diff --git a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
index 73ccf72d263c..977b29fd62e1 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ static int zfs_do_unzone(int argc, char **argv);
 static int zfs_do_help(int argc, char **argv);
 
 enum zfs_options {
-	ZFS_OPTION_JSON_NUMS_AS_INT = 1024
+	ZFS_OPTION_JSON_NUMS_AS_INT = 1024,
+	ZFS_OPTION_FORCE_PRESERVE_OLD = 1025
 };
 
 /*
@@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ get_usage(zfs_help_t idx)
 	case HELP_PROMOTE:
 		return (gettext("\tpromote <clone-filesystem>\n"));
 	case HELP_RECEIVE:
-		return (gettext("\treceive [-vMnsFhu] "
+		return (gettext("\treceive [-vMnshu] [-F [--preserve-old]] "
 		    "[-o <property>=<value>] ... [-x <property>] ...\n"
 		    "\t    <filesystem|volume|snapshot>\n"
-		    "\treceive [-vMnsFhu] [-o <property>=<value>] ... "
-		    "[-x <property>] ... \n"
+		    "\treceive [-vMnshu] [-F [--preserve-old]] "
+		    "[-o <property>=<value>] ... [-x <property>] ... \n"
 		    "\t    [-d | -e] <filesystem>\n"
 		    "\treceive -A <filesystem|volume>\n"));
 	case HELP_RENAME:
@@ -5130,8 +5131,16 @@ zfs_do_receive(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (nvlist_alloc(&props, NV_UNIQUE_NAME, 0) != 0)
 		nomem();
 
+	struct option long_options[] = {
+		{"force", no_argument, NULL, 'F'},
+		{"preserve-old", no_argument, NULL,
+		    ZFS_OPTION_FORCE_PRESERVE_OLD},
+		{0, 0, 0, 0}
+	};
+
 	/* check options */
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, ":o:x:dehMnuvFsAc")) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":o:x:dehMnuvFsAc", long_options,
+	    NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'o':
 			if (!parseprop(props, optarg)) {
@@ -5184,6 +5193,9 @@ zfs_do_receive(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'F':
 			flags.force = B_TRUE;
 			break;
+		case ZFS_OPTION_FORCE_PRESERVE_OLD:
+			flags.preserveold = B_TRUE;
+			break;
 		case 'A':
 			abort_resumable = B_TRUE;
 			break;
@@ -5219,6 +5231,12 @@ zfs_do_receive(int argc, char **argv)
 		usage(B_FALSE);
 	}
 
+	if (!flags.force && flags.preserveold) {
+		(void) fprintf(stderr, gettext("'--preserve-old' only works"
+		    "'-F' option\n"));
+		usage(B_FALSE);
+	}
+
 	if (abort_resumable) {
 		if (flags.isprefix || flags.istail || flags.dryrun ||
 		    flags.resumable || flags.nomount) {
diff --git a/include/libzfs.h b/include/libzfs.h
index 01d51999f4eb..18209d6db4d1 100644
--- a/include/libzfs.h
+++ b/include/libzfs.h
@@ -879,6 +879,9 @@ typedef struct recvflags {
 	/* rollback/destroy filesystems as necessary (eg, -F) */
 	boolean_t force;
 
+	/* preserve deletion of old snapshots, used in conjunction with -F */
+	boolean_t preserveold;
+
 	/* set "canmount=off" on all modified filesystems */
 	boolean_t canmountoff;
 
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index b9780720e5a3..142eb0ce6388 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -3545,6 +3545,7 @@ recv_incremental_replication(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *tofs,
 		nvlist_t *stream_nvfs = NULL;
 		nvpair_t *snapelem, *nextsnapelem;
 		uint64_t fromguid = 0;
+		uint64_t stream_guid = 0;
 		uint64_t originguid = 0;
 		uint64_t stream_originguid = 0;
 		uint64_t parent_fromsnap_guid, stream_parent_fromsnap_guid;
@@ -3570,8 +3571,10 @@ recv_incremental_replication(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *tofs,
 			thisguid = fnvpair_value_uint64(snapelem);
 			stream_nvfs = fsavl_find(stream_avl, thisguid, NULL);
 
-			if (stream_nvfs != NULL)
+			if (stream_nvfs != NULL) {
+				stream_guid = thisguid;
 				break;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/* check for promote */
@@ -3630,6 +3633,16 @@ recv_incremental_replication(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *tofs,
 				if (!flags->force)
 					continue;
 
+				/*
+				 * If we have --preserve-old flag set, check
+				 * current snapshot birth with the one found
+				 * in the stream. Only delete recent snapshots
+				 * but preserve older ones.
+				 */
+				if (flags->preserveold && created_before(hdl,
+				    local_avl, thisguid, stream_guid) == -1)
+					continue;
+
 				(void) snprintf(name, sizeof (name), "%s@%s",
 				    fsname, nvpair_name(snapelem));
 
@@ -3686,7 +3699,8 @@ recv_incremental_replication(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *tofs,
 
 		/* check for delete */
 		if (stream_nvfs == NULL) {
-			if (!flags->force)
+			if (!flags->force || nvlist_next_nvpair(snaps,
+			    NULL) == NULL)
 				continue;
 
 			error = recv_destroy(hdl, fsname, strlen(tofs)+1,