diff --git a/pkg/compiler/artifact.go b/pkg/compiler/artifact.go
index 5a087ea1..f1f10194 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/artifact.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/artifact.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (a *PackageArtifact) SetPath(p string) {
 func (a *PackageArtifact) genDockerfile() string {
 	return `
 FROM scratch
-COPY * /`
+COPY . /`
 }
 
 // CreateArtifactForFile creates a new artifact from the given file
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/artifact_test.go b/pkg/compiler/artifact_test.go
index 3aad23b4..3d015532 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/artifact_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/artifact_test.go
@@ -175,9 +175,14 @@ RUN echo bar > /test2`))
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			defer os.RemoveAll(tmpWork) // clean up
 
+			Expect(os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(tmpdir, "foo", "bar"), os.ModePerm)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
 			err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpdir, "test"), testString, 0644)
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
+			err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpdir, "foo", "bar", "test"), testString, 0644)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
 			artifact := NewPackageArtifact(filepath.Join(tmpWork, "fake.tar"))
 			artifact.SetCompileSpec(&LuetCompilationSpec{Package: &pkg.DefaultPackage{Name: "foo", Version: "1.0"}})
 
@@ -201,6 +206,11 @@ RUN echo bar > /test2`))
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 			Expect(content).To(Equal(testString))
+
+			content, err = ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(result, "foo", "bar", "test"))
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			Expect(content).To(Equal(testString))
 		})
 
 		It("Generates empty packages images", func() {