diff --git a/tool/run/load/tftp b/tool/run/load/tftp
index 5e18cb2013..6bce565cdb 100644
--- a/tool/run/load/tftp
+++ b/tool/run/load/tftp
@@ -56,24 +56,29 @@ proc generate_tftp_config { } {
 
 	if {[string length $tftp_base_dir] > 0 && [string length $tftp_offset_dir] > 0} {
 
-		# if the link target exists as directory this leads to bad behavior
-		if {[file exists $tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir] &&
-		    [string compare [file type $tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir] "directory"] == 0} {
-
-			puts stderr "Error: TFTP symlink target $tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir is a directory"
-			exit -1
-		}
-		exec ln -nfs "[pwd]" "$tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir"
-
 		set tftp_base ""
 		if {[load_tftp_use_absolute]} {
 			set tftp_base $tftp_base_dir
 		}
 
-		set fh [open "$tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir/config-00-00-00-00-00-00" "WRONLY CREAT TRUNC"]
-		puts $fh " root $tftp_base$tftp_offset_dir/[run_dir]"
-		puts $fh " config config-52-54-00-12-34-56"
-		close $fh
+		if {[load_tftp_copy_files]} {
+			exec cp -r --dereference "[pwd]/[run_dir]/." $tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir/.
+		} else {
+			# if the link target exists as directory this leads to bad behavior
+			if {[file exists $tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir] &&
+			   [string compare [file type $tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir] "directory"] == 0} {
+
+				puts stderr "Error: TFTP symlink target $tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir is a directory"
+				exit -1
+			}
+
+			exec ln -nfs "[pwd]" "$tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir"
+
+			set fh [open "$tftp_base_dir$tftp_offset_dir/config-00-00-00-00-00-00" "WRONLY CREAT TRUNC"]
+			puts $fh " root $tftp_base$tftp_offset_dir/[run_dir]"
+			puts $fh " config config-52-54-00-12-34-56"
+			close $fh
+		}
 	} else {
 		puts "Warning, TFTP base directory or TFTP offset directory not set."
 	}