diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/apt.conf b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/apt.conf
index 03351356bc..c95a5b07af 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/apt.conf
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/apt.conf
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ APT
   };
 };
 
-DPkg::Options {"--root=#ROOTFS#";"--admindir=#ROOTFS#/var/lib/dpkg";"--force-all";"--no-debsig"};
+DPkg::Options {"--root=#ROOTFS#";"--admindir=#ROOTFS#/var/lib/dpkg";"--force-all";"--no-force-overwrite";"--no-debsig"};