diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/install b/packages/lang/Python/install
index c36903d6ab..519466b76d 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/install
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/install
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cp $PKG_BUILD/python $INSTALL/usr/bin/
 $STRIP $INSTALL/usr/bin/python
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-cp $PKG_BUILD/libpython*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
+cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/libpython*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
 
 mkdir -p $PYTHON_LIB_DIR/lib-dynload
 cp $PKG_BUILD/build/lib*/*.so $PYTHON_LIB_DIR/lib-dynload