diff --git a/android/packaging.go b/android/packaging.go
index d216c0c..551fd4c 100644
--- a/android/packaging.go
+++ b/android/packaging.go
@@ -598,12 +598,12 @@
 func (p *PackagingBase) CopySpecsToDir(ctx ModuleContext, builder *RuleBuilder, specs map[string]PackagingSpec, dir WritablePath) (entries []string) {
 	dirsToSpecs := make(map[WritablePath]map[string]PackagingSpec)
 	dirsToSpecs[dir] = specs
-	return p.CopySpecsToDirs(ctx, builder, dirsToSpecs)
+	return p.CopySpecsToDirs(ctx, builder, dirsToSpecs, false)
 }
 
 // CopySpecsToDirs is a helper that will add commands to the rule builder to copy the PackagingSpec
 // entries into corresponding directories.
-func (p *PackagingBase) CopySpecsToDirs(ctx ModuleContext, builder *RuleBuilder, dirsToSpecs map[WritablePath]map[string]PackagingSpec) (entries []string) {
+func (p *PackagingBase) CopySpecsToDirs(ctx ModuleContext, builder *RuleBuilder, dirsToSpecs map[WritablePath]map[string]PackagingSpec, preserveTimestamps bool) (entries []string) {
 	empty := true
 	for _, specs := range dirsToSpecs {
 		if len(specs) > 0 {
@@ -637,7 +637,11 @@
 				builder.Command().Textf("mkdir -p %s", destDir)
 			}
 			if ps.symlinkTarget == "" {
-				builder.Command().Text("cp").Input(ps.srcPath).Text(destPath)
+				cmd := builder.Command().Text("cp")
+				if preserveTimestamps {
+					cmd.Flag("-p")
+				}
+				cmd.Input(ps.srcPath).Text(destPath)
 			} else {
 				builder.Command().Textf("ln -sf %s %s", ps.symlinkTarget, destPath)
 			}