diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b3be6c4a47..5cc08b41cf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-11-22  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	Bug 561899 – GIMP can't save to mounted filesystem if file exists
+
+	* plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-gvfs.c (copy_uri): pass the
+	G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE flag to g_file_copy().
+
 2008-11-21  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/tools/gimpdrawtool.[ch]: removed unused methods
diff --git a/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-gvfs.c b/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-gvfs.c
index f726875120..e75cf95531 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-gvfs.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-gvfs.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ copy_uri (const gchar  *src_uri,
 
   progress.mode = mode;
 
-  success = g_file_copy (src_file, dest_file, 0, NULL,
+  success = g_file_copy (src_file, dest_file, G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE, NULL,
                          uri_progress_callback, &progress,
                          error);