diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-112903.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-112903.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6a2c69c65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-112903.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: add -fr flag shorthand
+time: 2022-09-19T11:29:03.774678-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: dave-connors-3
+  Issue: "5878"
+  PR: "5879"
diff --git a/core/dbt/cli/params.py b/core/dbt/cli/params.py
index 68b3b0b8bf0..601cb39faf2 100644
--- a/core/dbt/cli/params.py
+++ b/core/dbt/cli/params.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 
 full_refresh = click.option(
     "--full-refresh",
+    "-fr",
     envvar="DBT_FULL_REFRESH",
     help="If specified, dbt will drop incremental models and fully-recalculate the incremental table from the model definition.",
     is_flag=True,
diff --git a/core/dbt/main.py b/core/dbt/main.py
index 5be5151bc0c..0e4102e0e0d 100644
--- a/core/dbt/main.py
+++ b/core/dbt/main.py
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ def _add_table_mutability_arguments(*subparsers):
     for sub in subparsers:
         sub.add_argument(
             "--full-refresh",
+            "-fr",
             action="store_true",
             help="""
             If specified, dbt will drop incremental models and
diff --git a/tests/functional/materializations/test_runtime_materialization.py b/tests/functional/materializations/test_runtime_materialization.py
index d73db785385..cad0d292859 100644
--- a/tests/functional/materializations/test_runtime_materialization.py
+++ b/tests/functional/materializations/test_runtime_materialization.py
@@ -138,20 +138,20 @@ def test_full_refresh(
         project,
     ):
         # initial full-refresh should have no effect
-        results = run_dbt(["run", "--full-refresh"])
+        results = run_dbt(["run", "-fr"])
         assert len(results) == 3
 
         check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["seed", "view", "incremental", "materialized"])
 
         # adds one record to the incremental model. full-refresh should truncate then re-run
         project.run_sql(invalidate_incremental_sql)
-        results = run_dbt(["run", "--full-refresh"])
+        results = run_dbt(["run", "-fr"])
         assert len(results) == 3
         check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["seed", "incremental"])
 
         project.run_sql(update_sql)
 
-        results = run_dbt(["run", "--full-refresh"])
+        results = run_dbt(["run", "-fr"])
         assert len(results) == 3
 
         check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["seed", "view", "incremental", "materialized"])
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def test_delete_dbt_tmp_relation(
         project.run_sql(create_incremental__dbt_tmp_sql)
         assert len(results) == 1
 
-        results = run_dbt(["run", "--model", "incremental", "--full-refresh"])
+        results = run_dbt(["run", "--model", "incremental", "-fr"])
         assert len(results) == 1
 
         check_table_does_not_exist(project.adapter, "incremental__dbt_tmp")