diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
index 945aabd0..765c7f76 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.119 2002/02/09 17:37:34 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.120 2002/03/04 19:57:01 millert Exp $
 
 /set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 # .
-.
+. preserve
 
 # ./altroot
 altroot