diff --git a/Command/ResetCommand.php b/Command/ResetCommand.php
index 06cfe48..ce05e96 100755
--- a/Command/ResetCommand.php
+++ b/Command/ResetCommand.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class ResetCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
             ->setName('fos:elastica:reset')
             ->addOption('index', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The index to reset')
             ->addOption('type', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The type to reset')
+            ->addOption('force', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Force index deletion if same name as alias')
             ->setDescription('Reset search indexes')
         ;
     }
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ class ResetCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
      */
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
-        $index  = $input->getOption('index');
-        $type   = $input->getOption('type');
+        $index = $input->getOption('index');
+        $type = $input->getOption('type');
+        $force = (bool) $input->getOption('force');
 
         if (null === $index && null !== $type) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Cannot specify type option without an index.');
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ class ResetCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
 
             foreach ($indexes as $index) {
                 $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>Resetting</info> <comment>%s</comment>', $index));
-                $this->resetter->resetIndex($index);
+                $this->resetter->resetIndex($index, false, $force);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Exception/AliasIsIndexException.php b/Exception/AliasIsIndexException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87f546b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Exception/AliasIsIndexException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace FOS\ElasticaBundle\Exception;
+
+class AliasIsIndexException extends \Exception
+{
+    public function __construct($indexName)
+    {
+        parent::__construct(sprintf('Expected alias %s instead of index', $indexName));
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/Index/AliasProcessor.php b/Index/AliasProcessor.php
index a900b33..b38b5e3 100644
--- a/Index/AliasProcessor.php
+++ b/Index/AliasProcessor.php
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 namespace FOS\ElasticaBundle\Index;
 
 use Elastica\Exception\ExceptionInterface;
+use Elastica\Request;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Configuration\IndexConfig;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Elastica\Client;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Elastica\Index;
+use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Exception\AliasIsIndexException;
 
 class AliasProcessor
 {
@@ -33,11 +35,15 @@ class AliasProcessor
      * Switches an index to become the new target for an alias. Only applies for
      * indexes that are set to use aliases.
      *
+     * $force will delete an index encountered where an alias is expected.
+     *
      * @param IndexConfig $indexConfig
      * @param Index $index
+     * @param bool $force
+     * @throws AliasIsIndexException
      * @throws \RuntimeException
      */
-    public function switchIndexAlias(IndexConfig $indexConfig, Index $index)
+    public function switchIndexAlias(IndexConfig $indexConfig, Index $index, $force = false)
     {
         $client = $index->getClient();
 
@@ -45,7 +51,17 @@ class AliasProcessor
         $oldIndexName = false;
         $newIndexName = $index->getName();
 
-        $aliasedIndexes = $this->getAliasedIndexes($client, $aliasName);
+        try {
+            $aliasedIndexes = $this->getAliasedIndexes($client, $aliasName);
+        } catch(AliasIsIndexException $e) {
+            if ($force) {
+                $this->deleteIndex($client, $aliasName);
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            throw $e;
+        }
 
         if (count($aliasedIndexes) > 1) {
             throw new \RuntimeException(
@@ -116,8 +132,10 @@ class AliasProcessor
     /**
      * Returns array of indexes which are mapped to given alias
      *
+     * @param Client $client
      * @param string $aliasName Alias name
      * @return array
+     * @throws \FOS\ElasticaBundle\Exception\AliasIsIndexException
      */
     private function getAliasedIndexes(Client $client, $aliasName)
     {
@@ -125,6 +143,9 @@ class AliasProcessor
         $aliasedIndexes = array();
 
         foreach ($aliasesInfo as $indexName => $indexInfo) {
+            if ($indexName === $aliasName) {
+                throw new AliasIsIndexException($indexName);
+            }
             if (isset($indexInfo['aliases'])) {
                 $aliases = array_keys($indexInfo['aliases']);
                 if (in_array($aliasName, $aliases)) {
@@ -135,4 +156,16 @@ class AliasProcessor
 
         return $aliasedIndexes;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete an index
+     *
+     * @param Client $client
+     * @param string $indexName Index name to delete
+     */
+    private function deleteIndex(Client $client, $indexName)
+    {
+        $path = sprintf("%s", $indexName);
+        $client->request($path, Request::DELETE);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Index/Resetter.php b/Index/Resetter.php
index 3f07fa1..c93ae2d 100644
--- a/Index/Resetter.php
+++ b/Index/Resetter.php
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ class Resetter
     /**
      * Deletes and recreates all indexes
      */
-    public function resetAllIndexes($populating = false)
+    public function resetAllIndexes($populating = false, $force = false)
     {
         foreach ($this->configManager->getIndexNames() as $name) {
-            $this->resetIndex($name, $populating);
+            $this->resetIndex($name, $populating, $force);
         }
     }
 
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ class Resetter
      *
      * @param string $indexName
      * @param bool $populating
+     * @param bool $force If index exists with same name as alias, remove it
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if no index exists for the given name
      */
-    public function resetIndex($indexName, $populating = false)
+    public function resetIndex($indexName, $populating = false, $force = false)
     {
         $indexConfig = $this->configManager->getIndexConfiguration($indexName);
         $index = $this->indexManager->getIndex($indexName);
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class Resetter
         $index->create($mapping, true);
 
         if (!$populating and $indexConfig->isUseAlias()) {
-            $this->aliasProcessor->switchIndexAlias($indexConfig, $index);
+            $this->aliasProcessor->switchIndexAlias($indexConfig, $index, $force);
         }
     }