diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/382-install_upgrade_specific_args.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/382-install_upgrade_specific_args.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19af198ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/382-install_upgrade_specific_args.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - zypper - Added ``allow_vendor_change`` and ``replacefiles`` zypper options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/381)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py
index 785fbbb3b2..e8b6ae23af 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ options:
         description:
           - Add additional options to C(zypper) command.
           - Options should be supplied in a single line as if given in the command line.
+    allow_vendor_change:
+        type: bool
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        description:
+          - Adds C(--allow_vendor_change) option to I(zypper) dist-upgrade command.
+    replacefiles:
+        type: bool
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        description:
+          - Adds C(--replacefiles) option to I(zypper) install/update command.
 notes:
   - When used with a `loop:` each package will be processed individually,
     it is much more efficient to pass the list directly to the `name` option.
@@ -164,7 +176,14 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   zypper:
     name: '*'
     state: dist-upgrade
-    extra_args: '--no-allow-vendor-change --allow-arch-change'
+    allow_vendor_change: true
+    extra_args: '--allow-arch-change'
+
+- name: Perform a installaion of nmap with the install option replacefiles
+  zypper:
+    name: 'nmap'
+    state: latest
+    replacefiles: true
 
 - name: Refresh repositories and update package openssl
   zypper:
@@ -188,7 +207,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 import xml
 import re
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString as parseXML
-from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 # import module snippets
@@ -335,6 +353,10 @@ def get_cmd(m, subcommand):
             cmd.append('--force-resolution')
         if m.params['oldpackage']:
             cmd.append('--oldpackage')
+        if m.params['replacefiles']:
+            cmd.append('--replacefiles')
+    if subcommand == 'dist-upgrade' and m.params['allow_vendor_change']:
+        cmd.append('--allow-vendor-change')
     if m.params['extra_args']:
         args_list = m.params['extra_args'].split(' ')
         cmd.extend(args_list)
@@ -478,6 +500,8 @@ def main():
             update_cache=dict(required=False, aliases=['refresh'], default='no', type='bool'),
             oldpackage=dict(required=False, default='no', type='bool'),
             extra_args=dict(required=False, default=None),
+            allow_vendor_change=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
+            replacefiles=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool')
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml b/tests/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml
index 2b29a96679..1e4cfb5b40 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/zypper/tasks/zypper.yml
@@ -419,6 +419,12 @@
       - zypper_result_update_cache_check is successful
       - zypper_result_update_cache_check is not changed
 
+- name: ensure no previous netcat package still exists
+  zypper:
+    name:
+      - netcat-openbsd
+      - gnu-netcat
+    state: absent
 
 - name: install netcat-openbsd which conflicts with gnu-netcat
   zypper:
@@ -442,3 +448,78 @@
     name: gnu-netcat
     state: present
     force_resolution: True
+
+- name: duplicate rpms block
+  vars:
+    looplist:
+      - 1
+      - 2
+  block:
+    - name: Deploy spec files to build 2 packages with duplicate files.
+      template:
+        src: duplicate.spec.j2
+        dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/zypper2/duplicate{{ item }}.spec"
+      loop: "{{ looplist }}"
+
+    - name: build rpms with duplicate files
+      command: |
+        rpmbuild -bb \
+        --define "_topdir {{output_dir | expanduser }}/zypper2/rpm-build"
+        --define "_builddir %{_topdir}" \
+        --define "_rpmdir %{_topdir}" \
+        --define "_srcrpmdir %{_topdir}" \
+        --define "_specdir {{output_dir | expanduser}}/zypper2" \
+        --define "_sourcedir %{_topdir}" \
+        {{ output_dir | expanduser }}/zypper2/duplicate{{ item }}.spec
+      loop: "{{ looplist }}"
+
+    - name: install duplicate rpms
+      zypper:
+        name: >-
+          {{ output_dir | expanduser }}/zypper2/rpm-build/noarch/duplicate{{ item }}-1-0.noarch.rpm
+        disable_gpg_check: true
+      ignore_errors: true
+      register: zypper_duplicate_result
+      loop: "{{ looplist }}"
+
+    - name: Read in duplicate file contents
+      slurp:
+        src: /usr/lib/duplicate/duplicate.txt
+      register: duplicate_out
+
+    - name: Check failure when installing rpms with duplicate files without replacefiles option
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - zypper_duplicate_result.results[0] is successful
+          - zypper_duplicate_result.results[1] is failed
+          - '"fileconflict" in zypper_duplicate_result.results[1].stdout'
+          - '"/usr/lib/duplicate/duplicate.txt" in zypper_duplicate_result.results[1].stdout'
+          - '"duplicate1" in duplicate_out.content | b64decode'
+
+    - name: install duplicate rpms
+      zypper:
+        name: >-
+          {{ output_dir | expanduser }}/zypper2/rpm-build/noarch/duplicate{{ item }}-1-0.noarch.rpm
+        disable_gpg_check: true
+        replacefiles: true
+      ignore_errors: true
+      register: zypper_duplicate_result
+      loop: "{{ looplist }}"
+
+    - name: Read in duplicate file contents
+      slurp:
+        src: /usr/lib/duplicate/duplicate.txt
+      register: duplicate_out
+
+    - name: Check success installing rpms with duplicate files using replacefiles option
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - zypper_duplicate_result is successful
+          - zypper_duplicate_result is changed
+          - '"duplicate2" in duplicate_out.content | b64decode'
+
+    - name: Remove installed duplicate rpms
+      zypper:
+        name: "duplicate{{ item }}-1-0"
+        state: absent
+      loop: "{{ looplist }}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/zypper/templates/duplicate.spec.j2 b/tests/integration/targets/zypper/templates/duplicate.spec.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d1dd56a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/zypper/templates/duplicate.spec.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Summary:   Duplicate{{ item }} RPM. Installs one file that is a duplicate of other Duplicate# RPMs
+Name:      duplicate{{ item }}
+Version:   1
+Release:   0
+License:   GPLv3
+Group:     Applications/System
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+%description
+Duplicate {{ item }} RPM. Package one file that will be a duplicate of other Duplicate RPM contents.
+This is only for testing of the replacefiles zypper option.
+
+%install
+mkdir -p "%{buildroot}/usr/lib/duplicate"
+echo "%{name}" > "%{buildroot}/usr/lib/duplicate/duplicate.txt"
+
+%files
+/usr/lib/duplicate/duplicate.txt