diff --git a/app/components/images/images.html b/app/components/images/images.html
index 972b0602b..5d494bb77 100644
--- a/app/components/images/images.html
+++ b/app/components/images/images.html
@@ -63,7 +63,16 @@
       </rd-widget-header>
       <rd-widget-taskbar classes="col-lg-12">
         <div class="pull-left">
-          <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" ng-click="removeAction()" ng-disabled="!state.selectedItemCount"><i class="fa fa-trash space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>Remove</button>
+          <div class="btn-group">
+            <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" ng-click="removeAction()" ng-disabled="!state.selectedItemCount"><i class="fa fa-trash space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>Remove</button>
+            <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" ng-disabled="!state.selectedItemCount" >
+              <span class="caret"></span>
+              <span class="sr-only">Toggle Dropdown</span>
+            </button>
+            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+              <li><a ng-click="confirmRemovalAction(true)" ng-disabled="!state.selectedItemCount" >Force Remove</a></li>
+            </ul>
+          </div>
         </div>
         <div class="pull-right">
           <input type="text" id="filter" ng-model="state.filter" placeholder="Filter..." class="form-control input-sm" />
diff --git a/app/components/images/imagesController.js b/app/components/images/imagesController.js
index 7000cddaa..e3bf84066 100644
--- a/app/components/images/imagesController.js
+++ b/app/components/images/imagesController.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 angular.module('images', [])
-.controller('ImagesController', ['$scope', '$state', 'Config', 'Image', 'ImageHelper', 'Messages', 'Pagination',
-function ($scope, $state, Config, Image, ImageHelper, Messages, Pagination) {
+.controller('ImagesController', ['$scope', '$state', 'Config', 'Image', 'ImageHelper', 'Messages', 'Pagination', 'ModalService',
+function ($scope, $state, Config, Image, ImageHelper, Messages, Pagination, ModalService) {
   $scope.state = {};
   $scope.state.pagination_count = Pagination.getPaginationCount('images');
   $scope.sortType = 'RepoTags';
@@ -59,7 +59,27 @@ function ($scope, $state, Config, Image, ImageHelper, Messages, Pagination) {
     });
   };
 
-  $scope.removeAction = function () {
+  $scope.confirmRemovalAction = function (force) {
+    ModalService.confirm({
+      title: "Are you sure?",
+      message: "Forcing the removal of the image will remove the image even if it has multiple tags or if it is used by stopped containers.",
+      buttons: {
+        confirm: {
+          label: 'Remove the image',
+        },
+        cancel: {
+          label: 'Cancel'
+        }
+      },
+      callback: function (confirmed) {
+        if(!confirmed) { return; }
+        $scope.removeAction(force);
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  $scope.removeAction = function (force) {
+    force = !!force;
     $('#loadImagesSpinner').show();
     var counter = 0;
     var complete = function () {
@@ -71,7 +91,7 @@ function ($scope, $state, Config, Image, ImageHelper, Messages, Pagination) {
     angular.forEach($scope.images, function (i) {
       if (i.Checked) {
         counter = counter + 1;
-        Image.remove({id: i.Id}, function (d) {
+        Image.remove({id: i.Id, force: force}, function (d) {
           if (d[0].message) {
             $('#loadImagesSpinner').hide();
             Messages.error("Unable to remove image", {}, d[0].message);
diff --git a/app/rest/image.js b/app/rest/image.js
index 9361136fc..8a436b45a 100644
--- a/app/rest/image.js
+++ b/app/rest/image.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ angular.module('portainer.rest')
       isArray: true, transformResponse: jsonObjectsToArrayHandler
     },
     remove: {
-      method: 'DELETE', params: {id: '@id'},
+      method: 'DELETE', params: {id: '@id', force: '@force'},
       isArray: true, transformResponse: deleteImageHandler
     }
   });
diff --git a/app/services/modalService.js b/app/services/modalService.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e1d9729b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/modalService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+angular.module('portainer.services')
+.factory('ModalService', [function ModalServiceFactory() {
+  'use strict';
+  var service = {};
+  service.confirm = function(options){
+    var box = bootbox.confirm({
+      title: options.title,
+      message: options.message,
+      buttons: {
+        confirm: {
+          label: options.buttons.confirm.label,
+          className: 'btn-danger'
+        },
+         cancel: {
+          label: options.buttons.cancel.label
+         }
+      },
+      callback: options.callback
+    });
+    box.css({
+      'top': '50%',
+      'margin-top': function () {
+        return -(box.height() / 2);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  return service;
+}]);
diff --git a/assets/css/app.css b/assets/css/app.css
index cce7e440b..09a7b23b6 100644
--- a/assets/css/app.css
+++ b/assets/css/app.css
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ input[type="radio"] {
   vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
+a[ng-click]{
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
 .space-right {
   margin-right: 5px;
 }
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 37054c119..2627f8495 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
     "xterm.js": "~2.0.1",
     "font-awesome": "~4.7.0",
     "ng-file-upload": "~12.2.13",
-    "splitargs": "~0.2.0"
+    "splitargs": "~0.2.0",
+    "bootbox.js": "bootbox#^4.4.0"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "angular": "1.5.5"
diff --git a/gruntfile.js b/gruntfile.js
index b053ca3ae..4abb9f753 100644
--- a/gruntfile.js
+++ b/gruntfile.js
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         'bower_components/filesize/lib/filesize.min.js',
         'bower_components/moment/min/moment.min.js',
         'bower_components/xterm.js/dist/xterm.js',
+        'bower_components/bootbox.js/bootbox.js',
         'assets/js/jquery.gritter.js', // Using custom version to fix error in minified build due to "use strict"
         'assets/js/legend.js' // Not a bower package
       ],