diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt
index 1af535e0fb8..6706d3b1e9f 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathRecursiveFunctions.kt
@@ -161,11 +161,13 @@ public fun Path.copyToRecursively(
             // TODO: KT-38678
             // source and target files are the same entry, continue recursive copy operation
         } else {
-            val realPath = this.toRealPath()
-            val isSubdirectory = if (targetExistsAndNotSymlink) {
-                target.toRealPath().startsWith(realPath)
-            } else {
-                target.parent?.let { it.exists() && it.toRealPath().startsWith(realPath) } ?: false
+            val isSubdirectory = when {
+                this.fileSystem != target.fileSystem ->
+                    false
+                targetExistsAndNotSymlink ->
+                    target.toRealPath().startsWith(this.toRealPath())
+                else ->
+                    target.parent?.let { it.exists() && it.toRealPath().startsWith(this.toRealPath()) } ?: false
             }
             if (isSubdirectory)
                 throw FileSystemException(
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ public fun Path.copyToRecursively(
 
     fun destination(source: Path): Path {
         val relativePath = source.relativeTo(this@copyToRecursively)
-        return target.resolve(relativePath)
+        return target.resolve(relativePath.pathString)
     }
 
     fun error(source: Path, exception: Exception): FileVisitResult {
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathRecursiveFunctionsTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathRecursiveFunctionsTest.kt
index 31334f88358..25c9eba1471 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathRecursiveFunctionsTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathRecursiveFunctionsTest.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 package kotlin.jdk7.test
 
+import java.net.URI
 import java.nio.file.*
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry
+import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream
 import kotlin.io.path.*
 import kotlin.jdk7.test.PathTreeWalkTest.Companion.createTestFiles
 import kotlin.jdk7.test.PathTreeWalkTest.Companion.referenceFilenames
@@ -970,4 +973,50 @@ class PathRecursiveFunctionsTest : AbstractPathTest() {
 
         src.copyToRecursively(dst, followLinks = false, overwrite = true)
     }
+
+    private fun createZipFile(parent: Path, name: String): Path {
+        val zipRoot = parent.resolve(name)
+        ZipOutputStream(zipRoot.outputStream()).use { out ->
+            out.putNextEntry(ZipEntry("directory/file.txt"))
+            out.write("hello".toByteArray())
+            out.closeEntry()
+        }
+        return zipRoot
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun zipToDefaultPath() {
+        val root = createTempDirectory().cleanupRecursively()
+        val zipRoot = createZipFile(root, "src.zip")
+        val dst = root.resolve("dst")
+
+        val classLoader: ClassLoader? = null
+        FileSystems.newFileSystem(zipRoot, classLoader).use { zipFs ->
+            val src = zipFs.getPath("/directory")
+
+            src.copyToRecursively(dst, followLinks = false)
+
+            val expected = listOf("", "file.txt")
+            testVisitedFiles(expected, dst.walkIncludeDirectories(), dst)
+            assertEquals("hello", dst.resolve("file.txt").readText())
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun defaultPathToZip() {
+        val root = createTestFiles().cleanupRecursively()
+        val zipRoot = createZipFile(root, "dst.zip")
+        val src = root.resolve("1").also { it.resolve("3/4.txt").writeText("hello") }
+
+        val classLoader: ClassLoader? = null
+        FileSystems.newFileSystem(zipRoot, classLoader).use { zipFs ->
+            val dst = zipFs.getPath("/directory")
+
+            src.copyToRecursively(dst, followLinks = false)
+
+            val expected = listOf("", "2", "3", "3/4.txt", "3/5.txt", "file.txt")
+            testVisitedFiles(expected, dst.walkIncludeDirectories(), dst)
+            assertEquals("hello", zipFs.getPath("/directory/3/4.txt").readText())
+        }
+    }
 }