doc/news.texi       |  8 ++++++++
 run.go              | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/goredo-$1-touch.t | 11 +++++++++++
 usage.go            |  2 +-

diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
index e5c2ec8e4e315ff592c87bd38b31efa6083569f0dfadb22e68f54370e877892f..1b730f3624454124a1e98b17f3a5f25622999fbc176e6000e17ec5864af2296d 100644
--- a/doc/news.texi
+++ b/doc/news.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 @node News
 @unnumbered News
 
+@anchor{Release 1_15_0}
+@section Release 1.15.0
+@itemize
+@item
+    Explicitly check if @code{$1} target is touched and then fail.
+    Previously we check if @code{$1} was only altered.
+@end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 1_14_0}
 @section Release 1.14.0
 @itemize
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 423bb7756667a61a14a25d097f6dafdf589205a5ba845c9753d316478d5acfd9..674efa6ea3668ff5be867b068afaa7ad5c8a206dc2235adfc9c9503d224a8724 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -587,6 +587,29 @@ 			return
 		}
 
 		// Was $1 touched?
+		if fd, err := os.Open(path.Join(cwdOrig, tgt)); err == nil {
+			errTouched := errors.New("$1 was explicitly touched")
+			if inodePrev == nil {
+				fd.Close()
+				runErr.Err = errTouched
+				errs <- runErr
+				return
+			} else {
+				inode, err := inodeFromFile(fd)
+				fd.Close()
+				if err != nil {
+					runErr.Err = err
+					errs <- runErr
+					return
+				}
+				if !inode.Equals(inodePrev) {
+					runErr.Err = errTouched
+					errs <- runErr
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		if inodePrev != nil {
 			if fd, err := os.Open(path.Join(cwdOrig, tgt)); err == nil {
 				inode, err := inodeFromFile(fd)
diff --git a/t/goredo-$1-touch.t b/t/goredo-$1-touch.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c20202b4c2f7fcb10774cb0317cfff8bfb94506c39851d2f02ca0be9140004d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/goredo-$1-touch.t
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+testname=`basename "$0"`
+test_description="Check failing if unexistent \$1 is touched"
+. $SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR/sharness.sh
+export REDO_TOP_DIR="`pwd`" REDO_NO_PROGRESS=1
+
+echo touch \$1 > foo.do
+test_expect_success "it fails" 'redo foo ; [ $? = 1 ]'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/usage.go b/usage.go
index 8337967a1514124342f44d92981bc448e464b6dc74d1e06718399e3c16485b03..077a8b80b27bcf85c23c864a2df14828c90d4dd45a0b764f1ee29aad39ef94e7 100644
--- a/usage.go
+++ b/usage.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ 	"os"
 )
 
 const (
-	Version  = "1.14.0"
+	Version  = "1.15.0"
 	Warranty = `Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Sergey Matveev
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify