diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
index 8e039c832a3..474efe375cf 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-p', '--path', dest='path',
         help="path to stage package, does not add to spack tree")
+    arguments.add_concretizer_args(subparser)
 
 
 def stage(parser, args):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py
index 5c586a11b02..5dec5ca3ff1 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/stage.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+import spack.config
 import spack.environment as ev
 import spack.repo
 from spack.main import SpackCommand
@@ -122,3 +123,13 @@ def fake_stage(pkg, mirror_only=False):
 
     # assert that all were staged
     assert len(expected) == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.disable_clean_stage_check
+def test_concretizer_arguments(mock_packages, mock_fetch):
+    """Make sure stage also has --reuse and --fresh flags."""
+    stage("--reuse", "trivial-install-test-package")
+    assert spack.config.get("concretizer:reuse", None) is True
+
+    stage("--fresh", "trivial-install-test-package")
+    assert spack.config.get("concretizer:reuse", None) is False
diff --git a/share/spack/spack-completion.bash b/share/spack/spack-completion.bash
index ca503673dad..6bdefc67541 100755
--- a/share/spack/spack-completion.bash
+++ b/share/spack/spack-completion.bash
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ _spack_spec() {
 _spack_stage() {
     if $list_options
     then
-        SPACK_COMPREPLY="-h --help -n --no-checksum --deprecated -p --path"
+        SPACK_COMPREPLY="-h --help -n --no-checksum --deprecated -p --path -U --fresh --reuse"
     else
         _all_packages
     fi