diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/install b/packages/devel/pcre/install
index 750fe2951a..bb1180f3b9 100755
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/install
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/install
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 . config/options
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/.libs/libpcre*.so*[.0-9] $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.libs/libpcre*.so*[.0-9] $INSTALL/usr/lib