diff --git a/src/man1/mdbx_copy.1 b/src/man1/mdbx_copy.1
index d6edac58..dbdd5ab1 100644
--- a/src/man1/mdbx_copy.1
+++ b/src/man1/mdbx_copy.1
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ mdbx_copy \- MDBX environment copy tool
 [\c
 .BR \-c ]
 [\c
+.BR \-f ]
+[\c
 .BR \-d ]
 [\c
 .BR \-p ]
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ or unused pages will be omitted from the copy. This option will
 slow down the backup process as it is more CPU-intensive.
 Currently it fails if the environment has suffered a page leak.
 .TP
+.BR \-f
+Silently overwrite the target file, if it exists, instead of reaching an error.
+.TP
 .BR \-d
 Alters geometry to enforce the copy to be a dynamic size DB,
 which could be growth and shrink by reasonable steps on the fly.
diff --git a/src/tools/copy.c b/src/tools/copy.c
index 2a55339b..1014be0b 100644
--- a/src/tools/copy.c
+++ b/src/tools/copy.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static void usage(const char *prog) {
           "  -V\t\tprint version and exit\n"
           "  -q\t\tbe quiet\n"
           "  -c\t\tenable compactification (skip unused pages)\n"
+          "  -f\t\tforce copying even the target file exists\n"
           "  -d\t\tenforce copy to be a dynamic size DB\n"
           "  -p\t\tusing transaction parking/ousting during copying MVCC-snapshot\n"
           "    \t\tto avoid stopping recycling and overflowing the DB\n"
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       cpflags |= MDBX_CP_FORCE_DYNAMIC_SIZE;
     else if (argv[1][1] == 'p' && argv[1][2] == '\0')
       cpflags |= MDBX_CP_THROTTLE_MVCC;
+    else if (argv[1][1] == 'f' && argv[1][2] == '\0')
+      cpflags |= MDBX_CP_OVERWRITE;
     else if (argv[1][1] == 'q' && argv[1][2] == '\0')
       quiet = true;
     else if (argv[1][1] == 'u' && argv[1][2] == '\0')