diff --git a/src/portable/portablectl.c b/src/portable/portablectl.c
index c6eed7ae0f..1c479f1134 100644
--- a/src/portable/portablectl.c
+++ b/src/portable/portablectl.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static int verb_inspect_image(int argc, char *argv[], uintptr_t _data, void *use
                        strna(pretty_os));
         }
 
-        if (!strv_isempty(arg_extension_images)) {
+        if (!strv_isempty(arg_extension_images) || arg_force) {
                 /* If we specified any extensions, we'll first get back exactly the paths (and
                  * extension-release content) for each one of the arguments. */
 
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh b/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh
index 3018e86ecd..ba711e93b3 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-29-PORTABLE.image.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ portablectl "${ARGS[@]}" attach --force --now --runtime /usr/share/minimal_0.raw
 
 portablectl is-attached --force minimal-app0
 portablectl inspect --force /usr/share/minimal_0.raw minimal-app0.service
+portablectl inspect --force /usr/share/minimal_0.raw minimal-app0.service | grep -F "minimal-app0.service" >/dev/null
 systemctl is-active minimal-app0.service
 systemctl is-active minimal-app0-foo.service
 systemctl is-active minimal-app0-bar.service && exit 1