diff --git a/cmake_support/CopyDependencies.cmake b/cmake_support/CopyDependencies.cmake
index 88d88fcc1e98fb66967c8cdf826e5201a9b3cd0b..85ba58729b5ba15f4e0bb312da6b72d41147d22b 100644
--- a/cmake_support/CopyDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake_support/CopyDependencies.cmake
@@ -981,9 +981,11 @@ function(copy_python include_path version new_binary_path)
   get_filename_component(real_python_include_path ${include_path} REALPATH)
   get_filename_component(python_root_dir ${real_python_include_path}/../.. REALPATH) 
   if (_UBUNTU_LAYOUT)
-    execute_process(COMMAND cp -rL ${python_root_dir}/${LIB_DIR}/python${version} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIB_DIR}/)
-    message("Output: ${out}")
-    message("Error: ${error}")
+    file (GLOB_RECURSE python_lib_files RELATIVE ${python_root_dir}/${LIB_DIR}/python${version}/ FOLLOW_SYMLINKS ${python_root_dir}/${LIB_DIR}/python${version}/*)
+    foreach(python_lib_file ${python_lib_files})
+      get_filename_component(real_python_lib_file ${python_root_dir}/${LIB_DIR}/python${version}/${python_lib_file} REALPATH)
+      execute_process(COMMAND cmake -E copy ${real_python_lib_file} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIB_DIR}/python${version}/${python_lib_file})
+    endforeach()
   else()
     file(COPY ${python_root_dir}/${LIB_DIR}/python${version}/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIB_DIR}/python${version} PATTERN "*.pyc" EXCLUDE)
   endif()