diff --git a/tests/make-test-runtime.sh b/tests/make-test-runtime.sh
index f978601c..c5b08dd7 100755
--- a/tests/make-test-runtime.sh
+++ b/tests/make-test-runtime.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ chmod a+x ${DIR}/usr/bin/runtime_hello.sh
 # local archive.
 if [ -d /usr/lib/locale ]; then
     mkdir -p ${DIR}/usr/lib/locale/
-    cp -r /usr/lib/locale/C.* ${DIR}/usr/lib/locale/en_US
+    cp -r /usr/lib/locale/C.* ${DIR}/usr/lib/locale/en_US || true
 fi
 
 if [ x$COLLECTION_ID != x ]; then