diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e7d3ea7ddc..4dccf3f93d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "death": "^1.0.0",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "detect-indent": "^5.0.0",
+    "fcopy": "^0.0.7",
     "gunzip-maybe": "^1.4.0",
     "ini": "^1.3.4",
     "inquirer": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/src/util/fs.js b/src/util/fs.js
index 609889728d..5d585f865b 100644
--- a/src/util/fs.js
+++ b/src/util/fs.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as promise from './promise.js';
 import {promisify} from './promise.js';
 import map from './map.js';
 
+const fcopy = require('fcopy');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const os = require('os');
@@ -26,8 +27,9 @@ export const exists: (path: string) => Promise<boolean> = promisify(fs.exists, t
 export const lstat: (path: string) => Promise<fs.Stats> = promisify(fs.lstat);
 export const chmod: (path: string, mode: number | string) => Promise<void> = promisify(fs.chmod);
 export const link: (path: string) => Promise<fs.Stats> = promisify(fs.link);
+export const utimes: (path: string, atime: number, mtime: number) => Promise<void> = promisify(fs.utimes);
 
-const CONCURRENT_QUEUE_ITEMS = 4;
+const CONCURRENT_QUEUE_ITEMS = 16;
 
 const fsSymlink: (
   target: string,
@@ -510,37 +512,16 @@ export async function copyBulk(
     }
 
     const cleanup = () => delete currentlyWriting[data.dest];
-    return currentlyWriting[data.dest] = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const readStream = fs.createReadStream(data.src);
-      const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(data.dest, {mode: data.mode});
-
+    return currentlyWriting[data.dest] = (async function() : Promise<void> {
       reporter.verbose(reporter.lang('verboseFileCopy', data.src, data.dest));
-
-      readStream.on('error', reject);
-      writeStream.on('error', reject);
-
-      writeStream.on('open', function() {
-        readStream.pipe(writeStream);
-      });
-
-      writeStream.once('close', function() {
-        fs.utimes(data.dest, data.atime, data.mtime, function(err) {
-          if (err) {
-            reject(err);
-          } else {
-            events.onProgress(data.dest);
-            cleanup();
-            resolve();
-          }
-        });
-      });
-    }).then((arg) => {
-      cleanup();
-      return arg;
-    }).catch((arg) => {
-      cleanup();
-      throw arg;
-    });
+      try {
+        await fcopy(data.src, data.dest, {mode: data.mode});
+        await utimes(data.dest, data.atime, data.mtime);
+        events.onProgress(data.dest);
+      } finally {
+        cleanup();
+      }
+    })();
   }, CONCURRENT_QUEUE_ITEMS);
 
   // we need to copy symlinks last as they could reference files we were copying
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2c843b0217..6979d76799 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1695,6 +1695,12 @@ fb-watchman@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     bser "^2.0.0"
 
+fcopy@^0.0.7:
+  version "0.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fcopy/-/fcopy-0.0.7.tgz#bad8c8f1d256f1bae65e4165334bae58b1d190c2"
+  dependencies:
+    nan "^2.6.2"
+
 figures@^1.3.5:
   version "1.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/figures/-/figures-1.7.0.tgz#cbe1e3affcf1cd44b80cadfed28dc793a9701d2e"
@@ -3281,6 +3287,10 @@ nan@^2.3.0:
   version "2.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.5.1.tgz#d5b01691253326a97a2bbee9e61c55d8d60351e2"
 
+nan@^2.6.2:
+  version "2.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.6.2.tgz#e4ff34e6c95fdfb5aecc08de6596f43605a7db45"
+
 natives@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/natives/-/natives-1.1.0.tgz#e9ff841418a6b2ec7a495e939984f78f163e6e31"