diff --git a/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc b/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
index e4ac0f4fd2..de3e201afe 100644
--- a/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
+++ b/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
@@ -1007,21 +1007,25 @@ begin
 end;
 
 procedure TCopyDirTree.DoDirectoryFound;
+var
+  NewPath:String;
 begin
-  // ToDo: create destination path here instead of calling CopyFile with cffCreateDestDirectory.
+  NewPath:=StringReplace(FileName, FSourceDir, FTargetDir, []);
+  if not DirectoryExistsUTF8(NewPath) then
+    if not ForceDirectoriesUTF8(NewPath) then
+      Inc(FCopyFailedCount);
 end;
 
-function CopyDirTree(const SourceDir, TargetDir: string;
-                     PreserveTime: boolean = False): Boolean;
+function CopyDirTree(const SourceDir, TargetDir: string; Flags: TCopyFileFlags=[]): Boolean;
 var
   Searcher: TCopyDirTree;
 begin
   Result:=False;
   Searcher:=TCopyDirTree.Create;
   try
-    Searcher.FFlags:=[cffCreateDestDirectory];
-    if PreserveTime then
-      Searcher.FFlags:=Searcher.FFlags+[cffPreserveTime];
+    // Destination directories are always created. User setting has no effect!
+    Flags:=Flags-[cffCreateDestDirectory];
+    Searcher.FFlags:=Flags;
     Searcher.FCopyFailedCount:=0;
     Searcher.FSourceDir:=SourceDir;
     Searcher.FTargetDir:=TargetDir;
diff --git a/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas b/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas
index f67e4dedf5..2fa06f1bea 100644
--- a/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas
+++ b/components/lazutils/fileutil.pas
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string;
                   Flags: TCopyFileFlags=[cffOverwriteFile]): boolean;
 function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string; PreserveTime: boolean): boolean;
   deprecated {$IFDEF VER2_5}'use cffPreserveTime in Flags parameter instead'{$ENDIF};
-function CopyDirTree(const SourceDir, TargetDir: string;
-                     PreserveTime: boolean = False): boolean;
+function CopyDirTree(const SourceDir, TargetDir: string; Flags: TCopyFileFlags=[]): Boolean;
 
 // file actions
 function ReadFileToString(const Filename: string): string;