diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 2541fcf55150ed03b5c57bf9be670388abe06cf8..70481ab13bf66203f2e289420a6e497a6aad0f0e 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ The string is used in `tramp-methods'.")
     (tramp-remote-shell-login   ("-l"))
     (tramp-remote-shell-args    ("-c"))
     (tramp-copy-program         "rsync")
-    (tramp-copy-args            (("-t" "%k") ("-p") ("-r") ("-s")))
+    (tramp-copy-args            (("-t" "%k") ("-p") ("-r") ("-s") ("-c")))
     (tramp-copy-env             (("RSYNC_RSH") ("ssh" "%c")))
     (tramp-copy-keep-date       t)
     (tramp-copy-keep-tmpfile    t)