diff --git a/BAN/CMakeLists.txt b/BAN/CMakeLists.txt
index 49e239ec3d..6fd2afc6b1 100644
--- a/BAN/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/BAN/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26)
 project(BAN CXX)
 
 add_custom_target(ban-headers
-	COMMAND cp -r ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/* ${BANAN_INCLUDE}
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${BANAN_INCLUDE}
 	DEPENDS sysroot
 )
 
diff --git a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fd9cb3def..667406bd12 100644
--- a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ set(KERNEL_SOURCES
 )
 
 add_executable(kernel ${KERNEL_SOURCES})
+add_dependencies(kernel headers)
 
 target_compile_definitions(kernel PUBLIC __is_kernel)
 target_compile_definitions(kernel PUBLIC __arch=${BANAN_ARCH})
@@ -126,13 +127,12 @@ add_custom_target(crt0
 )
 
 add_custom_target(kernel-headers
-	COMMAND cp -r ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/* ${BANAN_INCLUDE}/
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${BANAN_INCLUDE}
 	DEPENDS sysroot
 )
 
 add_custom_target(kernel-install
 	COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kernel ${BANAN_BOOT}/banan-os.kernel
-	DEPENDS kernel-headers
 	DEPENDS kernel
 )
 
diff --git a/libc/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ce5ef81e1..698e24769d 100644
--- a/libc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ set(LIBC_SOURCES
 )
 
 add_custom_target(libc-headers
-	COMMAND cp -r ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/* ${BANAN_INCLUDE}
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${BANAN_INCLUDE}
 	DEPENDS sysroot
 )
 
 add_library(libc ${LIBC_SOURCES})
-add_dependencies(libc crt0)
+add_dependencies(libc headers crt0)
 
 add_custom_target(libc-install
 	COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libc.a ${BANAN_LIB}/