diff --git a/disko-install b/disko-install
index 80715bcb..5a07ee12 100755
--- a/disko-install
+++ b/disko-install
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ main() {
   if [[ ! -f "${mountPoint}/nix/var/nix/db/db.sqlite" ]]; then
     echo "Copying store paths" >&2
     mkdir -p "${mountPoint}/nix/store"
-    xargs cp --recursive --target "${mountPoint}/nix/store"  < "${closure_info}/store-paths"
+    xargs xcp --recursive --target-directory "${mountPoint}/nix/store"  < "${closure_info}/store-paths"
     echo "Loading nix database" >&2
     NIX_STATE_DIR=${mountPoint}/nix/var/nix nix-store --load-db < "${closure_info}/registration"
   fi
diff --git a/lib/make-disk-image.nix b/lib/make-disk-image.nix
index ef527457..8be3f5f6 100644
--- a/lib/make-disk-image.nix
+++ b/lib/make-disk-image.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ let
       util-linux
       findutils
       kmod
+      xcp
     ]
     ++ cfg.extraDependencies;
   preVM = ''
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ let
 
     # We copy files with cp because `nix copy` seems to have a large memory leak
     mkdir -p ${systemToInstall.config.disko.rootMountPoint}/nix/store
-    time xargs cp --recursive --target ${systemToInstall.config.disko.rootMountPoint}/nix/store < ${closureInfo}/store-paths
+    xargs xcp --recursive --target-directory ${systemToInstall.config.disko.rootMountPoint}/nix/store < ${closureInfo}/store-paths
 
     ${systemToInstall.config.system.build.nixos-install}/bin/nixos-install --root ${systemToInstall.config.disko.rootMountPoint} --system ${systemToInstall.config.system.build.toplevel} --keep-going --no-channel-copy -v --no-root-password --option binary-caches ""
     umount -Rv ${lib.escapeShellArg systemToInstall.config.disko.rootMountPoint}
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index ebfb15aa..039d1538 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   binlore,
   diskoVersion,
   stdenv,
+  xcp,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ let
               [
                 nix
                 coreutils
+                xcp
               ]
               ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) nixos-install-tools
             )