diff --git a/src/workflow/ArcanistPatchWorkflow.php b/src/workflow/ArcanistPatchWorkflow.php
--- a/src/workflow/ArcanistPatchWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/workflow/ArcanistPatchWorkflow.php
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@
       'force' => array(
         'help' => 'Do not run any sanity checks.',
       ),
+      'keep-redundant-commits' => array(
+        'supports' => array('git'),
+        'help' =>
+          'Normally, git will not allow you to cherry-pick empty commits, '.
+          'however if you have dependent diffs where some of the '.
+          'dependencies have landed into HEAD, then you might want to force '.
+          'git to do so to be able to successfully patch dependent diffs. '.
+          'This flag gets passed down to git cherry-pick which then cretes '.
+          'empty commits for the dependencies.',
+      ),
       '*' => 'name',
     );
   }
@@ -198,6 +208,10 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  private function shouldKeepRedundantCommits() {
+    return $this->getArgument('keep-redundant-commits', false);
+  }
+
   private function getBranchName(ArcanistBundle $bundle) {
     $branch_name    = null;
     $repository_api = $this->getRepositoryAPI();
@@ -699,7 +713,13 @@
         $repository_api->execxLocal('checkout %s', $original_branch);
         $ex = null;
         try {
-          $repository_api->execxLocal('cherry-pick %s', $new_branch);
+          if ($this->shouldKeepRedundantCommits()) {
+            $repository_api->execxLocal(
+              'cherry-pick --keep-redundant-commits %s',
+              $new_branch);
+          } else {
+            $repository_api->execxLocal('cherry-pick %s', $new_branch);
+          }
         } catch (Exception $ex) {
           // do nothing
         }