diff --git a/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
index 137f7581..cafc7367 100644
--- a/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GIT=https://github.com/redox-os/userutils.git
 
 function recipe_stage {
-    cp -v res "$1/etc"
+    cp -Rv res "$1/etc"
 }