diff --git a/rootfiles.spec b/rootfiles.spec
index e7b7499..4c4a974 100644
--- a/rootfiles.spec
+++ b/rootfiles.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The basic required files for the root user's directory
 Name: rootfiles
 Version: 8.1
-Release: 15%{?dist}
+Release: 16%{?dist}
 License: Public Domain
 Group: System Environment/Base
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ done
 %posttrans
 if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
   #copy recursively the content, but do not overwrite the original files provided by rootfiles package
-  cp -ndpr --no-preserve=mode /etc/skel/. /root/ || :
+  cp -ndr --preserve=ownership,timestamps /etc/skel/. /root/ || :
 fi
 
 %files
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) /root/.[A-Za-z]*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 04 2013 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> 0.1-16
+- actually --no-preserve doesn't work for this case...
+ - changing to --preserve
+
 * Wed Dec 04 2013 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> 0.1-15
 - fix the posttrans scriptlet to not change the /root
   permissions (#1037688)