1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/path.py b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
index be02218c31..1e24d0586b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/path.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def copytree(src, dst):
     # This way we also preserve hardlinks between files in the tree.
 
     bb.utils.mkdirhier(dst)
-    cmd = "tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -cf - -C %s -p . | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xf - -C %s" % (src, dst)
+    cmd = "tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -cf - -S -C %s -p . | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xf - -C %s" % (src, dst)
     subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
 def copyhardlinktree(src, dst):
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def copyhardlinktree(src, dst):
     if (os.stat(src).st_dev ==  os.stat(dst).st_dev):
         # Need to copy directories only with tar first since cp will error if two 
         # writers try and create a directory at the same time
-        cmd = "cd %s; find . -type d -print | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -cf - -C %s -p --no-recursion --files-from - | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xhf - -C %s" % (src, src, dst)
+        cmd = "cd %s; find . -type d -print | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -cf - -S -C %s -p --no-recursion --files-from - | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xhf - -C %s" % (src, src, dst)
         subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
         source = ''
         if os.path.isdir(src):