diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 6e56f7d..209a1fe 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build a release of tconfpy using 'make'
-# $Id: makefile,v 1.111 2012/05/29 17:31:18 tundra Exp $
+# $Id: makefile,v 1.112 2012/05/29 17:33:15 tundra Exp $
 # Requires a modern 'make' like GNU.
 
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 release: docs progs
 	@mkdir ${DIR}
 	-@mkdir ${RELDIR} 2>&1 >/dev/null
-	@mv ${DOCFILES} ${PROGFILES} ${SRCFILES} ${SUPPFILES} ${DIR}
+	@cp -pv ${DOCFILES} ${PROGFILES} ${SRCFILES} ${SUPPFILES} ${DIR}
 	@tar -czvf ${TARBALL} ${DIR}
 	@rm -rf ${DIR}
 	@mv ${DIR}.tar.gz ${RELDIR}