diff --git a/scripts/eigen_gen_docs b/scripts/eigen_gen_docs
index 70bf18853..dcb1c74d9 100644
--- a/scripts/eigen_gen_docs
+++ b/scripts/eigen_gen_docs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ USER=${USER:-'orzel'}
 
 #step 2 : upload
 # (the '/' at the end of path are very important, see rsync documentation)
-rsync -az build/doc/html/ $USER@ssh.tuxfamily.org:eigen/eigen.tuxfamily.org-web/htdocs/dox-2.0/ || { echo "upload failed"; exit 1; }
+rsync -az --no-p build/doc/html/ $USER@ssh.tuxfamily.org:eigen/eigen.tuxfamily.org-web/htdocs/dox-2.0/ || { echo "upload failed"; exit 1; }
 
 echo "Uploaded successfully"