diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 23a04ed79a..11023fc882 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Config {
   pub(crate) list_submodules: bool,
   pub(crate) load_dotenv: bool,
   pub(crate) no_aliases: bool,
+  pub(crate) allow_missing: bool,
   pub(crate) no_dependencies: bool,
   pub(crate) one: bool,
   pub(crate) search_config: SearchConfig,
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ mod arg {
   pub(crate) const NO_HIGHLIGHT: &str = "NO-HIGHLIGHT";
   pub(crate) const ONE: &str = "ONE";
   pub(crate) const QUIET: &str = "QUIET";
-  pub(crate) const IF_PRESENT: &str = "IF-PRESENT";
+  pub(crate) const ALLOW_MISSING: &str = "ALLOW-MISSING";
   pub(crate) const SET: &str = "SET";
   pub(crate) const SHELL: &str = "SHELL";
   pub(crate) const SHELL_ARG: &str = "SHELL-ARG";
@@ -317,9 +318,9 @@ impl Config {
           .conflicts_with(arg::DRY_RUN),
       )
       .arg(
-        Arg::new(arg::IF_PRESENT)
-          .long("if-present")
-          .env("JUST_IF_PRESENT")
+        Arg::new(arg::ALLOW_MISSING)
+          .long("allow-missing")
+          .env("JUST_ALLOW_MISSING")
           .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
           .help("Suppress error code"),
       )
@@ -737,6 +738,7 @@ impl Config {
       list_submodules: matches.get_flag(arg::LIST_SUBMODULES),
       load_dotenv: !matches.get_flag(arg::NO_DOTENV),
       no_aliases: matches.get_flag(arg::NO_ALIASES),
+      allow_missing: matches.get_flag(arg::ALLOW_MISSING),
       no_dependencies: matches.get_flag(arg::NO_DEPS),
       one: matches.get_flag(arg::ONE),
       search_config,
@@ -759,8 +761,6 @@ impl Config {
       unstable,
       verbosity: if matches.get_flag(arg::QUIET) {
         Verbosity::Quiet
-      } else if matches.get_flag(arg::IF_PRESENT) {
-        Verbosity::RecipeQuiet
       } else {
         Verbosity::from_flag_occurrences(matches.get_count(arg::VERBOSE))
       },
diff --git a/src/run.rs b/src/run.rs
index 2f3d5a8c8b..00b809d13f 100644
--- a/src/run.rs
+++ b/src/run.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ pub fn run(args: impl Iterator<Item = impl Into<OsString> + Clone>) -> Result<()
 
   let config = Config::from_matches(&matches).map_err(Error::from);
 
-  let (color, verbosity) = config
+  let (color, verbosity, allow_missing) = config
     .as_ref()
-    .map(|config| (config.color, config.verbosity))
+    .map(|config| (config.color, config.verbosity, config.allow_missing))
     .unwrap_or_default();
 
   let loader = Loader::new();
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ pub fn run(args: impl Iterator<Item = impl Into<OsString> + Clone>) -> Result<()
       config.subcommand.execute(&config, &loader)
     })
     .map_err(|error| {
-      if verbosity.recipe_quiet() {
-        match error {
-          Error::UnknownRecipe { .. } => return 0,
-          _ => {}
-        };
+      if allow_missing {
+        if let Error::UnknownRecipe { .. } = error {
+          return 0;
+        }
       }
 
       if !verbosity.quiet() && error.print_message() {
diff --git a/src/verbosity.rs b/src/verbosity.rs
index 20dc8a65eb..f3ba3e4585 100644
--- a/src/verbosity.rs
+++ b/src/verbosity.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 pub(crate) enum Verbosity {
   Quiet,
-  RecipeQuiet,
   Taciturn,
   Loquacious,
   Grandiloquent,
@@ -20,10 +19,6 @@ impl Verbosity {
     self == Self::Quiet
   }
 
-  pub(crate) fn recipe_quiet(self) -> bool {
-    self == Self::RecipeQuiet
-  }
-
   pub(crate) fn loud(self) -> bool {
     !self.quiet()
   }
diff --git a/tests/if_present.rs b/tests/allow_missing.rs
similarity index 86%
rename from tests/if_present.rs
rename to tests/allow_missing.rs
index 32054a29da..2d74f27a78 100644
--- a/tests/if_present.rs
+++ b/tests/allow_missing.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::*;
 
 #[test]
-fn without_if_present() {
+fn fail_on_unknown_recipe() {
   Test::new()
     .arg("execute")
     .justfile(
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fn without_if_present() {
 #[test]
 fn ignore_unknown_recipe() {
   Test::new()
-    .args(["--if-present", "execute"])
+    .args(["--allow-missing", "execute"])
     .justfile(
       "
         build:
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index 2576e78289..fb0cf66145 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ mod test;
 
 mod allow_duplicate_recipes;
 mod allow_duplicate_variables;
+mod allow_missing;
 mod assert_stdout;
 mod assert_success;
 mod assertions;
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ mod functions;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod global;
 mod groups;
-mod if_present;
 mod ignore_comments;
 mod imports;
 mod init;