diff --git a/evomaintenance.sh b/evomaintenance.sh
index 3ddbdf7..7d393b4 100755
--- a/evomaintenance.sh
+++ b/evomaintenance.sh
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ GIT_REPOSITORIES="/etc /etc/bind /usr/share/scripts"
 
 # Add /etc directories from lxc containers if they are git directories
 if [ -d /var/lib/lxc ]; then
-    GIT_REPOSITORIES="${GIT_REPOSITORIES} $(find /var/lib/lxc/ -maxdepth 3 -name 'etc' | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/[[:space:]]\+$//')"
+    GIT_REPOSITORIES="${GIT_REPOSITORIES} $(find -L /var/lib/lxc/ -maxdepth 3 -name 'etc' | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/[[:space:]]\+$//')"
 fi
 
 # initialize variable