diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/conversion-gen/main.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/conversion-gen/main.go
index 80cca4030e4..fe5b86e5c77 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/conversion-gen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/conversion-gen/main.go
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	pflag.CommandLine.StringSliceVar(&customArgs.ExtraPeerDirs, "extra-peer-dirs", customArgs.ExtraPeerDirs,
 		"Comma-separated list of import paths which are considered, after tag-specified peers, for conversions.")
+	pflag.CommandLine.BoolVar(&customArgs.SkipUnsafe, "skip-unsafe", customArgs.SkipUnsafe,
+		"If true, will not generate code using unsafe pointer conversions; resulting code may be slower.")
 	arguments.CustomArgs = customArgs
 
 	// Run it.
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
index fc32dfcdfca..3b25ad6c185 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ since-time
 skip-generated-rewrite
 skip-munges
 skip-preflight-checks
+skip-unsafe
 sort-by
 source-file
 ssh-env