diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/src/bash/content.mk b/repos/ports/recipes/src/bash/content.mk
index 4e789c425..f899d0658 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/src/bash/content.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/src/bash/content.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/bash)
 
 src/noux-pkg/bash:
 	mkdir -p $@
-	cp -r $(PORT_DIR)/src/noux-pkg/bash/* $@
-	cp -r  $(REP_DIR)/src/noux-pkg/bash/* $@
+	cp -a $(PORT_DIR)/src/noux-pkg/bash/* $@
+	cp -a  $(REP_DIR)/src/noux-pkg/bash/* $@
 
 LICENSE:
 	cp $(PORT_DIR)/src/noux-pkg/bash/COPYING $@