diff --git a/dev-util/fastdep/fastdep-0.16.bep b/dev-util/fastdep/fastdep-0.16.bep
index 2c849b8e7..c22ca22f2 100644
--- a/dev-util/fastdep/fastdep-0.16.bep
+++ b/dev-util/fastdep/fastdep-0.16.bep
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BUILD {
 INSTALL {
 	cd fastdep-0.16
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
-	cp fastdep ${DESTDIR}/`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	cp -f fastdep ${DESTDIR}/`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
 }
 
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"