diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 27120eb..4173aaf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ubuntu-dev-tools (0.157) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * mk-sbuild: cp localtime and timezone a little harder (LP: #1569400)
+
+ -- Adam Conrad <adconrad@debian.org>  Sun, 08 May 2016 23:58:48 -0600
+
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.156) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Adam Conrad ]
diff --git a/mk-sbuild b/mk-sbuild
index 80f11ee..e432211 100755
--- a/mk-sbuild
+++ b/mk-sbuild
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ cat "$TEMP_SOURCES" | sed -e "s|RELEASE|$RELEASE|g" | \
 rm -f "$TEMP_SOURCES"
 
 # Copy the timezone (comment this out if you want to leave the chroot at UTC)
-sudo cp /etc/localtime /etc/timezone "$MNT"/etc/
+sudo cp -P --remove-destination /etc/localtime /etc/timezone "$MNT"/etc/
 # Create a schroot entry for this chroot
 TEMP_SCHROOTCONF=`mktemp -t schrootconf-XXXXXX`
 TEMPLATE_SCHROOTCONF=~/.mk-sbuild.schroot.conf