diff --git a/git-set-dir-times b/git-set-dir-times
index f0a1004..3f4f0a9 100755
--- a/git-set-dir-times
+++ b/git-set-dir-times
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ unset IFS
 for dir in "${allDirs[@]}"; do
 	ref="$(ls -At "$dir" | grep -v '^.git$' | head -1)"
 	if [ "$ref" ]; then
-		touch --reference "$dir/$ref" "$dir"
+		touch --no-dereference --reference "$dir/$ref" "$dir"
 	fi
 done