diff --git a/testing/appstream-generator/APKBUILD b/testing/appstream-generator/APKBUILD
index d659d3f28d4..06d601cedba 100644
--- a/testing/appstream-generator/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/appstream-generator/APKBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ arch="x86 x86_64 aarch64" # ldc
 license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 makedepends="meson ldc ldc-runtime appstream-dev libarchive-dev gir-to-d
 	cairo-dev gdk-pixbuf-dev librsvg-dev freetype-dev fontconfig-dev
-	pango-dev yarn lmdb-dev glibd-dev libsoup-dev gobject-introspection-dev"
+	pango-dev yarn lmdb-dev glibd-dev libsoup-dev gobject-introspection-dev
+	coreutils" # needs cp with preserve-ownership
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator/archive/v$pkgver/appstream-generator-$pkgver.tar.gz"