diff --git a/recipes-ti/beagleboard/beaglebone-getting-started.bb b/recipes-ti/beagleboard/beaglebone-getting-started.bb
index 603a01a7..6c61a4e9 100644
--- a/recipes-ti/beagleboard/beaglebone-getting-started.bb
+++ b/recipes-ti/beagleboard/beaglebone-getting-started.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 do_install() {
 	install -d ${D}${datadir}/${PN}
-	cp -a ${S}/* ${D}${datadir}/${PN}
+	cp -R --no-dereference --preserve=mode,links ${S}/* ${D}${datadir}/${PN}
 }
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/${PN}"