diff --git a/config_full.json.example b/config_full.json.example
index 9a613c0a1..8366774c4 100644
--- a/config_full.json.example
+++ b/config_full.json.example
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         "sell": "limit",
         "emergencysell": "market",
         "forcesell": "market",
+        "forcebuy": "market",
         "stoploss": "market",
         "stoploss_on_exchange": false,
         "stoploss_on_exchange_interval": 60
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 99a5fea04..83ffbbff9 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ For example, if your strategy is using a 1h timeframe, and you only want to buy
 
 ### Understand order_types
 
-The `order_types` configuration parameter maps actions (`buy`, `sell`, `stoploss`, `emergencysell`, `forcesell`) to order-types (`market`, `limit`, ...) as well as configures stoploss to be on the exchange and defines stoploss on exchange update interval in seconds.
+The `order_types` configuration parameter maps actions (`buy`, `sell`, `stoploss`, `emergencysell`, `forcesell`, `forcebuy`) to order-types (`market`, `limit`, ...) as well as configures stoploss to be on the exchange and defines stoploss on exchange update interval in seconds.
 
 This allows to buy using limit orders, sell using
 limit-orders, and create stoplosses using market orders. It also allows to set the
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ the buy order is fulfilled.
 If this is configured, the following 4 values (`buy`, `sell`, `stoploss` and
 `stoploss_on_exchange`) need to be present, otherwise the bot will fail to start.
 
-For information on (`emergencysell`,`forcesell`, `stoploss_on_exchange`,`stoploss_on_exchange_interval`,`stoploss_on_exchange_limit_ratio`) please see stop loss documentation [stop loss on exchange](stoploss.md)
+For information on (`emergencysell`,`forcesell`, `forcebuy`, `stoploss_on_exchange`,`stoploss_on_exchange_interval`,`stoploss_on_exchange_limit_ratio`) please see stop loss documentation [stop loss on exchange](stoploss.md)
 
 Syntax for Strategy:
 
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ order_types = {
     "buy": "limit",
     "sell": "limit",
     "emergencysell": "market",
+    "forcebuy": "market",
     "forcesell": "market",
     "stoploss": "market",
     "stoploss_on_exchange": False,
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ Configuration:
     "buy": "limit",
     "sell": "limit",
     "emergencysell": "market",
+    "forcebuy": "market",
     "forcesell": "market",
     "stoploss": "market",
     "stoploss_on_exchange": false,
diff --git a/docs/stoploss.md b/docs/stoploss.md
index 4a4391655..ae191f639 100644
--- a/docs/stoploss.md
+++ b/docs/stoploss.md
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ This same logic will reapply a stoploss order on the exchange should you cancel
 
 `forcesell` is an optional value, which defaults to the same value as `sell` and is used when sending a `/forcesell` command from Telegram or from the Rest API.
 
+### forcebuy
+
+`forcebuy` is an optional value, which defaults to the same value as `buy` and is used when sending a `/forcebuy` command from Telegram or from the Rest API.
+
 ### emergencysell
 
 `emergencysell` is an optional value, which defaults to `market` and is used when creating stop loss on exchange orders fails.
diff --git a/freqtrade/constants.py b/freqtrade/constants.py
index c03bff0ad..06eaad4f9 100644
--- a/freqtrade/constants.py
+++ b/freqtrade/constants.py
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ CONF_SCHEMA = {
             'properties': {
                 'buy': {'type': 'string', 'enum': ORDERTYPE_POSSIBILITIES},
                 'sell': {'type': 'string', 'enum': ORDERTYPE_POSSIBILITIES},
+                'forcesell': {'type': 'string', 'enum': ORDERTYPE_POSSIBILITIES},
+                'forcebuy': {'type': 'string', 'enum': ORDERTYPE_POSSIBILITIES},
                 'emergencysell': {'type': 'string', 'enum': ORDERTYPE_POSSIBILITIES},
                 'stoploss': {'type': 'string', 'enum': ORDERTYPE_POSSIBILITIES},
                 'stoploss_on_exchange': {'type': 'boolean'},
diff --git a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
index 2f64f3dac..f605d61c4 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ class FreqtradeBot(LoggingMixin):
             logger.info(f"Bids to asks delta for {pair} does not satisfy condition.")
             return False
 
-    def execute_buy(self, pair: str, stake_amount: float, price: Optional[float] = None) -> bool:
+    def execute_buy(self, pair: str, stake_amount: float, price: Optional[float] = None,
+                    forcebuy: bool = False) -> bool:
         """
         Executes a limit buy for the given pair
         :param pair: pair for which we want to create a LIMIT_BUY
@@ -548,6 +549,10 @@ class FreqtradeBot(LoggingMixin):
 
         amount = stake_amount / buy_limit_requested
         order_type = self.strategy.order_types['buy']
+        if forcebuy:
+            # Forcebuy can define a different ordertype
+            order_type = self.strategy.order_types.get('forcebuy', order_type)
+
         if not strategy_safe_wrapper(self.strategy.confirm_trade_entry, default_retval=True)(
                 pair=pair, order_type=order_type, amount=amount, rate=buy_limit_requested,
                 time_in_force=time_in_force):
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py b/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py
index fa830486e..61e22234d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ class RPC:
             pair, self._freqtrade.get_free_open_trades())
 
         # execute buy
-        if self._freqtrade.execute_buy(pair, stakeamount, price):
+        if self._freqtrade.execute_buy(pair, stakeamount, price, forcebuy=True):
             trade = Trade.get_trades([Trade.is_open.is_(True), Trade.pair == pair]).first()
             return trade
         else: