diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 1d6e52913..45bcf8c02 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Changes from Ant 1.8.1 TO current SVN version
 Changes that could break older environments:
 -------------------------------------------
 
- * Prior to Ant 1.8.0 the <copy> task would overwrite read-only
-   destination files.  Starting with 1.8.0 it would only do so if
-   under special circumstances.  Ant 1.8.2 now consistently won't
-   replace a read-only file by default. The same is true for a number
-   of other tasks.
-   The <copy> task now has a new force attribute that can be used to
-   make the task overwrite read-only destinations.
+ * Prior to Ant 1.8.0 the <copy> task and several other tasks would
+   overwrite read-only destination files.  Starting with 1.8.0 it
+   would only do so if under special circumstances.  Ant 1.8.2 now
+   consistently won't replace a read-only file by default. The same is
+   true for a number of other tasks.
+   The <copy> and <move> task now have a new force attribute that can
+   be used to make the task overwrite read-only destinations.
    Bugzilla Report 49261.
 
 Fixed bugs:
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/move.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/move.html
index 8f81162e1..90bd0ef97 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/move.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/move.html
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ there is a directory by the same name in <i>todir</i>, the action will fail.
       files are newer (default is &quot;true&quot;)</td>
     <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">force</td>
+    <td valign="top">Overwrite read-only destination
+      files.  <em>since Ant 1.8.2</em></td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">No; defaults to false.</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">filtering</td>
     <td valign="top">indicates whether token filtering should take place during
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Copy.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Copy.java
index 6c49fe0a2..06dbfed91 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Copy.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Copy.java
@@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ public class Copy extends Task {
         force = f;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether read-only destinations will be overwritten.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.8.2
+     */
+    public boolean getForce() {
+        return force;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set whether files copied from directory trees will be "flattened"
      * into a single directory.  If there are multiple files with
@@ -856,7 +865,7 @@ public class Copy extends Task {
                                            preserveLastModified,
                                            /* append: */ false, inputEncoding,
                                            outputEncoding, getProject(),
-                                           force);
+                                           getForce());
                     } catch (IOException ioe) {
                         String msg = "Failed to copy " + fromFile + " to " + toFile
                             + " due to " + getDueTo(ioe);
@@ -947,7 +956,7 @@ public class Copy extends Task {
                                                    inputEncoding,
                                                    outputEncoding,
                                                    getProject(),
-                                                   force);
+                                                   getForce());
                     } catch (IOException ioe) {
                         String msg = "Failed to copy " + fromResource
                             + " to " + toFile
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java
index bd74605a1..a2680705d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java
@@ -233,9 +233,10 @@ public class Move extends Copy {
                                     getFilterChains(),
                                     forceOverwrite,
                                     getPreserveLastModified(),
+                                    /* append: */ false,
                                     getEncoding(),
                                     getOutputEncoding(),
-                                    getProject());
+                                    getProject(), getForce());
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             String msg = "Failed to copy " + fromFile
                     + " to " + toFile + " due to " + ioe.getMessage();
@@ -329,6 +330,18 @@ public class Move extends Copy {
                 || getFilterChains().size() > 0) {
             return false;
         }
+
+        // identical logic lives in ResourceUtils.copyResource():
+        if (destFile.isFile() && !destFile.canWrite()) {
+            if (!getForce()) {
+                throw new IOException("can't replace read-only destination "
+                                      + "file " + destFile);
+            } else if (!getFileUtils().tryHardToDelete(destFile)) {
+                throw new IOException("failed to delete read-only "
+                                      + "destination file " + destFile);
+            }
+        }
+
         // identical logic lives in FileUtils.rename():
         File parent = destFile.getParentFile();
         if (parent != null && !parent.exists()) {
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml
index 2ce49bc50..9acac7493 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml
@@ -124,4 +124,111 @@
                                value="Y"/>
   </target>
 
+  <!-- stolen from ../types/readwrite-test.xml - create a read-only file -->
+  <property name="file" value="testfile"/>
+  <condition property="unix">
+    <os family="unix"/>
+  </condition>
+  <target name="createTestdir">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${input}"/>
+    <touch file="${output}/${file}"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="makeFileUnwritable"
+          depends="createTestdir,makeFileUnwritable-Unix,makeFileUnwritable-Windows"/>
+  <target name="makeFileUnwritable-Unix" id="unix">
+    <chmod file="${output}/${file}" perm="444"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="makeFileUnwritable-Windows" unless="unix">
+    <attrib file="${output}/${file}" readonly="true"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testMoveOverReadOnlyFile" depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <sleep seconds="2"/>
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <au:expectfailure
+        expectedMessage="can't replace read-only destination file ">
+      <move toDir="${output}">
+        <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+      </move>
+    </au:expectfailure>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testFilteredMoveOverReadOnlyFile" depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <sleep seconds="2"/>
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <au:expectfailure
+        expectedMessage="can't write to read-only destination file ">
+      <move toDir="${output}">
+        <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+        <filterset>
+          <filter token="foo" value="bar"/>
+        </filterset>
+      </move>
+    </au:expectfailure>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testMoveOverReadOnlyFileWithOverwrite"
+          depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <au:expectfailure
+        expectedMessage="can't replace read-only destination file ">
+      <move toDir="${output}" overwrite="true">
+        <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+      </move>
+    </au:expectfailure>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testFilteredMoveOverReadOnlyFileWithOverwrite"
+          depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <au:expectfailure
+        expectedMessage="can't write to read-only destination file ">
+      <move toDir="${output}" overwrite="true">
+        <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+        <filterset>
+          <filter token="foo" value="bar"/>
+        </filterset>
+      </move>
+    </au:expectfailure>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testForcedMoveOverReadOnlyFile" depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <sleep seconds="2"/>
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <move toDir="${output}" force="true">
+      <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+    </move>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testForcedFilteredMoveOverReadOnlyFile"
+          depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <sleep seconds="2"/>
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <move toDir="${output}" force="true">
+      <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+      <filterset>
+        <filter token="foo" value="bar"/>
+      </filterset>
+    </move>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testForcedMoveOverReadOnlyFileWithOverwrite"
+          depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <move toDir="${output}" overwrite="true" force="true">
+      <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+    </move>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testForcedFilteredMoveOverReadOnlyFileWithOverwrite"
+          depends="makeFileUnwritable">
+    <touch file="${input}/${file}"/>
+    <move toDir="${output}" overwrite="true" force="true">
+      <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+      <filterset>
+        <filter token="foo" value="bar"/>
+      </filterset>
+    </move>
+  </target>
 </project>