diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index fe2b8ca..1fd0ea3 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ enum ec3_status ec3_image_ioctx_open(
 	}
 
 	b_path *image_path = b_path_create_from_cstr(path);
+
+	if (mode & EC3_IMAGE_IO_TRUNCATE) {
+		b_path_unlink(image_path);
+		mode &= ~EC3_IMAGE_IO_TRUNCATE;
+	}
+
 	b_file_info image_info;
 	enum b_status status = b_path_stat(image_path, &image_info);
 	enum ec3_status status2 = EC3_ERR_NO_ENTRY;
diff --git a/src/image.h b/src/image.h
index e2ab370..7700eae 100644
--- a/src/image.h
+++ b/src/image.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ enum ec3_image_ioctx_mode {
 	EC3_IMAGE_IO_READ = 0x01u,
 	EC3_IMAGE_IO_WRITE = 0x02u,
 	EC3_IMAGE_IO_READWRITE = EC3_IMAGE_IO_READ | EC3_IMAGE_IO_WRITE,
+	EC3_IMAGE_IO_TRUNCATE = 0x04u,
 };
 
 struct ec3_image_ioctx {