diff --git a/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c b/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c
index 1ff1223..ce0c47d 100644
--- a/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c
+++ b/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ start_backup(
 	program->backup_name  = XFSDUMP;
 	program->restore_name = XFSRESTORE;
 
-	indexcmd = g_strjoin(NULL, XFSRESTORE, " -t", " -v", " silent", " -",
+	indexcmd = g_strjoin(NULL, XFSRESTORE, " -a /var/lib/amanda -t", " -v", " silent", " -",
 	    " 2>/dev/null", " | sed", " -e", " \'s/^/\\//\'", NULL);
 
 	info_tapeheader(dle);