diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 06a5aa7dc1..da7fdc169b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ ifdef SAMPLES
 FATE += $(FATE_FULL) $(FATE_FULL-yes)
 FATE += $(FATE_EXTERN)
 fate-rsync:
-	rsync -vaLW --timeout=60 --contimeout=60 rsync://fate-suite.ffmpeg.org/fate-suite/ $(SAMPLES)
+	rsync -vrltLW --timeout=60 --contimeout=60 rsync://fate-suite.ffmpeg.org/fate-suite/ $(SAMPLES)
 else
 fate::
 	@echo "warning: only a subset of the fate tests will be run because SAMPLES is not specified"