1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c b/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
index 5aba34f67a..2f56881b0a 100644
--- a/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
+++ b/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
@@ -61,10 +61,16 @@ ZIP_EXTERN(struct zip *)
 zip_open(const char *fn, int flags, int *zep)
 {
     FILE *fp;
-    
+
+    if (flags & ZIP_OVERWRITE) {
+	return _zip_allocate_new(fn, zep);
+    }
+
     switch (_zip_file_exists(fn, flags, zep)) {
     case -1:
-	return NULL;
+			if (!(flags & ZIP_OVERWRITE)) {
+				return NULL;
+			}
     case 0:
 	return _zip_allocate_new(fn, zep);
     default: