diff --git a/testsuite/chown.test b/testsuite/chown.test
index 609ba921..28988903 100644
--- a/testsuite/chown.test
+++ b/testsuite/chown.test
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ case $0 in
     esac
     ;;
 *)
+    RSYNC="$RSYNC --super"
     case `id -u` in
     '') ;; # If "id" failed, try to continue...
     0)  ;;