diff --git a/scripts/upload.sh b/scripts/upload.sh
index 5b6b7cb5..93e134d9 100644
--- a/scripts/upload.sh
+++ b/scripts/upload.sh
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ case $method in
 rsync_ssh)
 	tmp_dir=/tmp/$login/rsync-ssh
 	ssh_mkdir $target_file $file_owner $file_group $dir_mode || fatal "failed to create directory for $target_file"
-	/usr/bin/rsync -az --links -e "$SSH -l $login $IDENTITY" $source $login@$host:$target_file
+	/usr/bin/rsync -az --links $RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS -e "$SSH -l $login $IDENTITY" $source $login@$host:$target_file
 	ssh_chown $target_path $file_owner $file_group
 	ssh_chmod $target_path $file_mode  $dir_mode
 	;;