diff --git a/distmaker/dists/joomla_php5.sh b/distmaker/dists/joomla_php5.sh
index 31fcb70f91e1..cfab0232876c 100755
--- a/distmaker/dists/joomla_php5.sh
+++ b/distmaker/dists/joomla_php5.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ cp "$SRC/joomla/admin/admin.civicrm.php" "$DM_TMPDIR/com_civicrm/admin/civicrm.p
 cd $DM_TMPDIR;
 
 # generate alt version of package
-cp -r -p civicrm com_civicrm/admin/civicrm
+cp -R -p civicrm com_civicrm/admin/civicrm
 ${DM_PHP:-php} $DM_SOURCEDIR/distmaker/utils/joomlaxml.php $DM_SOURCEDIR com_civicrm $DM_VERSION alt
 ${DM_ZIP:-zip} -q -r -9 $DM_TARGETDIR/civicrm-$DM_VERSION-joomla-alt.zip com_civicrm
 rm -rf com_civicrm/admin/civicrm