diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53305fa35..7406aa4c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `Compat.trunc`, `Compat.floor`, `Compat.ceil`, `Compat.round`, `Compat.signif` take a keyword argument for `base` ([#26156]).
 
+* `Compat.mv` and `Compat.cp` with `force` keyword argument ([#26069]).
+
 ## Renaming
 
 * `Display` is now `AbstractDisplay` ([#24831]).
@@ -580,6 +582,8 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#25819]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25819
 [#25873]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25873
 [#25896]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25896
+[#25959]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25959
 [#25990]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25990
+[#26069]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26069
 [#26089]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26089
 [#26156]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26156
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 714a05962..965669013 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -1658,6 +1658,13 @@ else
     import Base: range, LinRange
 end
 
+@static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3995"
+    cp(src::AbstractString, dst::AbstractString; force::Bool=false, follow_symlinks::Bool=false) =
+        Base.cp(src, dst; remove_destination = force, follow_symlinks = follow_symlinks)
+    mv(src::AbstractString, dst::AbstractString; force::Bool=false) =
+        Base.mv(src, dst; remove_destination = force)
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 0060a7c37..3844f2200 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1467,4 +1467,24 @@ end
 @test Compat.range(2, step=2, length=8) == 2:2:16
 @test Compat.range(1.0, stop=2.0, length=3) == 1.0:0.5:2.0
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3995
+mktempdir(@__DIR__) do dir
+    src = joinpath(dir, "src.jl")
+    touch(src)
+    dest = joinpath(dir, "dest.jl")
+    touch(dest)
+    open(src, "w") do f
+        write(f, "Hello, world!")
+    end
+    Compat.cp(src, dest, force = true)
+    open(dest, "r") do f
+        @test read(f, String) == "Hello, world!"
+    end
+    Compat.mv(src, dest, force = true)
+    open(dest, "r") do f
+        @test read(f, String) == "Hello, world!"
+    end
+    @test readdir(dir) == ["dest.jl"]
+end
+
 nothing