diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index cb1a80c01..a48a47a5c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ kak : $(objects)
 	sed -i -r -e "s,^\.TH .+,.TH KAKOUNE 1 \"\" \"\" \"$(basename $(notdir $<))\"," \
 	-e "/^\.SH \"NAME\"/{N;d;}" $(@:.gz=.1)
 	gzip -f $(@:.gz=.1)
-	mv $(@:.gz=.1.gz) $@
+	mv -f $(@:.gz=.1.gz) $@
 
 test:
 	cd ../test && ./run