diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index d9923e35..c0933377 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -728,7 +728,12 @@ class StaticGenerator(Generator):
             save_as = os.path.join(self.output_path, sc.save_as)
             mkdir_p(os.path.dirname(save_as))
             shutil.copy2(source_path, save_as)
-            logger.info('Copying %s to %s', sc.source_path, sc.save_as)
+            try:
+                # workaround for Android python copy2 bug ([issue28141])
+                shutil.copy2(source_path, save_as)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error("A problem occurred copying file %s to %s; %s",
+                             source_path, save_as, e)
 
 
 class SourceFileGenerator(Generator):
diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index 4e729361..57a9e8c8 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -337,7 +337,12 @@ def copy(source, destination, ignores=None):
             logger.info('Creating directory %s', dst_dir)
             os.makedirs(dst_dir)
         logger.info('Copying %s to %s', source_, destination_)
-        shutil.copy2(source_, destination_)
+        try:
+            # workaround for Android python copystat bug ([issue28141])
+            shutil.copy2(source_, destination_)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("A problem occurred copying file %s to %s; %s",
+                         source_, destination_, e)
 
     elif os.path.isdir(source_):
         if not os.path.exists(destination_):
@@ -367,7 +372,12 @@ def copy(source, destination, ignores=None):
                 dst_path = os.path.join(dst_dir, o)
                 if os.path.isfile(src_path):
                     logger.info('Copying %s to %s', src_path, dst_path)
-                    shutil.copy2(src_path, dst_path)
+                    try:
+                        # workaround for Android python copystat bug ([issue28141])
+                        shutil.copy2(src_path, dst_path)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        logger.error("A problem occurred copying file %s to %s; %s",
+                                     src_path, dst_path, e)
                 else:
                     logger.warning('Skipped copy %s (not a file or '
                                    'directory) to %s',