diff --git a/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags.go b/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags.go
index 269ffc59f5b..45fbcce6723 100644
--- a/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags.go
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ func (c *Config) InitFromViper(v *viper.Viper) {
 	c.ILMPolicyName = v.GetString(ilmPolicyName)
 	c.UseILM = v.GetBool(useILM)
 	c.Timeout = v.GetInt(timeout)
+	c.SkipDependencies = v.GetBool(skipDependencies)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags_test.go b/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags_test.go
index ddffbf672e1..42124375fd0 100644
--- a/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags_test.go
+++ b/cmd/es-rollover/app/flags_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func TestBindFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		"--es.password=qwerty123",
 		"--es.use-ilm=true",
 		"--es.ilm-policy-name=jaeger-ilm",
+		"--skip-dependencies=true",
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -51,4 +52,5 @@ func TestBindFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "admin", c.Username)
 	assert.Equal(t, "qwerty123", c.Password)
 	assert.Equal(t, "jaeger-ilm", c.ILMPolicyName)
+	assert.Equal(t, true, c.SkipDependencies)
 }