diff --git a/package/target-finish/1st-stage/1st-stage.conf b/package/target-finish/1st-stage/1st-stage.conf
index fd057901b..590b0ea71 100644
--- a/package/target-finish/1st-stage/1st-stage.conf
+++ b/package/target-finish/1st-stage/1st-stage.conf
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ echo "/dev/root		/	auto	defaults	0 0" > etc/fstab
 
 # supress udev uig/gid warnings
 cp -vp ${rootdir}/etc/{passwd,group} etc/
-cp -vp ${rootdir}/$multilib/libnss_files.so.* $multilib/
+for x in ${rootdir}/$multilib/libnss_files.so.* ; do
+	[ -f "$x" ] && cp -vp "$x" $multilib/
+done
 
 echo "Creating some device nodes"
 mknod dev/ram0		b 1 0