--- rsync-2.5.5.orig/options.c
+++ rsync-2.5.5/options.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "rsync.h"
 #include "popt.h"
 
+extern int sanitize_paths;
+
 int make_backups = 0;
 
 /**
@@ -766,6 +768,15 @@
 
 	if (opt_ignore_existing && am_sender) 
 		args[ac++] = "--ignore-existing";
+
+	if (sanitize_paths) {
+		if (tmpdir)
+			sanitize_path(tmpdir, NULL);
+		if (compare_dest)
+			sanitize_path(compare_dest, NULL);
+		if (backup_dir)
+			sanitize_path(backup_dir, NULL);
+	}
 
 	if (tmpdir) {
 		args[ac++] = "--temp-dir";