diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot.c b/fastboot/fastboot.c
index 95be0ac..2d28d59 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot.c
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot.c
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
             "  flashall                                 flash boot + recovery + system\n"
             "  flash <partition> [ <filename> ]         write a file to a flash partition\n"
             "  erase <partition>                        erase a flash partition\n"
+            "  format <partition>                       format a flash partition \n"
             "  getvar <variable>                        display a bootloader variable\n"
             "  boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]              download and boot kernel\n"
             "  flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]    create bootimage and flash it\n"
@@ -636,6 +637,10 @@
             require(2);
             fb_queue_erase(argv[1]);
             skip(2);
+        } else if(!strcmp(*argv, "format")) {
+            require(2);
+            fb_queue_format(argv[1]);
+            skip(2);
         } else if(!strcmp(*argv, "signature")) {
             require(2);
             data = load_file(argv[1], &sz);