diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey.inc b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey.inc
index 5746652da..c6e98289f 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey.inc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ do_deploy_append() {
 do_install_append() {
 	# bounds.h may be used by a module and is currently missing
 	if [ -d include/generated ]; then
-		cp include/generated/* $kerneldir/include/generated/
+		cp -a include/generated/* $kerneldir/include/generated/
 	fi
 
 	# Host architecture object file