diff --git a/lisp/desktop.el b/lisp/desktop.el
index 087cb77f39dcb4afb6f1bc28561d883d31bc0e52..49034884b53e5189bb7e85c2d24ceafde63c9d32 100644
--- a/lisp/desktop.el
+++ b/lisp/desktop.el
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ Furthermore the major mode function must be autoloaded.")
 
 (defcustom desktop-minor-mode-table
   '((auto-fill-function auto-fill-mode)
-    (vc-mode nil))
+    (vc-mode nil)
+    (vc-dired-mode nil))
   "Table mapping minor mode variables to minor mode functions.
 Each entry has the form (NAME RESTORE-FUNCTION).
 NAME is the name of the buffer-local variable indicating that the minor