1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh.c b/lib/ssh.c
index 402f6ea15..cf847ae4e 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.c
+++ b/lib/ssh.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_sftp_do(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
      */
     sftp->sftp_handle =
       libssh2_sftp_open(sftp->sftp_session, sftp->path,
-                        LIBSSH2_FXF_WRITE|LIBSSH2_FXF_CREAT,
+                        LIBSSH2_FXF_WRITE|LIBSSH2_FXF_CREAT|LIBSSH2_FXF_TRUNC,
                         LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IRUSR|LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IWUSR|
                         LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IRGRP|LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IROTH);
     if (!sftp->sftp_handle) {