diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 6938b8ba..9290d945 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,13 @@ static bool batch_rename(const char *path)
 	int fd1, fd2, i;
 	uint count = 0, lines = 0;
 	bool dir = FALSE, ret = FALSE;
-	const char renamecmd[] = "paste -d'\n' %s %s | tr '\n' '\\0' | xargs -0 -n2 mv 2>/dev/null";
+	const char renamecmd[] =
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+		/* OpenBSD does not have the -n option for mv */
+		"paste -d'\n' %s %s | tr '\n' '\\0' | xargs -0 -n2 mv 2>/dev/null";
+#else
+		"paste -d'\n' %s %s | tr '\n' '\\0' | xargs -0 -n2 mv -n 2>/dev/null";
+#endif
 	char foriginal[TMP_LEN_MAX] = {0};
 	char buf[sizeof(renamecmd) + (PATH_MAX << 1)];