diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev.c b/src/lxc/bdev.c
index 61bbe6d96..95d10a49f 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev.c
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int do_rsync(const char *src, const char *dest)
 	s[l-2] = '/';
 	s[l-1] = '\0';
 
-	execlp("rsync", "rsync", "-a", s, dest, (char *)NULL);
+	execlp("rsync", "rsync", "-aH", s, dest, (char *)NULL);
 	exit(1);
 }