diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index 4df06aed115db..909810f98a959 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ public function copy(string $originFile, string $targetFile, bool $overwriteNewe
                 // Like `cp`, preserve executable permission bits
                 self::box('chmod', $targetFile, fileperms($targetFile) | (fileperms($originFile) & 0111));
 
+                // Like `cp`, preserve the file modification time
+                self::box('touch', $targetFile, filemtime($originFile));
+
                 if ($bytesCopied !== $bytesOrigin = filesize($originFile)) {
                     throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to copy the whole content of "%s" to "%s" (%g of %g bytes copied).', $originFile, $targetFile, $bytesCopied, $bytesOrigin), 0, null, $originFile);
                 }