diff --git a/sync.sh b/sync.sh
index 3af290d48d1d712b078930f98915bc3483367e45..655e33c548c37bf4cb6fbbb2be879c53c377e092 100644
--- a/sync.sh
+++ b/sync.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ if [ -n "$OPENWRT_GIT_URL" ]; then
         git pull -q || die "Couldn't pull repo"
 
         LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 rsync -qax --delete-after --exclude '*-opkg' -e "ssh -p ${OPENWRT_SSH_PORT:-22}" "${OPENWRT_SSH_HOST:-root@192.168.0.1}:/overlay/upper/" overlay/ || die "Couldn't rsync config"
-        git add -A > /dev/null || die "Couldn't add files"
+        find overlay/ -type d -empty -exec touch {}/.gitkeep \;
 
+        git add -A > /dev/null || die "Couldn't add files"
         if [ -n "$(git status -su)" ]; then
             warning "Updating at $(date -u)"
             git commit -q -m OpenWRT || die "Couldn't commit changes"