diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0a08df8..c2b94b7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ patroni (1.6.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Michael Banck ]
   * debian/pg_clonecluster_patroni: quote connstr in pg_createcluster
     invocation (Closes: #953623).
+  * debian/pg_createcluster_patroni: remove vip-manager file before appending
+    to it, patch by Tomas Pospisek (Closes: #953147).
 
  -- Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers <team+postgresql@tracker.debian.org>  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:03:07 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/pg_createconfig_patroni b/debian/pg_createconfig_patroni
index dff9b37..840e9ac 100755
--- a/debian/pg_createconfig_patroni
+++ b/debian/pg_createconfig_patroni
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ DCS_CONFIG="$(egrep -v '^[[:space:]]*$|^ *#' /etc/patroni/dcs.yml | sed -e ':a;N
 # check vip configuration
 if [ -n "$VIP_IP" ]; then
     VIP_FILE=/etc/patroni/${VERSION}-${CLUSTER}.vip
+    if [ -f $VIP_FILE -a -z "$FORCE" ]; then
+        echo "VIP configuration file already exists"
+        exit 1
+    else
+        rm -f $VIP_FILE
+        touch $VIP_FILE
+    fi
     if [ ! -e /etc/patroni/vip.in ]; then
         echo "VIP template /etc/patroni/vip.in does not exist, cannot write VIP file"
         exit 1