diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index a241eebe20..42340d6488 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def sync_ostree(dst, ref):
     else:
         logger.info('Syncing OSTree to %s, ref %s: %s -> %s',
                     dst, ref, src_commit, dst_commit)
-        cmd = ['ostree', 'pull-local', '--verbose', '--repo',
+        cmd = ['ostree', 'pull-local', '--verbose', '--depth=-1', '--repo',
                dst, ATOMICSOURCE, ref]
         out = run_command(cmd)
         cmd = ['ostree', 'summary', '--verbose', '--repo', dst, '--update']