diff --git a/scripts/extract b/scripts/extract
index e1a1f5138b..74a1bc4c6a 100755
--- a/scripts/extract
+++ b/scripts/extract
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ case $PKG_SOURCE_NAME in
     zcat $FULL_SOURCE_PATH | patch -d $2 -p1
     ;;
   *)
-    cp -pPR $FULL_SOURCE_PATH $2
+    FULL_DEST_PATH="$2/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION"
+    mkdir $FULL_DEST_PATH
+    tar cf - -C $FULL_SOURCE_PATH $PKG_TAR_COPY_OPTS . | \
+      tar xf - -C $FULL_DEST_PATH
     ;;
 esac