1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c b/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
index 10c5e1e6d8..cd78281790 100644
--- a/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
+++ b/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
@@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ zip_open(const char *fn, int flags, int *zep)
     struct zip_cdir *cdir;
     int i;
     off_t len;
-    
+
+
     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:
@@ -440,7 +444,7 @@ _zip_file_exists(const char *fn, int flags, int *zep)
     }
     
     if (stat(fn, &st) != 0) {
-	if (flags & ZIP_CREATE)
+	if (flags & ZIP_CREATE || flags & ZIP_OVERWRITE)
 	    return 0;
 	else {
 	    set_error(zep, NULL, ZIP_ER_OPEN);