diff -r 82be592d764d Lib/shutil.py
--- a/Lib/shutil.py	Tue Jan 29 18:17:05 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py	Tue Jan 29 19:13:17 2013 +0100
@@ -140,7 +140,13 @@
 
         """
 
-        for name in os.listxattr(src, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks):
+        try:
+            names = os.listxattr(src, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno not in (errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA):
+                raise
+            return
+        for name in names:
             try:
                 value = os.getxattr(src, name, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
                 os.setxattr(dst, name, value, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)