diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/path.py b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
index 0dc8f172d5..e2f1913a35 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/path.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ def copyhardlinktree(src, dst):
         if os.path.isdir(src):
             if len(glob.glob('%s/.??*' % src)) > 0:
                 source = './.??* '
-            source += './*'
+            if len(glob.glob('%s/**' % src)) > 0:
+                source += './*'
             s_dir = src
         else:
             source = src