diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a71fa8..d5ade18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+* bkctld-rename: abort operation if incs exist with the new name
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/lib/bkctld-rename b/lib/bkctld-rename
index 2147a13..3270ea9 100755
--- a/lib/bkctld-rename
+++ b/lib/bkctld-rename
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ new_jail_name="${2:?}"
 if [ -z "${jail_name}" ] || [ -z "${new_jail_name}" ]; then
     show_help && exit 1
 fi
+
 jail_path=$(jail_path "${jail_name}")
 incs_path=$(incs_path "${jail_name}")
 jail_config_dir=$(jail_config_dir "${jail_name}")
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ new_jail_config_dir=$(jail_config_dir "${new_jail_name}")
 new_legacy_config_file="${CONFDIR}/${new_jail_name}"
 
 test -d "${new_jail_path}" && error "${new_jail_name}: jail already exists" 2
+test -d "${new_incs_path}" && error "${new_jail_name}: incs already exists" 2
 
 "${LIBDIR}/bkctld-is-on" "${jail_name}" 2>/dev/null
 case "$?" in