diff --git a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
index 253914b8b3e..6fc6cc47163 100644
--- a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		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
 		;;