diff --git a/coreutils-8.32-cp-reflink-auto.patch b/coreutils-8.32-cp-reflink-auto.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a36c89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-8.32-cp-reflink-auto.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+From 76126e2831580d0df20530f4d6f72189bd4f0b9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:16:24 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] cp: default to COW
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Likewise for ‘install’.  Proposed in Bug#24400, and long past due.
+* NEWS:
+* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation):
+* src/copy.h (enum Reflink_type): Document this.
+* src/cp.c (cp_option_init):
+* src/install.c (cp_option_init): Implement this.
+
+Upstream-commit: 25725f9d41735d176d73a757430739fb71c7d043
+Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+---
+ doc/coreutils.texi | 19 ++++++++++++-------
+ src/copy.h         |  4 ++--
+ src/cp.c           |  2 +-
+ src/install.c      |  2 +-
+ 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
+index 02e0c1c..2382a16 100644
+--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
++++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
+@@ -8854,12 +8854,14 @@ The @var{when} value can be one of the following:
+ 
+ @table @samp
+ @item always
+-The default behavior: if the copy-on-write operation is not supported
++If the copy-on-write operation is not supported
+ then report the failure for each file and exit with a failure status.
++Plain @option{--reflink} is equivalent to @option{--reflink=when}.
+ 
+ @item auto
+ If the copy-on-write operation is not supported then fall back
+ to the standard copy behavior.
++This is the default if no @option{--reflink} option is given.
+ 
+ @item never
+ Disable copy-on-write operation and use the standard copy behavior.
+@@ -8868,12 +8870,6 @@ Disable copy-on-write operation and use the standard copy behavior.
+ This option is overridden by the @option{--link}, @option{--symbolic-link}
+ and @option{--attributes-only} options, thus allowing it to be used
+ to configure the default data copying behavior for @command{cp}.
+-For example, with the following alias, @command{cp} will use the
+-minimum amount of space supported by the file system.
+-
+-@example
+-alias cp='cp --reflink=auto --sparse=always'
+-@end example
+ 
+ @item --remove-destination
+ @opindex --remove-destination
+@@ -8918,6 +8914,15 @@ This is useful in creating a file for use with the @command{mkswap} command,
+ since such a file must not have any holes.
+ @end table
+ 
++For example, with the following alias, @command{cp} will use the
++minimum amount of space supported by the file system.
++(Older versions of @command{cp} can also benefit from
++@option{--reflink=auto} here.)
++
++@example
++alias cp='cp --sparse=always'
++@end example
++
+ @optStripTrailingSlashes
+ 
+ @item -s
+diff --git a/src/copy.h b/src/copy.h
+index 874d6f7..a0ad494 100644
+--- a/src/copy.h
++++ b/src/copy.h
+@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ enum Sparse_type
+ /* Control creation of COW files.  */
+ enum Reflink_type
+ {
+-  /* Default to a standard copy.  */
++  /* Do a standard copy.  */
+   REFLINK_NEVER,
+ 
+-  /* Try a COW copy and fall back to a standard copy.  */
++  /* Try a COW copy and fall back to a standard copy; this is the default.  */
+   REFLINK_AUTO,
+ 
+   /* Require a COW copy and fail if not available.  */
+diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
+index 0193df8..9e7ad14 100644
+--- a/src/cp.c
++++ b/src/cp.c
+@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
+   x->move_mode = false;
+   x->install_mode = false;
+   x->one_file_system = false;
+-  x->reflink_mode = REFLINK_NEVER;
++  x->reflink_mode = REFLINK_AUTO;
+ 
+   x->preserve_ownership = false;
+   x->preserve_links = false;
+diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
+index 4ab44a6..aef16ca 100644
+--- a/src/install.c
++++ b/src/install.c
+@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
+ {
+   cp_options_default (x);
+   x->copy_as_regular = true;
+-  x->reflink_mode = REFLINK_NEVER;
++  x->reflink_mode = REFLINK_AUTO;
+   x->dereference = DEREF_ALWAYS;
+   x->unlink_dest_before_opening = true;
+   x->unlink_dest_after_failed_open = false;
+-- 
+2.25.4
+
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 5ce5ab6..b199bcb 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 8.32
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Release: 11%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Url:     https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
 Source0: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Patch1:   coreutils-8.32-ls-removed-dir.patch
 # du: simplify leaf optimization for XFS (#1823247)
 Patch2:   coreutils-8.32-leaf-opt-xfs.patch
 
+# cp: default to --reflink=auto (#1861108)
+Patch3:   coreutils-8.32-cp-reflink-auto.patch
+
 # disable the test-lock gnulib test prone to deadlock
 Patch100: coreutils-8.26-test-lock.patch
 
@@ -275,6 +278,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 %license COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 30 2020 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.32-11
+- cp: default to --reflink=auto (#1861108)
+
 * Mon Jul 27 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org>
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild