diff --git a/pkg/commands/copy.go b/pkg/commands/copy.go
index 5bd66282d3..020a61bb45 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/copy.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/copy.go
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ func (c *CopyCommand) ExecuteCommand(config *v1.Config, buildArgs *dockerfile.Bu
 				// we need to add '/' to the end to indicate the destination is a directory
 				dest = filepath.Join(cwd, dest) + "/"
 			}
-			if err := util.CopyDir(fullPath, dest); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			copiedFiles, err := util.Files(dest)
+			copiedFiles, err := util.CopyDir(fullPath, dest)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/util/fs_util.go b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
index 1a4f958bb9..858312b243 100644
--- a/pkg/util/fs_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
@@ -459,16 +459,18 @@ func DownloadFileToDest(rawurl, dest string) error {
 }
 
 // CopyDir copies the file or directory at src to dest
-func CopyDir(src, dest string) error {
+// It returns a list of files it copied over
+func CopyDir(src, dest string) ([]string, error) {
 	files, err := RelativeFiles("", src)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	var copiedFiles []string
 	for _, file := range files {
 		fullPath := filepath.Join(src, file)
 		fi, err := os.Lstat(fullPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		destPath := filepath.Join(dest, file)
 		if fi.IsDir() {
@@ -478,24 +480,25 @@ func CopyDir(src, dest string) error {
 			gid := int(fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Gid)
 
 			if err := os.MkdirAll(destPath, fi.Mode()); err != nil {
-				return err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 			if err := os.Chown(destPath, uid, gid); err != nil {
-				return err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 		} else if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
 			// If file is a symlink, we want to create the same relative symlink
 			if err := CopySymlink(fullPath, destPath); err != nil {
-				return err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 		} else {
 			// ... Else, we want to copy over a file
 			if err := CopyFile(fullPath, destPath); err != nil {
-				return err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
+		copiedFiles = append(copiedFiles, destPath)
 	}
-	return nil
+	return copiedFiles, nil
 }
 
 // CopySymlink copies the symlink at src to dest