1diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
2index cd671f2..1ffb1ec 100644
3--- a/go.mod
4+++ b/go.mod
5@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ toolchain go1.24.0
6
7 // replace github.com/picosh/send => ../send
8
9-// replace github.com/picosh/go-rsync-receiver => ../go-rsync-receiver
10+replace github.com/picosh/go-rsync-receiver => ../go-rsync-receiver
11
12 // replace github.com/picosh/pobj => ../pobj
13
14diff --git a/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go b/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go
15index 8549190..d3224c0 100644
16--- a/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go
17+++ b/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go
18@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ func Middleware(writeHandler utils.CopyFromClientHandler) pssh.SSHServerMiddlewa
19 }()
20
21 cmdFlags := session.Command()
22+ flgs := cmdFlags[1:]
23+ for idx, f := range flgs {
24+ // openrsync sends "delete-before" when the client provided "delete"
25+ flgs[idx] = strings.ReplaceAll(f, "delete-before", "delete")
26+ }
27
28 optsCtx, err := rsyncopts.ParseArguments(cmdFlags[1:], true)
29 if err != nil {