1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
index d563c28674..a5b6384f7e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ populate_sdk_post_deb () {
 
         local target_rootfs=$1
 
-        cp -r ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt ${target_rootfs}/etc
+        tar -cf -C ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE} -ps apt | tar -xf - -C ${target_rootfs}/etc
 }
 
 fakeroot populate_sdk_deb () {