diff --git a/ext/zip/lib/zip.h b/ext/zip/lib/zip.h
index 93c791f14cc..8cf690cad3f 100644
--- a/ext/zip/lib/zip.h
+++ b/ext/zip/lib/zip.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define ZIP_CREATE           1
 #define ZIP_EXCL             2
 #define ZIP_CHECKCONS        4
+#define ZIP_OVERWRITE        8
 
 
 /* flags for zip_name_locate, zip_fopen, zip_stat, ... */
diff --git a/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c b/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
index 65ba8a5b9f6..0a14abda583 100644
--- a/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
+++ b/ext/zip/lib/zip_open.c
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ zip_open(const char *fn, int flags, int *zep)
 	set_error(zep, NULL, ZIP_ER_INVAL);
 	return NULL;
     }
-    
-    if (stat(fn, &st) != 0) {
-	if (flags & ZIP_CREATE) {
+
+    if (flags & ZIP_OVERWRITE || stat(fn, &st) != 0) {
+	if ((flags & ZIP_CREATE) || (flags & ZIP_OVERWRITE)) {
 	    if ((za=_zip_new(&error)) == NULL) {
 		set_error(zep, &error, 0);
 		return NULL;
@@ -99,14 +99,15 @@ zip_open(const char *fn, int flags, int *zep)
 	set_error(zep, NULL, ZIP_ER_EXISTS);
 	return NULL;
     }
+
+
     /* ZIP_CREATE gets ignored if file exists and not ZIP_EXCL,
        just like open() */
-    
-    if ((fp=fopen(fn, "rb")) == NULL) {
-	set_error(zep, NULL, ZIP_ER_OPEN);
-	return NULL;
-    }
-    
+	if ((fp=fopen(fn, "rb")) == NULL) {
+		set_error(zep, NULL, ZIP_ER_OPEN);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
     clearerr(fp);
     fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
     len = ftell(fp);
diff --git a/ext/zip/lib/zip_replace.c b/ext/zip/lib/zip_replace.c
index 011bbc2af08..ae78e62b800 100644
--- a/ext/zip/lib/zip_replace.c
+++ b/ext/zip/lib/zip_replace.c
@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@ _zip_replace(struct zip *za, int idx, const char *name,
 			return -1;
 		idx = za->nentry - 1;
 	}
-    
+
+   
     _zip_unchange_data(za->entry+idx);
 
     if (name && _zip_set_name(za, idx, name) != 0)
 		return -1;
+ 
+
     za->entry[idx].state = ((za->cdir == NULL || idx >= za->cdir->nentry)
 			    ? ZIP_ST_ADDED : ZIP_ST_REPLACED);
     za->entry[idx].source = source;
diff --git a/ext/zip/php_zip.c b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
index d405ffd44f9..27f0bb2dd75 100644
--- a/ext/zip/php_zip.c
+++ b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ static int php_zip_extract_file(struct zip * za, char *dest, char *file TSRMLS_D
 
 	php_basename(file, file_len, NULL, 0, &file_basename, &file_basename_len TSRMLS_CC);
 
-	SAFEMODE_CHECKFILE(file_dirname_fullpath);
+	if (SAFEMODE_CHECKFILE(file_dirname_fullpath)) {
+		efree(file_dirname_fullpath);
+		efree(file_basename);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/* let see if the path already exists */
 	if (php_stream_stat_path(file_dirname_fullpath, &ssb) < 0) {
@@ -143,7 +147,11 @@ static int php_zip_extract_file(struct zip * za, char *dest, char *file TSRMLS_D
 	 * is required, does a file can have a different
 	 * safemode status as its parent folder?
 	 */
-	SAFEMODE_CHECKFILE(fullpath);
+	if (SAFEMODE_CHECKFILE(fullpath)) {
+		efree(file_dirname_fullpath);
+		efree(file_basename);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	zf = zip_fopen(za, file, 0);
 	if (zf == NULL) {
@@ -1880,6 +1888,8 @@ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(zip)
 	REGISTER_ZIP_CLASS_CONST_LONG("CREATE", ZIP_CREATE);
 	REGISTER_ZIP_CLASS_CONST_LONG("EXCL", ZIP_EXCL);
 	REGISTER_ZIP_CLASS_CONST_LONG("CHECKCONS", ZIP_CHECKCONS);
+	REGISTER_ZIP_CLASS_CONST_LONG("OVERWRITE", ZIP_OVERWRITE);
+
 	REGISTER_ZIP_CLASS_CONST_LONG("FL_NOCASE", ZIP_FL_NOCASE);
 	REGISTER_ZIP_CLASS_CONST_LONG("FL_NODIR", ZIP_FL_NODIR);
 	REGISTER_ZIP_CLASS_CONST_LONG("FL_COMPRESSED", ZIP_FL_COMPRESSED);