diff --git a/generate.sh b/generate.sh
index 2ad8564..a3536db 100755
--- a/generate.sh
+++ b/generate.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export TODF="Dockerfile"
 
 to_df "FROM ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}/base-${TARGET}:latest AS base"
 to_df "ENV TARGET=$TARGET VARIANT=$VARIANT REPO=$REPO ADDINS_STR=$ADDINS_STR"
-to_df "COPY util/run_stage.sh /usr/bin/run_stage"
+to_df "COPY --link util/run_stage.sh /usr/bin/run_stage"
 
 for addin in "${ADDINS[@]}"; do
 (
diff --git a/scripts.d/10-mingw.sh b/scripts.d/10-mingw.sh
index 897927e..8e55814 100755
--- a/scripts.d/10-mingw.sh
+++ b/scripts.d/10-mingw.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ ffbuild_enabled() {
 
 ffbuild_dockerlayer() {
     [[ $TARGET == winarm* ]] && return 0
-    to_df "COPY --from=${SELFLAYER} /opt/mingw/. /"
-    to_df "COPY --from=${SELFLAYER} /opt/mingw/. /opt/mingw"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${SELFLAYER} /opt/mingw/. /"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${SELFLAYER} /opt/mingw/. /opt/mingw"
 }
 
 ffbuild_dockerfinal() {
diff --git a/scripts.d/10-xorg-macros.sh b/scripts.d/10-xorg-macros.sh
index eb8eb39..d9c7a85 100755
--- a/scripts.d/10-xorg-macros.sh
+++ b/scripts.d/10-xorg-macros.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ ffbuild_enabled() {
 }
 
 ffbuild_dockerlayer() {
-    to_df "COPY --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
-    to_df "COPY --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/share/aclocal/. /usr/share/aclocal"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/share/aclocal/. /usr/share/aclocal"
 }
 
 ffbuild_dockerbuild() {
diff --git a/scripts.d/45-x11/99-finalize.sh b/scripts.d/45-x11/99-finalize.sh
index c63652b..2b11055 100755
--- a/scripts.d/45-x11/99-finalize.sh
+++ b/scripts.d/45-x11/99-finalize.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ ffbuild_enabled() {
 }
 
 ffbuild_dockerlayer() {
-    to_df "COPY --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
-    to_df "COPY --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/share/aclocal/. /usr/share/aclocal"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/share/aclocal/. /usr/share/aclocal"
 }
 
 ffbuild_dockerdl() {
diff --git a/util/vars.sh b/util/vars.sh
index 2db3226..ea53835 100644
--- a/util/vars.sh
+++ b/util/vars.sh
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ ffbuild_dockerstage() {
 }
 
 ffbuild_dockerlayer() {
-    to_df "COPY --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${SELFLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
 }
 
 ffbuild_dockerfinal() {
-    to_df "COPY --from=${PREVLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
+    to_df "COPY --link --from=${PREVLAYER} \$FFBUILD_PREFIX/. \$FFBUILD_PREFIX"
 }
 
 ffbuild_configure() {