diff --git a/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go b/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
index ed46dd89d..4ce9938ff 100644
--- a/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
+++ b/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ func (c *comm) scpUploadSession(path string, input io.Reader, fi *os.FileInfo) e
 		return scpUploadFile(target_file, input, w, stdoutR, fi)
 	}
 
-	return c.scpSession("scp -vt "+target_dir, scpFunc)
+	return c.scpSession("scp -vdt "+target_dir, scpFunc)
 }
 
 func (c *comm) scpUploadDirSession(dst string, src string, excl []string) error {
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ func (c *comm) scpUploadDirSession(dst string, src string, excl []string) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	return c.scpSession("scp -rvt "+dst, scpFunc)
+	return c.scpSession("scp -rdvt "+dst, scpFunc)
 }
 
 func (c *comm) scpDownloadSession(path string, output io.Writer) error {