diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index f377051..1972dc1 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@
   $(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 $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT) # "cp -Rf" fails to overwrite broken symlinks on Mac.
+  $(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.
   @echo Modifying ramdisk contents...
   $(hide) rm -f $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/init*.rc
   $(hide) cp -f $(recovery_initrc) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/
@@ -1391,6 +1391,9 @@
 cacheimage-nodeps: | $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)
 	$(build-cacheimage-target)
 
+else # BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE
+# we need to ignore the broken cache link when doing the rsync
+IGNORE_CACHE_LINK := --exclude=cache
 endif # BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE