diff --git a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
index 5392922c87..f0d9730d9e 100755
--- a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
+++ b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@
 
 # BUT see https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/12848
 
-rsync_cmd="rsync --timeout 300 -aH --delete --delete-after --delete-excluded"
+# -a is the std. copy everything "archive" mode.
+# -H means try to copy hardlinks as hardlinks
+# --no-times --checksum means that if the file changes mtime we still keep
+#                                  the old file (and thus. the old hardlink).
+rsync_cmd="rsync -aH \
+                 --no-times --checksum \
+                 --timeout 300 \
+                 --delete --delete-after --delete-excluded"
+
 old=sundries01::docs/
 new=sundries01::docs-redirects/