diff --git a/setup-node-ubuntu.bash b/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
index 3f3b301..89022b6 100644
--- a/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
+++ b/setup-node-ubuntu.bash
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ if [ -n "${NODEJS_VER}" ]; then
   rm -rf ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/${NODEJS_NAME}-${NODEJS_VER}-linux-${ARCH} # clean up the temporary unzip folder
   rm ${NODEJS_UNTAR}/{LICENSE,CHANGELOG.md,README.md}
   if [ -n "$(command -v rsync 2>/dev/null | grep rsync)" ]; then
-    echo $sudo_cmd rsync -Kr "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
-    rsync -Kr "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd rsync -Kr "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+    echo $sudo_cmd rsync -Krl "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
+    rsync -Krl "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd rsync -Krl "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/" "$node_install_path/"
   else
     echo $sudo_cmd cp -Hr "${NODEJS_UNTAR}/*" "$node_install_path/"
     cp -Hr "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"/* "$node_install_path/" || $sudo_cmd cp -Hr "${NODEJS_UNTAR}"/* "$node_install_path/"