diff --git a/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh b/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh
index 19c98214..1ba7b0a9 100755
--- a/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh
+++ b/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 UPDATEVM=`qvm-get-updatevm`
 
 if [ -n "$UPDATEVM" ]; then
-    qvm-run -u root --pass_io --localcmd='tar c /var/lib/rpm /etc/yum.repos.d' "$UPDATEVM" 'tar x -C /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates'
+    /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client -d "$UPDATEVM" -l 'tar c /var/lib/rpm /etc/yum.repos.d' 'root:tar x -C /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates'
 fi
 
 # Ignore errors (eg VM not running)