diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/save.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/save.rs
index f5f86cbfc6..bafbefc50c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/save.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/save.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ impl Command for Save {
             )
             .switch("raw", "save file as raw binary", Some('r'))
             .switch("append", "append input to the end of the file", Some('a'))
+            .switch("force", "overwrite the destination", Some('f'))
             .category(Category::FileSystem)
     }
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ impl Command for Save {
     ) -> Result<nu_protocol::PipelineData, nu_protocol::ShellError> {
         let raw = call.has_flag("raw");
         let append = call.has_flag("append");
+        let force = call.has_flag("force");
 
         let span = call.head;
 
@@ -64,7 +66,21 @@ impl Command for Save {
         let arg_span = path.span;
         let path = Path::new(&path.item);
 
-        let file = match (append, path.exists()) {
+        let path_exists = path.exists();
+        if path_exists && !force && !append {
+            return Err(ShellError::GenericError(
+                "Destination file already exists".into(),
+                format!(
+                    "Destination file '{}' already exists",
+                    path.to_string_lossy()
+                ),
+                Some(arg_span),
+                Some("you can use -f, --force to force overwriting the destination".into()),
+                Vec::new(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let file = match (append, path_exists) {
             (true, true) => std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
                 .write(true)
                 .append(true)
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/save.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/save.rs
index b8a9e166de..604d448b8c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/save.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/save.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use nu_test_support::fs::file_contents;
+use nu_test_support::fs::{file_contents, Stub};
 use nu_test_support::nu;
 use nu_test_support::playground::Playground;
 use std::io::Write;
@@ -149,3 +149,31 @@ fn save_string_and_stream_as_raw() {
         )
     })
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn save_not_override_file_by_default() {
+    Playground::setup("save_test_8", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![Stub::EmptyFile("log.txt")]);
+
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.root(),
+            r#""abcd" | save save_test_8/log.txt"#
+        );
+        assert!(actual.err.contains("Destination file already exists"));
+    })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn save_override_works() {
+    Playground::setup("save_test_9", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![Stub::EmptyFile("log.txt")]);
+
+        let expected_file = dirs.test().join("log.txt");
+        nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.root(),
+            r#""abcd" | save save_test_9/log.txt -f"#
+        );
+        let actual = file_contents(expected_file);
+        assert_eq!(actual, "abcd");
+    })
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs b/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs
index 33f656f272..1d331fa557 100644
--- a/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs
@@ -910,7 +910,15 @@ pub fn eval_element_with_input(
                                 Argument::Positional(expr.clone()),
                                 Argument::Named((
                                     Spanned {
-                                        item: "--raw".into(),
+                                        item: "raw".into(),
+                                        span: *span,
+                                    },
+                                    None,
+                                    None,
+                                )),
+                                Argument::Named((
+                                    Spanned {
+                                        item: "force".into(),
                                         span: *span,
                                     },
                                     None,