diff --git a/phase1/master.cfg b/phase1/master.cfg
index 765852b..e3dee37 100644
--- a/phase1/master.cfg
+++ b/phase1/master.cfg
@@ -1664,6 +1664,7 @@ def prepareFactory(target):
             command=[
                 "../rsync.sh",
                 "--exclude=/kmods/",
+                "--exclude=/kmods/**",
                 "--files-from=rsynclist",
                 "--delay-updates",
                 "--partial-dir=.~tmp~%s~%s" % (target, subtarget),