diff --git a/util/mainboard/google/hatch/create_coreboot_variant.sh b/util/mainboard/google/hatch/create_coreboot_variant.sh
index 32720ca54e..d4256a6ccc 100755
--- a/util/mainboard/google/hatch/create_coreboot_variant.sh
+++ b/util/mainboard/google/hatch/create_coreboot_variant.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 git checkout -b "create_${variant}_${DATE}"
 
 # Copy the template tree to the target
-cp -r "${SRC}/template/*" "variants/${variant}/"
+mkdir -p "variants/${variant}/"
+cp -pr "${SRC}/template/." "variants/${variant}/"
 git add "variants/${variant}/"
 
 # Now add the new variant to Kconfig and Kconfig.name