2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/arguments.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/arguments.py
index ab9f893980..aa652919f8 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/arguments.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/arguments.py
@@ -563,12 +563,13 @@ def add_concretizer_args(subparser):
         help="reuse installed packages/buildcaches when possible",
     )
     subgroup.add_argument(
+        "--fresh-roots",
         "--reuse-deps",
         action=ConfigSetAction,
         dest="concretizer:reuse",
         const="dependencies",
         default=None,
-        help="reuse installed dependencies only",
+        help="concretize with fresh roots and reused dependencies",
     )
     subgroup.add_argument(
         "--deprecated",
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/common/arguments.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/common/arguments.py
index 3d2deac479..b7d018210b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/common/arguments.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/common/arguments.py
@@ -123,7 +123,13 @@ def test_root_and_dep_match_returns_root(mock_packages, mutable_mock_env_path):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "arg,conf", [("--reuse", True), ("--fresh", False), ("--reuse-deps", "dependencies")]
+    "arg,conf",
+    [
+        ("--reuse", True),
+        ("--fresh", False),
+        ("--reuse-deps", "dependencies"),
+        ("--fresh-roots", "dependencies"),
+    ],
 )
 def test_concretizer_arguments(mutable_config, mock_packages, arg, conf):
     """Ensure that ConfigSetAction is doing the right thing."""