diff --git a/tools/get_deps.py b/tools/get_deps.py
index 06da54b41..5946d7def 100644
--- a/tools/get_deps.py
+++ b/tools/get_deps.py
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('families', nargs='*', default=[], help='Families to fetch')
     parser.add_argument('-b', '--board', action='append', default=[], help='Boards to fetch')
+    parser.add_argument('-f1', '--build-flags-on', action='append', default=[], help='Have no effect')
     parser.add_argument('--print', action='store_true', help='Print commit hash only')
     args = parser.parse_args()