diff --git a/testsuite/rsync.fns b/testsuite/rsync.fns
index 85e1fbe7..b3df5242 100644
--- a/testsuite/rsync.fns
+++ b/testsuite/rsync.fns
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ hands_setup() {
     # This might fail on systems that don't have -n
     echo $ECHO_N "This file has no trailing lf$ECHO_C" > ${FROM}/nolf
     ln -s nolf ${FROM}/nolf-symlink
-    cat /etc/inittab /etc/services /etc/resolv.conf > ${FROM}/${F1}
+    cat $srcdir/*.c | head -2000 > ${FROM}/${F1}
     mkdir ${FROM}/dir
     cp ${FROM}/${F1} ${FROM}/dir
     mkdir ${FROM}/dir/subdir