diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/path.py b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
index 0dc8f172d5..56e8e214ac 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/path.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ 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 - -S -C %s -p . | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xf - -C %s" % (src, dst)
+    cmd = "tar --acls --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -cf - -S -C %s -p . | tar --acls --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xf - -C %s" % (src, dst)
     subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
 def copyhardlinktree(src, dst):
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def copyhardlinktree(src, dst):
     if (canhard):
         # 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 - -S -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 --acls --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -cf - -S -C %s -p --no-recursion --files-from - | tar --acls --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xhf - -C %s" % (src, src, dst)
         subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
         source = ''
         if os.path.isdir(src):
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def copyhardlinktree(src, dst):
         else:
             source = src
             s_dir = os.getcwd()
-        cmd = 'cp -afl --preserve=xattr %s %s' % (source, os.path.realpath(dst))
+        cmd = 'cp -afl --preserve=all %s %s' % (source, os.path.realpath(dst))
         subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, cwd=s_dir, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
     else:
         copytree(src, dst)