diff -urNad coreutils-8.13~/src/copy.c coreutils-8.13/src/copy.c
--- coreutils-8.13~/src/copy.c	2011-07-28 07:38:27.000000000 -0300
+++ coreutils-8.13/src/copy.c	2011-11-23 22:27:00.988808636 -0300
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@
            && !(LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS && S_ISLNK (src_mode)
                 && x->dereference == DEREF_NEVER))
     {
-      if (! create_hard_link (src_name, dst_name, false, false))
+      if (! create_hard_link (src_name, dst_name, (x->interactive == I_ASK_USER), false))
         goto un_backup;
     }
   else if (S_ISREG (src_mode)