diff --git a/core/update_obs_repos.py b/core/update_obs_repos.py
index 5104f52903d79e09805d53b51e595e6c6150508f..d1daa954a36c0929be92fb768d6c3c8207fe9b2e 100755
--- a/core/update_obs_repos.py
+++ b/core/update_obs_repos.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class RPMManager(object):
             log.debug(rpms_list)
             self.old_pkg_rpms[pkg] = rpms_list
             for r in rpms_list:
-                cmd = "cp %s/%s/%s/%s/%s/%s %s/%s/%s/:full/" \
+                cmd = "rsync -avz --progress %s/%s/%s/%s/%s/%s %s/%s/%s/:full/" \
                         % (self.obs_project_root_path, self.obs_project, self.repo, \
                         self.arch, pkg, r, self.obs_project_root_path, \
                         self.rpms_to_repo_path, self.arch)