diff --git a/packages/shipit-deploy/README.md b/packages/shipit-deploy/README.md
index 544364c..d455aa5 100644
--- a/packages/shipit-deploy/README.md
+++ b/packages/shipit-deploy/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ module.exports = shipit => {
       deleteOnRollback: false,
       key: '/path/to/key',
       shallowClone: true,
+      deploy: {
+        remoteCopy: {
+          copyAsDir: false, // Should we copy as the dir (true) or the content of the dir (false)
+        },
+      },
     },
     staging: {
       servers: 'user@myserver.com',
@@ -176,6 +181,12 @@ Type: `String`
 
 Parameter to pass to `cp` to copy the previous release. Non NTFS filesystems support `-r`. Default: `-a`
 
+### deploy.remoteCopy.copyAsDir
+
+Type: `Boolean` _Optional_
+
+If `true` - We will copy the folder instead of the content of the folder. Default: `false`.
+
 ## Variables
 
 Several variables are attached during the deploy and the rollback process:
diff --git a/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.js b/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.js
index 573da86..9caeab0 100644
--- a/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.js
+++ b/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.js
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ const updateTask = shipit => {
 
       shipit.log('Copy project to remote servers.')
 
-      await shipit.remoteCopy(`${uploadDirPath}/`, shipit.releasePath, options)
+      let srcDirectory = `${uploadDirPath}/`;
+      if(options.copyAsDir){
+        srcDirectory = srcDirectory.slice(0, -1);
+      }
+      await shipit.remoteCopy(srcDirectory, shipit.releasePath, options)
       shipit.log(chalk.green('Finished copy.'))
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.test.js b/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.test.js
index e10ceef..f633291 100644
--- a/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.test.js
+++ b/packages/shipit-deploy/src/tasks/deploy/update.test.js
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ describe('deploy:update task', () => {
         )
       })
     })
+
+    it('should accept rsync options', async () => {
+      const sh = createShipitInstance({
+        deploy: { remoteCopy: { rsync: '--foo', copyAsDir: true } },
+      })
+      stubShipit(sh)
+
+      await start(sh, 'deploy:update')
+
+      expect(sh.remoteCopy).toBeCalledWith(
+        '/tmp/workspace',
+        '/remote/deploy/releases/YYYYMMDDHHmmss',
+        { rsync: '--foo', copyAsDir: true },
+      )
+    })
   })
 
   describe('#setPreviousRevision', () => {