diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/filemap.py b/scripts/lib/wic/filemap.py
index 162603ed0a..080668e7c2 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/filemap.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/filemap.py
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ def sparse_copy(src_fname, dst_fname, offset=0, skip=0):
         dst_file = open(dst_fname, 'r+b')
     except IOError:
         dst_file = open(dst_fname, 'wb')
+        dst_file.truncate(os.path.getsize(src_fname))
 
     for first, last in fmap.get_mapped_ranges(0, fmap.blocks_cnt):
         start = first * fmap.block_size