diff --git a/src/filesystem/__tests__/structured-content.test.ts b/src/filesystem/__tests__/structured-content.test.ts
index 4605b72a8f..9eab649397 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/__tests__/structured-content.test.ts
+++ b/src/filesystem/__tests__/structured-content.test.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,29 @@ describe('structuredContent schema compliance', () => {
       // The content should contain success message
       expect(structuredContent.content).toContain('Successfully moved');
     });
+
+    it('should reject an existing destination without replacing it', async () => {
+      const sourcePath = path.join(testDir, 'source.txt');
+      const destPath = path.join(testDir, 'existing.txt');
+      await fs.writeFile(sourcePath, 'source content');
+      await fs.writeFile(destPath, 'existing content');
+
+      const result = await client.callTool({
+        name: 'move_file',
+        arguments: {
+          source: sourcePath,
+          destination: destPath
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(result.isError).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.content[0]).toMatchObject({ type: 'text' });
+      expect((result.content[0] as { text: string }).text).toContain(
+        'Destination already exists'
+      );
+      await expect(fs.readFile(sourcePath, 'utf8')).resolves.toBe('source content');
+      await expect(fs.readFile(destPath, 'utf8')).resolves.toBe('existing content');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('list_directory (control - already working)', () => {
diff --git a/src/filesystem/index.ts b/src/filesystem/index.ts
index 234605bb13..fc43bbffa0 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/index.ts
+++ b/src/filesystem/index.ts
@@ -631,6 +631,16 @@ server.registerTool(
   async (args: z.infer<typeof MoveFileArgsSchema>) => {
     const validSourcePath = await validatePath(args.source);
     const validDestPath = await validatePath(args.destination);
+
+    try {
+      await fs.lstat(validDestPath);
+      throw new Error(`Destination already exists: ${args.destination}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== "ENOENT") {
+        throw error;
+      }
+    }
+
     await fs.rename(validSourcePath, validDestPath);
     const text = `Successfully moved ${args.source} to ${args.destination}`;
     const contentBlock = { type: "text" as const, text };