diff --git a/buildozer/__init__.py b/buildozer/__init__.py
index 103b85512..9d675ccc3 100644
--- a/buildozer/__init__.py
+++ b/buildozer/__init__.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ def file_extract(self, archive, cwd=None):
             return
 
         if archive.endswith('.zip'):
-            self.cmd(["unzip", "-q", join(cwd, archive)], cwd=cwd)
+            self.cmd(["unzip", "-q", "-o", join(cwd, archive)], cwd=cwd)
             return
 
         raise Exception('Unhandled extraction for type {0}'.format(archive))