diff --git a/provisioner/guest_commands.go b/provisioner/guest_commands.go
index 3a361a208..ca2b238a4 100644
--- a/provisioner/guest_commands.go
+++ b/provisioner/guest_commands.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var guestOSTypeCommands = map[string]guestOSTypeCommand{
 		mkdir:     "powershell.exe -Command \"New-Item -ItemType directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Path %s\"",
 		removeDir: "powershell.exe -Command \"rm %s -recurse -force\"",
 		statPath:  "powershell.exe -Command { if (test-path %s) { exit 0 } else { exit 1 } }",
-		mv:        "powershell.exe -Command \"mv %s %s\"",
+		mv:        "powershell.exe -Command \"mv %s %s -force\"",
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go b/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go
index 08baca058..ffbad4bbd 100644
--- a/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ func TestMovePath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create new GuestCommands for OS: %s", WindowsOSType)
 	}
 	cmd = guestCmd.MovePath("C:\\Temp\\SomeDir", "C:\\Temp\\NewDir")
-	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"mv C:\\Temp\\SomeDir C:\\Temp\\NewDir\"" {
+	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"mv C:\\Temp\\SomeDir C:\\Temp\\NewDir -force\"" {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected Windows remove dir cmd: %s", cmd)
 	}
 
 	// Windows OS w/ space in path
 	cmd = guestCmd.MovePath("C:\\Temp\\Some Dir", "C:\\Temp\\New Dir")
-	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"mv C:\\Temp\\Some` Dir C:\\Temp\\New` Dir\"" {
+	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"mv C:\\Temp\\Some` Dir C:\\Temp\\New` Dir -force\"" {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected Windows remove dir cmd: %s", cmd)
 	}
 }