diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
index cb3173570..bc14b8935 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=postmarketos-mkinitfs
-pkgver=0.3.5
+pkgver=0.3.6
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Tool to generate initramfs images for postmarketOS"
 url="https://github.com/postmarketOS"
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ package() {
 }
 sha512sums="91860e61cc42b77c02522ab273cf4793b78ee595a75c026c057522a5e6d1fdcc7ec868cbdaea5912c90dea61483468dc609dc69144a6d8e68ef47c9d1459fdb6  init.sh.in
 8823d0685c40f4a21936a3a371914a9af39f12ad48371ccdaea88379e2109bdd13728252ce774cc53f6053cecd51334ee3b7a3d559ba4b77e45d0e233714d930  init_functions.sh
-6408f8b3302d965b7eb335ce617b28e8159420a9ec137243844f6ccf1f13055556b999c4f32385a4249aa8e9cce33898153a45dd53499a73a39d61dff18f3291  mkinitfs.sh"
+8aae74c95df0f0c1cff317d0038c897d7406f29622d9657115b6cab02c6e79ec00b66df8270a1dc62f50ff65483cca96e30810915b24a70fb643ac5a101d65d2  mkinitfs.sh"
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh
index 9b6b3598b..75c0f5b56 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh
@@ -125,13 +125,11 @@ get_binaries_extra()
 # FIXME: this is a performance bottleneck
 # $1: files
 # $2: destination
-# $3: file mode bits (as in chmod), default: 755
 copy_files()
 {
-	mode="${3:-755}"
 	for file in $1; do
 		[ -e "$file" ] || continue
-		install -Dm$mode "$file" "$2$file"
+		cp -a --parents "$file" "$2"
 	done
 }
 
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@ fi
 create_folders
 copy_files "$(get_modules)" "$tmpdir"
 copy_files "$(get_binaries)" "$tmpdir"
-copy_files "/etc/deviceinfo" "$tmpdir" "644"
+copy_files "/etc/deviceinfo" "$tmpdir"
 copy_files "/etc/postmarketos-mkinitfs/hooks/*.sh" "$tmpdir"
 create_device_nodes
 ln -s "/bin/busybox" "$tmpdir/bin/sh"