diff --git a/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp b/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp
index 886d868d6f..33b635561d 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ CopyEngine::CopyFolder(BDirectory &srcDir, BDirectory &targetDir)
 		if (S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode)) {
 			char name[B_FILE_NAME_LENGTH];
 			if (entry.GetName(name) == B_OK
-				&& strcmp(name, PACKAGES_DIRECTORY) == 0) {
+				&& (strcmp(name, PACKAGES_DIRECTORY) == 0
+				|| strcmp(name, VAR_DIRECTORY) == 0)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			err = FSCopyFolder(&entry, &targetDir, fControl, NULL, false, undo);
diff --git a/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h b/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h
index 7e372710cd..ecaa862a51 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h
+++ b/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const uint32 STATUS_MESSAGE = 'iSTM';
 const uint32 INSTALL_FINISHED = 'iIFN';
 const uint32 RESET_INSTALL = 'iRSI';
 const char PACKAGES_DIRECTORY[] = "_packages_";
+const char VAR_DIRECTORY[] = "var";
 
 class InstallerWindow : public BWindow {
 	public: