diff --git a/src/component/component.ts b/src/component/component.ts
index cec032a6..f941a8b3 100644
--- a/src/component/component.ts
+++ b/src/component/component.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class Component {
 
   setup() {}
 
-  render(): Promise<void> {
-    return this.__owl__.render();
+  render(deep: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
+    return this.__owl__.render(deep);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/component/component_node.ts b/src/component/component_node.ts
index c65809aa..c17d1966 100644
--- a/src/component/component_node.ts
+++ b/src/component/component_node.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function component(
 
   const parentFiber = ctx.fiber!;
   if (node) {
-    if (hasSlots || arePropsDifferent(node.component.props, props)) {
+    if (hasSlots || parentFiber.deep || arePropsDifferent(node.component.props, props)) {
       node.updateAndRender(props, parentFiber);
     }
   } else {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class ComponentNode<T extends typeof Component = typeof Component>
     }
   }
 
-  async render() {
+  async render(deep: boolean = false) {
     let fiber = this.fiber;
     if (fiber && !fiber.bdom && !fibersInError.has(fiber)) {
       return fiber.root.promise;
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export class ComponentNode<T extends typeof Component = typeof Component>
       return;
     }
     fiber = makeRootFiber(this);
+    fiber.deep = deep;
     this.app.scheduler.addFiber(fiber);
     await Promise.resolve();
     if (this.status === STATUS.DESTROYED) {
diff --git a/src/component/fibers.ts b/src/component/fibers.ts
index 4ffaeb26..9930b8e9 100644
--- a/src/component/fibers.ts
+++ b/src/component/fibers.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export class Fiber {
   parent: Fiber | null;
   children: Fiber[] = [];
   appliedToDom = false;
+  deep: boolean = false;
 
   constructor(node: ComponentNode, parent: Fiber | null) {
     this.node = node;
diff --git a/tests/components/__snapshots__/rendering.test.ts.snap b/tests/components/__snapshots__/rendering.test.ts.snap
index 24686781..185a10de 100644
--- a/tests/components/__snapshots__/rendering.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/components/__snapshots__/rendering.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`rendering semantics can force a render to update sub tree 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(bdom, helpers
+) {
+  let { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, component } = bdom;
+  let { withDefault, getTemplate, prepareList, withKey, zero, call, callSlot, capture, isBoundary, shallowEqual, setContextValue, toNumber, safeOutput } = helpers;
+  
+  return function template(ctx, node, key = \\"\\") {
+    return text(\`child\`);
+  }
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`rendering semantics can force a render to update sub tree 2`] = `
+"function anonymous(bdom, helpers
+) {
+  let { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, component } = bdom;
+  let { withDefault, getTemplate, prepareList, withKey, zero, call, callSlot, capture, isBoundary, shallowEqual, setContextValue, toNumber, safeOutput } = helpers;
+  
+  return function template(ctx, node, key = \\"\\") {
+    let b2 = text(ctx['state'].value);
+    let b3 = component(\`Child\`, {}, key + \`__1\`, node, ctx);
+    return multi([b2, b3]);
+  }
+}"
+`;
+
 exports[`rendering semantics can render a parent without rendering child 1`] = `
 "function anonymous(bdom, helpers
 ) {
diff --git a/tests/components/rendering.test.ts b/tests/components/rendering.test.ts
index 8350822e..adefc8dc 100644
--- a/tests/components/rendering.test.ts
+++ b/tests/components/rendering.test.ts
@@ -46,4 +46,41 @@ describe("rendering semantics", () => {
     expect(parentN).toBe(2);
     expect(childN).toBe(1);
   });
+
+  test("can force a render to update sub tree", async () => {
+    let childN = 0;
+    let parentN = 0;
+    class Child extends Component {
+      static template = xml`child`;
+      setup() {
+        onRender(() => childN++);
+      }
+    }
+
+    class Parent extends Component {
+      static template = xml`
+        <t t-esc="state.value"/>
+        <Child/>
+      `;
+      static components = { Child };
+
+      state = { value: "A" };
+      setup() {
+        onRender(() => parentN++);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const parent = await mount(Parent, fixture);
+
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("Achild");
+    expect(parentN).toBe(1);
+    expect(childN).toBe(1);
+
+    parent.state.value = "B";
+    parent.render(true);
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("Bchild");
+    expect(parentN).toBe(2);
+    expect(childN).toBe(2);
+  });
 });