diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 3a570c795..b0a03b584 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -910,7 +910,15 @@ INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_FILES := $(filter $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)/%, \
     $(ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES))
 
 recovery_initrc := $(call include-path-for, recovery)/etc/init.rc
-recovery_sepolicy := $(call intermediates-dir-for,ETC,sepolicy.recovery)/sepolicy.recovery
+recovery_sepolicy := \
+    $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sepolicy \
+    $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/file_contexts.bin \
+    $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/plat_property_contexts \
+    $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/nonplat_property_contexts
+# Passed into rsync from non-recovery root to recovery root, to avoid overwriting recovery-specific
+# SELinux files
+IGNORE_RECOVERY_SEPOLICY := $(patsubst $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)/%,--exclude=/%,$(recovery_sepolicy))
+
 recovery_kernel := $(INSTALLED_KERNEL_TARGET) # same as a non-recovery system
 recovery_ramdisk := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/ramdisk-recovery.img
 recovery_build_prop := $(intermediate_system_build_prop)
@@ -1045,14 +1053,13 @@ define build-recoveryimage-target
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/etc $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sdcard $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/tmp
   @echo Copying baseline ramdisk...
-  $(hide) rsync -a --exclude=etc --exclude=sdcard $(IGNORE_CACHE_LINK) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT) # "cp -Rf" fails to overwrite broken symlinks on Mac.
+  # Use rsync because "cp -Rf" fails to overwrite broken symlinks on Mac.
+  $(hide) rsync -a --exclude=etc --exclude=sdcard $(IGNORE_RECOVERY_SEPOLICY) $(IGNORE_CACHE_LINK) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
   @echo Modifying ramdisk contents...
   $(if $(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES), \
     $(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_recovery)))
   $(hide) rm -f $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/init*.rc
   $(hide) cp -f $(recovery_initrc) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/
-  $(hide) rm -f $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sepolicy
-  $(hide) cp -f $(recovery_sepolicy) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sepolicy
   $(hide) cp $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/init.recovery.*.rc $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/ || true # Ignore error when the src file doesn't exist.
   $(hide) mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res
   $(hide) rm -rf $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/*