diff --git a/cmd/multifile/multifile.go b/cmd/multifile/multifile.go
index 98f3320..3305707 100644
--- a/cmd/multifile/multifile.go
+++ b/cmd/multifile/multifile.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func multifileExecute(ctx context.Context, manifest pget.Manifest) error {
 	if srvName := config.GetCacheSRV(); srvName != "" {
 		downloadOpts.SliceSize = 500 * humanize.MiByte
 		downloadOpts.CacheableURIPrefixes = config.CacheableURIPrefixes()
-		downloadOpts.CacheUsePathProxy = viper.GetBool(config.OptCacheUsePathProxy)
+		downloadOpts.ForceCachePrefixRewrite = viper.GetBool(config.OptForceCachePrefixRewrite)
 		if downloadOpts.CacheHosts, err = cli.LookupCacheHosts(srvName); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func multifileExecute(ctx context.Context, manifest pget.Manifest) error {
 	} else if cacheHostname := config.CacheServiceHostname(); cacheHostname != "" {
 		downloadOpts.CacheHosts = []string{cacheHostname}
 		downloadOpts.CacheableURIPrefixes = config.CacheableURIPrefixes()
-		downloadOpts.CacheUsePathProxy = viper.GetBool(config.OptCacheUsePathProxy)
+		downloadOpts.ForceCachePrefixRewrite = viper.GetBool(config.OptForceCachePrefixRewrite)
 	}
 
 	if getter.Downloader == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/root/root.go b/cmd/root/root.go
index 7c63977..4853f91 100644
--- a/cmd/root/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root/root.go
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ func rootExecute(ctx context.Context, urlString, dest string) error {
 		downloadOpts.SliceSize = 500 * humanize.MiByte
 		downloadOpts.CacheableURIPrefixes = config.CacheableURIPrefixes()
 		downloadOpts.CacheUsePathProxy = viper.GetBool(config.OptCacheUsePathProxy)
+		downloadOpts.ForceCachePrefixRewrite = viper.GetBool(config.OptForceCachePrefixRewrite)
 		if downloadOpts.CacheHosts, err = cli.LookupCacheHosts(srvName); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ func rootExecute(ctx context.Context, urlString, dest string) error {
 		downloadOpts.CacheHosts = []string{cacheHostname}
 		downloadOpts.CacheableURIPrefixes = config.CacheableURIPrefixes()
 		downloadOpts.CacheUsePathProxy = viper.GetBool(config.OptCacheUsePathProxy)
+		downloadOpts.ForceCachePrefixRewrite = viper.GetBool(config.OptForceCachePrefixRewrite)
 	}
 
 	if getter.Downloader == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/config/optnames.go b/pkg/config/optnames.go
index 826a1b1..565ebc1 100644
--- a/pkg/config/optnames.go
+++ b/pkg/config/optnames.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const (
 	OptCacheServiceHostname        = "cache-service-hostname"
 	OptCacheURIPrefixes            = "cache-uri-prefixes"
 	OptCacheUsePathProxy           = "cache-use-path-proxy"
+	OptForceCachePrefixRewrite     = "force-cache-prefix-rewrite"
 	OptHostIP                      = "host-ip"
 	OptMetricsEndpoint             = "metrics-endpoint"
 	OptHeaders                     = "headers"
diff --git a/pkg/download/buffer.go b/pkg/download/buffer.go
index ce9542e..874f9b3 100644
--- a/pkg/download/buffer.go
+++ b/pkg/download/buffer.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+
 	"github.com/replicate/pget/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/replicate/pget/pkg/logging"
 )
@@ -229,48 +231,66 @@ func (m *BufferMode) rewriteUrlForCache(urlString string) string {
 			Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
 		return urlString
 	}
-	if prefixes, ok := m.CacheableURIPrefixes[parsed.Host]; ok {
-		for _, pfx := range prefixes {
-			if pfx.Path == "/" || strings.HasPrefix(parsed.Path, pfx.Path) {
-				newUrl := m.CacheHosts[0]
-				if m.CacheUsePathProxy {
-					newUrl, err = url.JoinPath(newUrl, pfx.Host)
-					if err != nil {
-						break
-					}
-					logger.Debug().
-						Bool("path_based_proxy", true).
-						Str("host_prefix", pfx.Host).
-						Str("intermediate_target_url", newUrl).
-						Str("url", urlString).
-						Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
-				}
-				newUrl, err = url.JoinPath(newUrl, parsed.Path)
-				if err != nil {
-					break
+	if m.ForceCachePrefixRewrite {
+		// Forcefully rewrite the URL prefix
+		return m.rewritePrefix(m.CacheHosts[0], urlString, parsed, logger)
+	} else {
+		if prefixes, ok := m.CacheableURIPrefixes[parsed.Host]; ok {
+			for _, pfx := range prefixes {
+				if pfx.Path == "/" || strings.HasPrefix(parsed.Path, pfx.Path) {
+					// Found a matching prefix, rewrite the URL prefix
+					return m.rewritePrefix(m.CacheHosts[0], urlString, parsed, logger)
 				}
-				logger.Info().
-					Str("url", urlString).
-					Str("target_url", newUrl).
-					Bool("enabled", true).
-					Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
-				return newUrl
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	// If we got here, we weren't forcefully rewriting the cache prefix and we didn't
+	// find any matching prefixes, so we just return the original URL
+	logger.Debug().
+		Str("url", urlString).
+		Bool("enabled", false).
+		Str("disabled_reason", "no matching prefix").
+		Str("disabled_reason", "failed to join host URL to path").
+		Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
+	return urlString
+}
+
+func (m *BufferMode) rewritePrefix(cacheHost, urlString string, parsed *url.URL, logger zerolog.Logger) string {
+	newUrl := cacheHost
+	var err error
+	if m.CacheUsePathProxy {
+		newUrl, err = url.JoinPath(newUrl, parsed.Host)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Error().
+				Err(err).
+				Str("url", urlString).
+				Bool("enabled", false).
+				Str("disabled_reason", "failed to join cache URL to host").
+				Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
+			return urlString
+		}
+		logger.Debug().
+			Bool("path_based_proxy", true).
+			Str("host_prefix", parsed.Host).
+			Str("intermediate_target_url", newUrl).
+			Str("url", urlString).
+			Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
+	}
+	newUrl, err = url.JoinPath(newUrl, parsed.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error().
 			Err(err).
 			Str("url", urlString).
 			Bool("enabled", false).
-			Str("disabled_reason", "failed to generate target url").
-			Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
-	} else {
-		logger.Debug().
-			Str("url", urlString).
-			Bool("enabled", false).
-			Str("disabled_reason", "no matching prefix").
+			Str("disabled_reason", "failed to join host URL to path").
 			Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
+		return urlString
 	}
-	return urlString
+	logger.Info().
+		Str("url", urlString).
+		Str("target_url", newUrl).
+		Bool("enabled", true).
+		Msg("Cache URL Rewrite")
+	return newUrl
 }
diff --git a/pkg/download/options.go b/pkg/download/options.go
index fe45651..84a8998 100644
--- a/pkg/download/options.go
+++ b/pkg/download/options.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ type Options struct {
 	// hashing algorithm.  The slice may contain empty entries which
 	// correspond to a cache host which is currently unavailable.
 	CacheHosts []string
+
+	// ForceCachePrefixRewrite will forcefully rewrite the prefix for all
+	// pget requests to the first item in the CacheHosts list. This ignores
+	// anything in the CacheableURIPrefixes and rewrites all requests.
+	ForceCachePrefixRewrite bool
 }
 
 func (o *Options) maxConcurrency() int {