diff --git a/cmd/reclaim.go b/cmd/reclaim.go
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+// Copyright © 2019 Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@gentoo.org>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	installer "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/installer"
+
+	. "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/logger"
+	pkg "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/package"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var reclaimCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "reclaim",
+	Short: "Reclaim packages to Luet database from available repositories",
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		LuetCfg.Viper.BindPFlag("system.database_path", cmd.Flags().Lookup("system-dbpath"))
+		LuetCfg.Viper.BindPFlag("system.rootfs", cmd.Flags().Lookup("system-target"))
+		LuetCfg.Viper.BindPFlag("force", cmd.Flags().Lookup("force"))
+	},
+	Long: `Add packages to the systemdb if files belonging to packages 
+in available repositories exists in the target root.`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		var systemDB pkg.PackageDatabase
+
+		// This shouldn't be necessary, but we need to unmarshal the repositories to a concrete struct, thus we need to port them back to the Repositories type
+		repos := installer.Repositories{}
+		for _, repo := range LuetCfg.SystemRepositories {
+			if !repo.Enable {
+				continue
+			}
+			r := installer.NewSystemRepository(repo)
+			repos = append(repos, r)
+		}
+
+		force := LuetCfg.Viper.GetBool("force")
+
+		Debug("Solver", LuetCfg.GetSolverOptions().CompactString())
+
+		inst := installer.NewLuetInstaller(installer.LuetInstallerOptions{
+			Concurrency:                 LuetCfg.GetGeneral().Concurrency,
+			Force:                       force,
+			PreserveSystemEssentialData: true,
+		})
+		inst.Repositories(repos)
+
+		if LuetCfg.GetSystem().DatabaseEngine == "boltdb" {
+			systemDB = pkg.NewBoltDatabase(
+				filepath.Join(LuetCfg.GetSystem().GetSystemRepoDatabaseDirPath(), "luet.db"))
+		} else {
+			systemDB = pkg.NewInMemoryDatabase(true)
+		}
+		system := &installer.System{Database: systemDB, Target: LuetCfg.GetSystem().Rootfs}
+		err := inst.Reclaim(system)
+		if err != nil {
+			Fatal("Error: " + err.Error())
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	path, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		Fatal(err)
+	}
+	reclaimCmd.Flags().String("system-dbpath", path, "System db path")
+	reclaimCmd.Flags().String("system-target", path, "System rootpath")
+	reclaimCmd.Flags().Bool("force", false, "Skip errors and keep going (potentially harmful)")
+
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(reclaimCmd)
+}