diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index afccf2fef..62509b756 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -1271,7 +1271,12 @@ pub fn copy(sources: &[PathBuf], target: &Path, options: &Options) -> CopyResult
             let dest = construct_dest_path(source, target, target_type, options)
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| target.to_path_buf());
 
-            if fs::metadata(&dest).is_ok() && !fs::symlink_metadata(&dest)?.file_type().is_symlink()
+            if fs::metadata(&dest).is_ok()
+                && !fs::symlink_metadata(&dest)?.file_type().is_symlink()
+                // if both `source` and `dest` are symlinks, it should be considered as an overwrite.
+                || fs::metadata(source).is_ok()
+                    && fs::symlink_metadata(source)?.file_type().is_symlink()
+                || matches!(options.copy_mode, CopyMode::SymLink)
             {
                 // There is already a file and it isn't a symlink (managed in a different place)
                 if copied_destinations.contains(&dest)
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index 6f141db97..0fba59672 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -5776,6 +5776,59 @@ fn test_cp_parents_absolute_path() {
     at.file_exists(res);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_copy_symlink_overwrite() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    at.mkdir("a");
+    at.mkdir("b");
+    at.mkdir("c");
+
+    at.write("t", "hello");
+    at.relative_symlink_file("../t", "a/1");
+    at.relative_symlink_file("../t", "b/1");
+
+    ucmd.arg("--no-dereference")
+        .arg("a/1")
+        .arg("b/1")
+        .arg("c")
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_only(if cfg!(not(target_os = "windows")) {
+            "cp: will not overwrite just-created 'c/1' with 'b/1'\n"
+        } else {
+            "cp: will not overwrite just-created 'c\\1' with 'b/1'\n"
+        });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_symlink_mode_overwrite() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    at.mkdir("a");
+    at.mkdir("b");
+
+    at.write("a/t", "hello");
+    at.write("b/t", "hello");
+
+    if cfg!(not(target_os = "windows")) {
+        ucmd.arg("-s")
+            .arg("a/t")
+            .arg("b/t")
+            .arg(".")
+            .fails()
+            .stderr_only("cp: will not overwrite just-created './t' with 'b/t'\n");
+
+        assert_eq!(at.read("./t"), "hello");
+    } else {
+        ucmd.arg("-s")
+            .arg("a\\t")
+            .arg("b\\t")
+            .arg(".")
+            .fails()
+            .stderr_only("cp: will not overwrite just-created '.\\t' with 'b\\t'\n");
+
+        assert_eq!(at.read(".\\t"), "hello");
+    }
+}
+
 // make sure that cp backup dest symlink before removing it.
 #[test]
 fn test_cp_with_options_backup_and_rem_when_dest_is_symlink() {