Most of the code is already there; it's basically just adding a new flag.

Happy to hear your feedback!

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diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1
index 6815eb834d3..731a1cf913d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.1
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ socket
 .Ar bind_address .
 The default is
 .Pa $TMPDIR/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt .
+.It Fl A Ar bind_address
+Same as the
+.Fl a
+option but overwrites the socket if it already exists.
 .It Fl c
 Generate C-shell commands on
 .Dv stdout .
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.c b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.c
index 0b2ee971226..5e9c3affec8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.c
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-agent.c
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int ac, char **av)
 {
-       int c_flag = 0, d_flag = 0, D_flag = 0, k_flag = 0, s_flag = 0;
+       int c_flag = 0, d_flag = 0, D_flag = 0, k_flag = 0, s_flag =
0, overwrite_agentsocket = 0;
        int sock, ch, result, saved_errno;
        char *shell, *format, *pidstr, *agentsocket = NULL;
        struct rlimit rlim;
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
        OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
 #endif

-       while ((ch = getopt(ac, av, "cDdksE:a:O:P:t:")) != -1) {
+       while ((ch = getopt(ac, av, "cDdksE:a:A:O:P:t:")) != -1) {
                switch (ch) {
                case 'E':
                        fingerprint_hash = ssh_digest_alg_by_name(optarg);
@@ -2075,6 +2075,8 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
                                usage();
                        D_flag++;
                        break;
+               case 'A':
+                       overwrite_agentsocket = 1;
                case 'a':
                        agentsocket = optarg;
                        break;
@@ -2163,7 +2165,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
         * the parent.
         */
        prev_mask = umask(0177);
-       sock = unix_listener(socket_name, SSH_LISTEN_BACKLOG, 0);
+       sock = unix_listener(socket_name, SSH_LISTEN_BACKLOG,
overwrite_agentsocket);
        if (sock < 0) {
                /* XXX - unix_listener() calls error() not perror() */
                *socket_name = '\0'; /* Don't unlink any existing file */

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