diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee240f3a3b..446ab3ed65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ All notable changes to `src-cli` are documented in this file.
 
 ### Removed
 
+## 3.35.2
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `src batch validate` and `src batch repos` now accept `-allow-unsupported` and `-force-override-ignore` and don't fail on specs using `files` anymore.
+
 ## 3.35.1
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/cmd/src/batch_repositories.go b/cmd/src/batch_repositories.go
index 5d62e70d9f..84dcda2c4d 100644
--- a/cmd/src/batch_repositories.go
+++ b/cmd/src/batch_repositories.go
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ Examples:
 		apiFlags = api.NewFlags(flagSet)
 	)
 
+	var (
+		allowUnsupported bool
+		allowIgnored     bool
+	)
+	flagSet.BoolVar(
+		&allowUnsupported, "allow-unsupported", false,
+		"Allow unsupported code hosts.",
+	)
+	flagSet.BoolVar(
+		&allowIgnored, "force-override-ignore", false,
+		"Do not ignore repositories that have a .batchignore file.",
+	)
+
 	handler := func(args []string) error {
 		if err := flagSet.Parse(args); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -44,7 +57,12 @@ Examples:
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		client := cfg.apiClient(apiFlags, flagSet.Output())
 
-		svc := service.New(&service.Opts{Client: client})
+		svc := service.New(&service.Opts{
+			Client:           client,
+			AllowUnsupported: allowUnsupported,
+			AllowIgnored:     allowIgnored,
+			AllowFiles:       true,
+		})
 
 		if err := svc.DetermineFeatureFlags(ctx); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/cmd/src/batch_validate.go b/cmd/src/batch_validate.go
index 2b79dcd930..0f4a652d6b 100644
--- a/cmd/src/batch_validate.go
+++ b/cmd/src/batch_validate.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/output"
+
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/src-cli/internal/api"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/src-cli/internal/batches/service"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/src-cli/internal/batches/ui"
@@ -30,6 +31,19 @@ Examples:
 	apiFlags := api.NewFlags(flagSet)
 	fileFlag := flagSet.String("f", "", "The batch spec file to read.")
 
+	var (
+		allowUnsupported bool
+		allowIgnored     bool
+	)
+	flagSet.BoolVar(
+		&allowUnsupported, "allow-unsupported", false,
+		"Allow unsupported code hosts.",
+	)
+	flagSet.BoolVar(
+		&allowIgnored, "force-override-ignore", false,
+		"Do not ignore repositories that have a .batchignore file.",
+	)
+
 	handler := func(args []string) error {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 
@@ -44,7 +58,10 @@ Examples:
 		out := output.NewOutput(flagSet.Output(), output.OutputOpts{Verbose: *verbose})
 		ui := &ui.TUI{Out: out}
 		svc := service.New(&service.Opts{
-			Client: cfg.apiClient(apiFlags, flagSet.Output()),
+			Client:           cfg.apiClient(apiFlags, flagSet.Output()),
+			AllowUnsupported: allowUnsupported,
+			AllowIgnored:     allowIgnored,
+			AllowFiles:       true,
 		})
 
 		if err := svc.DetermineFeatureFlags(ctx); err != nil {