diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php
index 7ae8abbe2..d1643cf4b 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class RemoveCommand extends BaseCommand
                 new InputOption('no-scripts', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skips the execution of all scripts defined in composer.json file.'),
                 new InputOption('update-no-dev', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Run the dependency update with the --no-dev option.'),
                 new InputOption('update-with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows inherited dependencies to be updated with explicit dependencies. (Deprecrated, is now default behavior)'),
+                new InputOption('update-with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows all inherited dependencies to be updated, including those that are root requirements.'),
+                new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-all-dependencies'),
                 new InputOption('no-update-with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Does not allow inherited dependencies to be updated with explicit dependencies.'),
                 new InputOption('ignore-platform-reqs', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Ignore platform requirements (php & ext- packages).'),
                 new InputOption('optimize-autoloader', 'o', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Optimize autoloader during autoloader dump'),
@@ -173,6 +175,13 @@ EOT
         $authoritative = $input->getOption('classmap-authoritative') || $composer->getConfig()->get('classmap-authoritative');
         $apcu = $input->getOption('apcu-autoloader') || $composer->getConfig()->get('apcu-autoloader');
 
+        $updateAllowTransitiveDependencies = Request::UPDATE_LISTED_WITH_TRANSITIVE_DEPS_NO_ROOT_REQUIRE;
+        if ($input->getOption('update-with-all-dependencies') || $input->getOption('with-all-dependencies')) {
+            $updateAllowTransitiveDependencies = Request::UPDATE_LISTED_WITH_TRANSITIVE_DEPS;
+        } elseif ($input->getOption('no-update-with-dependencies')) {
+            $updateAllowTransitiveDependencies = Request::UPDATE_ONLY_LISTED;
+        }
+
         $install
             ->setVerbose($input->getOption('verbose'))
             ->setDevMode($updateDevMode)
@@ -181,7 +190,7 @@ EOT
             ->setApcuAutoloader($apcu)
             ->setUpdate(true)
             ->setUpdateAllowList($packages)
-            ->setUpdateAllowTransitiveDependencies($input->getOption('no-update-with-dependencies') ? Request::UPDATE_ONLY_LISTED : Request::UPDATE_LISTED_WITH_TRANSITIVE_DEPS_NO_ROOT_REQUIRE)
+            ->setUpdateAllowTransitiveDependencies($updateAllowTransitiveDependencies)
             ->setIgnorePlatformRequirements($input->getOption('ignore-platform-reqs'))
             ->setRunScripts(!$input->getOption('no-scripts'))
             ->setDryRun($dryRun)