diff --git a/recipes-games/pingus/pingus_0.7.6.bb b/recipes-games/pingus/pingus_0.7.6.bb
index 5f2d29e..1e0e11f 100644
--- a/recipes-games/pingus/pingus_0.7.6.bb
+++ b/recipes-games/pingus/pingus_0.7.6.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ do_install() {
 	install -d ${D}${datadir}/pixmaps
 	install -d ${D}${datadir}/applications
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/pingus.png ${D}${datadir}/pixmaps
-	cp -a ${S}/data ${D}/${datadir}/pingus
+	cp -dR ${S}/data ${D}/${datadir}/pingus
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/pingus.desktop ${D}${datadir}/applications
 	install -m 0755 ${S}/build/pingus ${D}${bindir}/pingus
 }