diff --git a/cli/command/container/create.go b/cli/command/container/create.go
index 70bf509c4e61..759f688fb21d 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/create.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/create.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type createOptions struct {
 	untrusted bool
 	pull      string // always, missing, never
 	quiet     bool
+	force     bool
 }
 
 // NewCreateCommand creates a new cobra.Command for `docker create`
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func NewCreateCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 	flags.StringVar(&options.name, "name", "", "Assign a name to the container")
 	flags.StringVar(&options.pull, "pull", PullImageMissing, `Pull image before creating ("`+PullImageAlways+`", "|`+PullImageMissing+`", "`+PullImageNever+`")`)
 	flags.BoolVarP(&options.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Suppress the pull output")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&options.force, "force", "f", false, "Force the creation of the container. (automatically removes the instance if already exists)")
 
 	// Add an explicit help that doesn't have a `-h` to prevent the conflict
 	// with hostname
@@ -250,6 +252,14 @@ func createContainer(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, containerCfg *c
 		}
 	}
 
+	if options.force && len(options.name) != 0 {
+		dockerCli.Client().ContainerRemove(ctx, options.name, container.RemoveOptions{
+			RemoveVolumes: false,
+			RemoveLinks:   false,
+			Force:         true,
+		})
+	}
+
 	hostConfig.ConsoleSize[0], hostConfig.ConsoleSize[1] = dockerCli.Out().GetTtySize()
 
 	response, err := dockerCli.Client().ContainerCreate(ctx, config, hostConfig, networkingConfig, platform, options.name)