diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 4f213a5..dbfaac0 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -825,13 +825,13 @@
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/etc $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/tmp
   @echo Copying baseline ramdisk...
-  $(hide) cp -R $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
+  $(hide) rsync -a $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT) # "cp -Rf" fails to overwrite broken symlinks on Mac.
   @echo Modifying ramdisk contents...
   $(hide) rm -f $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/init*.rc
   $(hide) cp -f $(recovery_initrc) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/
   $(hide) rm -f $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sepolicy
   $(hide) cp -f $(recovery_sepolicy) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sepolicy
-  $(hide) -cp $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/init.recovery.*.rc $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/
+  $(hide) cp $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/init.recovery.*.rc $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/ | true # Ignore error when the src file doesn't exist.
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res
   $(hide) rm -rf $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/*
   $(hide) cp -rf $(recovery_resources_common)/* $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res