diff --git a/R/add_resource.R b/R/add_resource.R
index 50a7c73..235bcae 100644
--- a/R/add_resource.R
+++ b/R/add_resource.R
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #' @param delim Single character used to separate the fields in the CSV file(s),
 #'   e.g. `\t` for tab delimited file.
 #'   Will be set as `delimiter` in the resource Table Dialect, so read functions
-#'.  know how to read the file(s).
+#'   know how to read the file(s).
 #' @param ... Additional [metadata properties](
 #'   https://docs.ropensci.org/frictionless/articles/data-resource.html#properties-implementation)
 #'   to add to the resource, e.g. `title = "My title", validated = FALSE`.
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
 #'
 #' # Replace the resource "observations" with a file-based resource (2 TSV files)
 #' path_1 <-
-#' system.file("extdata", "v1", "observations_1.tsv", package = "frictionless")
+#'   system.file("extdata", "v1", "observations_1.tsv", package = "frictionless")
 #' path_2 <-
-#' system.file("extdata", "v1", "observations_2.tsv", package = "frictionless")
+#'   system.file("extdata", "v1", "observations_2.tsv", package = "frictionless")
 #' package <- add_resource(
 #'   package,
 #'   resource_name = "observations",
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ add_resource <- function(package, resource_name, data, schema = NULL,
       ),
       class = "frictionless_error_resource_already_exists"
     )
+  } else if (replace && !(resource_name %in% resources(package))) {
+    replace <- FALSE
   }
 
   # Check data (data frame or path), content of data frame is checked later
diff --git a/frictionless.Rproj b/frictionless.Rproj
index ef6fa31..7ddcd6e 100644
--- a/frictionless.Rproj
+++ b/frictionless.Rproj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Version: 1.0
+ProjectId: b6f8a5ef-2bc2-47c8-a75f-0603379777aa
 
 RestoreWorkspace: No
 SaveWorkspace: No
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-add_resource.R b/tests/testthat/test-add_resource.R
index df91460..17e0cc2 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-add_resource.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-add_resource.R
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ test_that("add_resource() can replace an existing resource", {
   expect_equal(resources(p), resources(p_replaced))
 })
 
+test_that("add_resource() can add a new resource even with replace=TRUE", {
+  p <- example_package()
+  df <- data.frame("col_1" = c(1, 2), "col_2" = c("a", "b"))
+  expect_no_error(
+    add_resource(p, "new_resource", df, replace = TRUE)
+  )
+  p_replaced <- add_resource(p, "new_resource", df, replace = TRUE)
+  expect_equal(c(resources(p), "new_resource"), resources(p_replaced))
+})
+
 test_that("add_resource() uses provided schema (list or path) or creates one", {
   p <- create_package()
   df <- data.frame("col_1" = c(1, 2), "col_2" = c("a", "b"))