diff --git a/auto/config b/auto/config
index ec8a8d7..7286bca 100755
--- a/auto/config
+++ b/auto/config
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ rm -f config/archives/kali-proposed-updates.list.*
 
 # Copy over all files from official kali configuration
 cp -rT kali-config/common config
-[ ! -d kali-config/release-$dist ] || cp -rT kali-config/release-$dist config
-[ ! -d kali-config/variant-$variant ] || cp -rT kali-config/variant-$variant config
+[ ! -d kali-config/release-$dist ] || cp -rTL kali-config/release-$dist config
+[ ! -d kali-config/variant-$variant ] || cp -rTL kali-config/variant-$variant config
 
 if [ -n "$enable_pu" ]; then
 	mkdir -p config/archives