diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c87b890..9959510 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,11 @@ build/
 dist/
 msgcheck.egg-info/
 nose-*.egg/
+.ruff_cache/
+.pytest_cache/
+.ty_cache/
+.coverage/
+.tox
+.venv/
+venv
+__pycache__/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/msgcheck/msgcheck.py b/src/msgcheck/msgcheck.py
index 3f3997f..367c997 100644
--- a/src/msgcheck/msgcheck.py
+++ b/src/msgcheck/msgcheck.py
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ def msgcheck_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         action="store_true",
         help="check fuzzy strings",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-F",
+        "--error-on-fuzzy",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="raise an error if fuzzy strings are found",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-n",
         "--check-noqa",
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ def msgcheck_check_files(args: argparse.Namespace) -> list[PoFileReport]:
         "no_punct",
         "no_whitespace",
         "no_whitespace_eol",
+        "error_on_fuzzy",
     ):
         if args.__dict__[option]:
             po_check.set_check(option.lstrip("no_"), not option.startswith("no_"))
diff --git a/src/msgcheck/po.py b/src/msgcheck/po.py
index 17752c4..6453c0a 100644
--- a/src/msgcheck/po.py
+++ b/src/msgcheck/po.py
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
             "whitespace": True,
             "whitespace_eol": True,
             "extract": False,
+            "error_on_fuzzy": False,
         }
         # spelling options
         self.spelling: str | None = None
@@ -614,6 +615,26 @@ def check_pofile(self, po_file: PoFile) -> list[PoReport]:
         """
         reports: list[PoReport] = []
 
+        # check for fuzzy strings if error_on_fuzzy is enabled
+        if self.checks["error_on_fuzzy"]:
+            fuzzy_msgs = [msg for msg in po_file.msgs if msg.fuzzy]
+            if fuzzy_msgs:
+                for msg in fuzzy_msgs:
+                    # Get the first message for display
+                    mid = msg.messages[0][0] if msg.messages else ""
+                    mstr = msg.messages[0][1] if msg.messages else ""
+                    reports.append(
+                        PoReport(
+                            "fuzzy string found",
+                            "fuzzy",
+                            po_file.filename,
+                            msg.line,
+                            mid,
+                            mstr,
+                            fuzzy=True,
+                        ),
+                    )
+
         # build list of checkers (if spelling is enabled)
         checker = self._get_language_checker(po_file, reports)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_msgcheck.py b/tests/test_msgcheck.py
index 361a2b8..66aa200 100644
--- a/tests/test_msgcheck.py
+++ b/tests/test_msgcheck.py
@@ -155,6 +155,42 @@ def test_checks_fuzzy() -> None:
     assert len(result[0]) == 10
 
 
+def test_error_on_fuzzy() -> None:
+    """Test error_on_fuzzy option that raises an error when fuzzy strings are found."""
+    po_check = PoCheck()
+    po_check.set_check("error_on_fuzzy")
+    result = po_check.check_files([local_path("fr_errors.po")])
+
+    # be sure we have one file in result
+    assert len(result) == 1
+
+    # the file should have an error for the fuzzy string
+    assert len(result[0]) == 1
+
+    # check the error report
+    report = result[0][0]
+    assert report.idmsg == "fuzzy"
+    assert report.message == "fuzzy string found"
+    assert report.fuzzy is True
+    assert "fr_errors.po" in report.filename
+    assert report.line == 58  # Line where the fuzzy string starts
+    assert report.mid == "Tested 3"
+    assert report.mstr == "Testé 3."
+
+
+def test_error_on_fuzzy_no_fuzzy_strings() -> None:
+    """Test error_on_fuzzy option when there are no fuzzy strings."""
+    po_check = PoCheck()
+    po_check.set_check("error_on_fuzzy")
+    result = po_check.check_files([local_path("fr.po")])
+
+    # be sure we have one file in result
+    assert len(result) == 1
+
+    # the file should have no errors
+    assert len(result[0]) == 0
+
+
 def test_checks_noqa() -> None:
     """Test checks on a gettext file including `noqa`-commented lines."""
     po_check = PoCheck()