diff --git a/packages/termux-api/build.sh b/packages/termux-api/build.sh
index 4e8ffca33..f4566076f 100644
--- a/packages/termux-api/build.sh
+++ b/packages/termux-api/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://termux.com/add-ons/api/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Termux API commands"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.11
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.12
 
 termux_step_make_install () {
         mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin
diff --git a/packages/termux-api/termux-vibrate b/packages/termux-api/termux-vibrate
index 8146d2f33..4c510936e 100755
--- a/packages/termux-api/termux-vibrate
+++ b/packages/termux-api/termux-vibrate
@@ -3,17 +3,20 @@
 set -e -u
 
 show_usage () {
-	echo 'usage: termux-vibrate [<duration_ms>]'
+	echo 'usage: termux-vibrate [-f,--force] [<duration_ms>]'
 	echo 'Vibrate the device for the specified duration (default:1000 ms).'
+	echo 'By default no vibration is done when in silent mode - use the'
+	echo '-f,--force option to force vibration even when in silent mode.'
 	exit 1
 }
 
 PARAM_DURATION=""
-O=`getopt -l duration: -l help -- d:h "$@"`
+O=`getopt -l duration: -l force -l help -- d:fh "$@"`
 eval set -- "$O"
 while true; do
 case "$1" in
 	-d|--duration) PARAM_DURATION="--ei duration_ms $2";  shift 2;;
+	-f|--force) PARAM_DURATION="--ez force true";  shift 1;;
 	-h|--help) show_usage;;
 	--)	shift; break;;
 	*)	echo Error; exit 1;;