diff --git a/includes/filesystem.inc b/includes/filesystem.inc
index 8c3699d842ec706634de15f5c0ad4260da854258..374c596f4efeb1ca9268b080ddaa3d8c13eacba4 100644
--- a/includes/filesystem.inc
+++ b/includes/filesystem.inc
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function _drush_recursive_copy($src, $dest) {
   elseif (is_link($src)) {
     symlink(readlink($src), $dest);
   }
-  elseif (copy($src, $dest) !== TRUE) {
+  elseif (!(copy($src, $dest) && touch($dest, filemtime($src)))) {
     return FALSE;
   }