "if true, empties the bucket of objects first")
+	setBasicFlags(rbCmd.Flags(), "force")
 }
 
-func deleteBucket(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+func deleteBucket(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 	ctx, _ := withTelemetry(cmd)
 
 	if len(args) == 0 {
@@ -40,17 +47,48 @@ func deleteBucket(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("nested buckets not supported, use format sj://bucket/")
 	}
 
-	project, err := cfg.getProject(ctx, false)
+	project, err := cfg.getProject(ctx, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return convertError(err, dst)
 	}
 	defer closeProject(project)
 
+	counter := 0
+	defer func() {
+		// print number of deleted files no mater if we end with error or without
+		if counter > 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("Files (%d) from bucket %s deleted\n", counter, dst.Bucket())
+		}
+		if err == nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Bucket %s deleted\n", dst.Bucket())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if *rbForceFlag {
+		objects := project.ListObjects(ctx, dst.Bucket(), &uplink.ListObjectsOptions{
+			Recursive: true,
+		})
+
+		for objects.Next() {
+			object := objects.Item()
+			path := object.Key
+			_, err := project.DeleteObject(ctx, dst.Bucket(), path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete encrypted object, cannot empty bucket: %q", path)
+			}
+			counter++
+			if counter%10 == 0 {
+				fmt.Printf("Files (%d) from bucket %s deleted\n", counter, dst.Bucket())
+			}
+		}
+		if err := objects.Err(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if _, err := project.DeleteBucket(ctx, dst.Bucket()); err != nil {
 		return convertError(err, dst)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("Bucket %s deleted\n", dst.Bucket())
-
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/scripts/test-uplink.sh b/scripts/test-uplink.sh
index 102775e8a..c486bb848 100755
--- a/scripts/test-uplink.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-uplink.sh
@@ -100,3 +100,10 @@ compare_files "$SRC_DIR/multisegment-upload-testfile" "$DST_DIR/multisegment-upl
 compare_files "$SRC_DIR/diff-size-segments"           "$DST_DIR/diff-size-segments"
 compare_files "$SRC_DIR/put-file"                     "$DST_DIR/put-file"
 compare_files "$SRC_DIR/put-file"                     "$DST_DIR/put-file-from-cat"
+
+# test deleting non empty bucket with --force flag
+uplink mb "sj://$BUCKET/"
+
+uplink cp "$SRC_DIR/small-upload-testfile" "sj://$BUCKET/" --progress=false
+
+uplink rb "sj://$BUCKET" --force
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