Index: timezone-2013g/zic.c
===================================================================
--- timezone-2013g.orig/zic.c
+++ timezone-2013g/zic.c
@@ -593,6 +593,23 @@ _("%s: More than one -L option specified
 	return (errors == 0) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }
 
+static int
+copy(fromname, toname)
+const char * const	fromname;
+const char * const	toname;
+{
+	if (!fork()) {
+		execl("/bin/cp", "cp", fromname, toname, (char*) NULL);
+		_exit(1);
+	}
+	int s;
+	if (wait(&s) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	if (!WIFEXITED(s))
+		return -1;
+	return -WEXITSTATUS(s);
+}
+
 static void
 dolink(const char *const fromfield, const char *const tofield)
 {
@@ -627,6 +644,8 @@ dolink(const char *const fromfield, cons
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
 		result = link(fromname, toname);
+		if (result != 0)
+			result = copy(fromname, toname);
 		if (result != 0) {
 				const char *s = fromname;
 				const char *t;