diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index d9923e35..2107e338 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import calendar
 import fnmatch
 import logging
 import os
-import shutil
 from codecs import open
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ from pelican import signals
 from pelican.cache import FileStampDataCacher
 from pelican.contents import Article, Draft, Page, Static, is_valid_content
 from pelican.readers import Readers
-from pelican.utils import (DateFormatter, copy, mkdir_p, posixize_path,
-                           process_translations, python_2_unicode_compatible)
+from pelican.utils import (DateFormatter, copy, copy_file_metadata, mkdir_p,
+                           posixize_path, process_translations,
+                           python_2_unicode_compatible)
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -727,8 +727,8 @@ class StaticGenerator(Generator):
             source_path = os.path.join(self.path, sc.source_path)
             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)
+            copy_file_metadata(source_path, save_as)
 
 
 class SourceFileGenerator(Generator):
diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index 06290d16..f1558fda 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ 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_)
+        copy_file_metadata(source_, destination_)
 
     elif os.path.isdir(source_):
         if not os.path.exists(destination_):
@@ -367,13 +367,25 @@ 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)
+                    copy_file_metadata(src_path, dst_path)
                 else:
                     logger.warning('Skipped copy %s (not a file or '
                                    'directory) to %s',
                                    src_path, dst_path)
 
 
+def copy_file_metadata(source, destination):
+    '''Copy a file and its metadata (perm bits, access times, ...)'''
+
+    # This function is a workaround for Android python copystat
+    # bug ([issue28141]) https://bugs.python.org/issue28141
+    try:
+        shutil.copy2(source, destination)
+    except OSError as e:
+        logger.warning("A problem occurred copying file %s to %s; %s",
+                       source, destination, e)
+
+
 def clean_output_dir(path, retention):
     """Remove all files from output directory except those in retention list"""