diff --git a/src/etc/rc.backup_dhcpleases b/src/etc/rc.backup_dhcpleases
index ac06c5f25..c589d3ac0 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.backup_dhcpleases
+++ b/src/etc/rc.backup_dhcpleases
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ if [ "${1}" = "restore" ]; then
 	fi
 else
 	if [ -d "${BACKUPDIR}" ]; then
-		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" "${BACKUPDIR}"
+		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" ."${BACKUPDIR}"
 	fi
 fi
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow b/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow
index 18fb29ce1..bd4da666f 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow
+++ b/src/etc/rc.backup_netflow
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ "${1}" = "restore" ]; then
 else
 	if [ -d "${BACKUPDIR}" ]; then
 		/usr/local/etc/rc.d/flowd_aggregate stop
-		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" "${BACKUPDIR}"
+		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" ."${BACKUPDIR}"
 		if [ "${1}" != "stop" ]; then
 			/usr/local/etc/rc.d/flowd_aggregate start
 		fi
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.backup_rrd b/src/etc/rc.backup_rrd
index f4a893422..38fa30802 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.backup_rrd
+++ b/src/etc/rc.backup_rrd
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ if [ "${1}" = "restore" ]; then
 	fi
 else
 	if [ -d "${BACKUPDIR}" ]; then
-		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" "${BACKUPDIR}"
+		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" ."${BACKUPDIR}"
 	fi
 fi