diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index eb6628be4..7dd2ddf8c 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 uid_t geteuid ();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LCHOWN
+# define chown(PATH, OWNER, GROUP) lchown(PATH, OWNER, GROUP)
+#endif
+
 /* Used by do_copy, make_path_private, and re_protect
    to keep a list of leading directories whose protections
    need to be fixed after copying. */