diff --git a/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp b/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp
index 470dc3d916..881f4b3dd9 100644
--- a/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp
+++ b/tools/quantize/quantize.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cctype>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 struct quant_option {
     std::string name;
@@ -643,6 +644,11 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if (std::error_code ec; std::filesystem::equivalent(fname_inp, fname_out, ec)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: input and output files are the same: '%s'\n", __func__, fname_inp.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     print_build_info();
 
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: quantizing '%s' to '%s' as %s", __func__, fname_inp.c_str(), fname_out.c_str(), ftype_str.c_str());