diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index d32d104ac685fe059f08c026f3c98dce76caf007..0513893073d828067dd2a785347d627bcdcb669c 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -956,13 +956,13 @@ sp_file_save_a_copy(Gtk::Window &parentWindow, gpointer /*object*/, gpointer /*d
 /**
  *  Save a copy of a document as template.
  */
-void
+bool
 sp_file_save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow, Glib::ustring name,
     Glib::ustring author, Glib::ustring description, Glib::ustring keywords,
     bool isDefault)
 {
     if (!SP_ACTIVE_DOCUMENT || name.length() == 0)
-        return;
+        return true;
 
     auto document = SP_ACTIVE_DOCUMENT;
 
@@ -1018,23 +1018,30 @@ sp_file_save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow, Glib::ustring name,
 
     root->appendChild(templateinfo_node);
 
-    if (isDefault) {
-
-        auto filename =  Inkscape::IO::Resource::get_path_ustring(USER,
-            TEMPLATES, "default.svg");
-        file_save(parentWindow, document, filename,
-        Inkscape::Extension::db.get(".svg"), false, false,
-        Inkscape::Extension::FILE_SAVE_METHOD_INKSCAPE_SVG);
-    }
-
     auto encodedName = Glib::uri_escape_string(name);
     encodedName.append(".svg");
 
     auto filename =  Inkscape::IO::Resource::get_path_ustring(USER, TEMPLATES,
         encodedName.c_str());
-    file_save(parentWindow, document, filename,
-        Inkscape::Extension::db.get(".svg"), false, false,
-        Inkscape::Extension::FILE_SAVE_METHOD_INKSCAPE_SVG);
+
+    auto operation_confirmed = sp_ui_overwrite_file(filename.c_str());
+
+    if (operation_confirmed) {
+
+        file_save(parentWindow, document, filename,
+            Inkscape::Extension::db.get(".svg"), false, false,
+            Inkscape::Extension::FILE_SAVE_METHOD_INKSCAPE_SVG);
+
+        if (isDefault) {
+
+            filename =  Inkscape::IO::Resource::get_path_ustring(USER,
+                TEMPLATES, "default.svg");
+
+            file_save(parentWindow, document, filename,
+                Inkscape::Extension::db.get(".svg"), false, false,
+                Inkscape::Extension::FILE_SAVE_METHOD_INKSCAPE_SVG);
+        }
+    }
 
     auto nodeToRemove = sp_repr_lookup_name(root, "inkscape:_templateinfo");
 
@@ -1045,6 +1052,8 @@ sp_file_save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow, Glib::ustring name,
     }
 
     DocumentUndo::setUndoSensitive(document, true);
+
+    return operation_confirmed;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/file.h b/src/file.h
index c24ecdf6f226dfba93fbfb6a6a0ea0cfe9420e06..ccfc93e1c3e9dad276161b5f93b0e1f7a2fbb2de 100644
--- a/src/file.h
+++ b/src/file.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool sp_file_save_a_copy (Gtk::Window &parentWindow, void* object, void* data);
 /**
  *  Save a copy of a document as template.
  */
-void
+bool
 sp_file_save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow, Glib::ustring name,
     Glib::ustring author, Glib::ustring description, Glib::ustring keywords,
     bool isDefault);
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.cpp
index 5b7540039ef487e0aff7c41b0eda2f22beb07e69..6c58c6f719602b0f746290d155eda1ff8287adfb 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 #include "save-template-dialog.h"
 #include "file.h"
+#include "io/resource.h"
+#include "ui/interface.h"
 
 #include <glibmm/i18n.h>
 
-#include <iostream>
-
 namespace Inkscape {
 namespace UI {
 namespace Dialog {
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ void SaveTemplate::on_name_changed() {
     }
 }
 
-void SaveTemplate::save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow) {
+bool SaveTemplate::save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow) {
 
-    sp_file_save_template(parentWindow, name_text.get_text(),
+    return sp_file_save_template(parentWindow, name_text.get_text(),
         author_text.get_text(), description_text.get_text(),
         keywords_text.get_text(), is_default_template.get_active());
 }
@@ -78,11 +78,16 @@ void SaveTemplate::save_document_as_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow) {
 
     SaveTemplate dialog;
 
-    auto result = dialog.run();
+    auto operation_done = false;
+
+    while (operation_done == false) {
 
-    if (result == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK){
+        auto user_response = dialog.run();
 
-        dialog.save_template(parentWindow);
+        if (user_response == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK)
+            operation_done = dialog.save_template(parentWindow);
+         else
+            operation_done = true;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.h b/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.h
index 9f38c499d510d0eab19a21c5bc9702faa32547dc..3f2cbddc1bc7804e70f5007d6597464080ced19a 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.h
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/save-template-dialog.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ private:
     Gtk::CheckButton is_default_template;
 
     SaveTemplate();
-    void save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow);
+    bool save_template(Gtk::Window &parentWindow);
 
 };
 }