diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev/lxcrsync.c b/src/lxc/bdev/lxcrsync.c
index 17f0b6ece..8af39898d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev/lxcrsync.c
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev/lxcrsync.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int do_rsync(const char *src, const char *dest)
 	s[l-2] = '/';
 	s[l-1] = '\0';
 
-	execlp("rsync", "rsync", "-aHX", "--delete", s, dest, (char *)NULL);
+	execlp("rsync", "rsync", "-aHXS", "--delete", s, dest, (char *)NULL);
 	exit(1);
 }