diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
index cfd54a4ff0e23f..d6b43f2dc5fdf6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ const {
   symlinkSync,
   unlinkSync,
   utimesSync,
+  constants: {
+    COPYFILE_FICLONE,
+  },
 } = require('fs');
 const {
   dirname,
@@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ function mayCopyFile(srcStat, src, dest, opts) {
 }
 
 function copyFile(srcStat, src, dest, opts) {
-  copyFileSync(src, dest);
+  copyFileSync(src, dest, COPYFILE_FICLONE);
   if (opts.preserveTimestamps) handleTimestamps(srcStat.mode, src, dest);
   return setDestMode(dest, srcStat.mode);
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js
index cba405223a4fc7..2e334a59c91bfb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ const {
   symlink,
   unlink,
   utimes,
+  constants: {
+    COPYFILE_FICLONE,
+  },
 } = require('fs/promises');
 const {
   dirname,
@@ -257,7 +260,7 @@ async function mayCopyFile(srcStat, src, dest, opts) {
 }
 
 async function _copyFile(srcStat, src, dest, opts) {
-  await copyFile(src, dest);
+  await copyFile(src, dest, COPYFILE_FICLONE);
   if (opts.preserveTimestamps) {
     return handleTimestampsAndMode(srcStat.mode, src, dest);
   }