diff --git a/rattail/files.py b/rattail/files.py
index 30fcadc8d104a295460427fd781c7cf55a93a0cd..c7a2c735be69c9904cc3a6dffc7c79b67b8e3323 100644
--- a/rattail/files.py
+++ b/rattail/files.py
@@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ def locking_copy(src, dst):
         shutil.copy(src, dst)
 
 
+def overwriting_move(src, dst):
+    """
+    Convenience function which is equivalent to ``shutil.move()``, except it
+    will cause the destination file to be overwritten if it exists.
+    """
+
+    if os.path.isdir(dst):
+        dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
+    if os.path.exists(dst):
+        os.remove(dst)
+    shutil.move(src, dst)
+
+
 def resource_path(path):
     """
     Obtain a resource file path, extracting the resource and/or coercing the