diff --git a/testsuite/cp/cp-a-files-to-dir b/testsuite/cp/cp-a-files-to-dir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fb3c201d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/cp/cp-a-files-to-dir
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+echo file number one > file1
+echo file number two > file2
+ln -s file2 link1
+mkdir dir1
+touch --date='Sat Jan 29 21:24:08 PST 2000' dir1/file3
+mkdir there
+busybox cp -a file1 file2 link1 dir1 there
+test -f there/file1
+test -f there/file2
+test ! -s there/dir1/file3
+test -l there/link1
+test `readlink there/link1` = "file2"
+test ! file3 -ot there/dir1/file3
+test ! file3 -nt there/dir1/file3
diff --git a/testsuite/cp/cp-a-preserves-links b/testsuite/cp/cp-a-preserves-links
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aae8313c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/cp/cp-a-preserves-links
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+touch foo
+ln -s foo bar
+busybox cp -a bar baz
+test -L baz
+test `readlink baz` = "foo"
diff --git a/testsuite/cp/cp-d-files-to-dir b/testsuite/cp/cp-d-files-to-dir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9407ead00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/cp/cp-d-files-to-dir
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+echo file number one > file1
+echo file number two > file2
+touch file3
+ln -s file2 link1
+mkdir there
+busybox cp -d file1 file2 file3 link1 there
+test -f there/file1
+test -f there/file2
+test ! -s there/file3
+test -l there/link1
+test `readlink there/link1` = "file2"
diff --git a/testsuite/cp/cp-files-to-dir b/testsuite/cp/cp-files-to-dir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdb81916f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/cp/cp-files-to-dir
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+echo file number one > file1
+echo file number two > file2
+touch file3
+ln -s file2 link1
+mkdir there
+busybox cp file1 file2 file3 link1 there
+test -f there/file1
+test -f there/file2
+test ! -s there/file3
+test -f there/link1
+cmp there/file2 there/link1
diff --git a/testsuite/cp/cp-preserves-links b/testsuite/cp/cp-preserves-links
index a5269e8d3..d3223b132 100644
--- a/testsuite/cp/cp-preserves-links
+++ b/testsuite/cp/cp-preserves-links
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ touch foo
 ln -s foo bar
 busybox cp -d bar baz
 test -L baz
+test `readlink baz` = "foo"