diff --git a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
index 253914b8b3ee..6fc6cc471638 100644
--- a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # ex:ts=8
 
 case "$1" in
 	*.zip)
 		exec unzip -c "$1" 2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*.Z)
 		exec uncompress -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*.gz)
 		exec gzip -d -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*.bz2)
 		exec bzip2 -d -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*.xz)
 		exec xz -d -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*.lzma)
 		exec lzma -d -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*.zst)
-		exec zstd -d -q -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
+		exec zstd -d -q -c -f "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*)	exec cat "$1"		2>/dev/null
 		;;
 esac