diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/myscp b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/myscp
index fd4e31b997f..ff9680b2731 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/myscp
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/myscp
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 set passwd [lindex $argv 0]
 set timeout 6000
 
-set id [eval spawn scp -q [lrange $argv 1 end]]
+set id [eval spawn scp -qp [lrange $argv 1 end]]
 expect "Password:" { send "$passwd\r" }
 expect