diff --git a/lib/cli/daemonutility.cpp b/lib/cli/daemonutility.cpp
index 4a1f84dad..ffc680248 100644
--- a/lib/cli/daemonutility.cpp
+++ b/lib/cli/daemonutility.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ void IncludeZoneDirRecursive(const String& path, bool& success)
 {
 	String zoneName = Utility::BaseName(path);
 
+	/* register this zone path for cluster config sync */
+	ConfigCompiler::RegisterZoneDir("_etc", path, zoneName);
+
 	std::vector<Expression *> expressions;
 	Utility::GlobRecursive(path, "*.conf", boost::bind(&ConfigCompiler::CollectIncludes, boost::ref(expressions), _1, zoneName), GlobFile);
 	DictExpression expr(expressions);
diff --git a/lib/config/configcompiler.cpp b/lib/config/configcompiler.cpp
index 80c8850d9..e9b26fd6b 100644
--- a/lib/config/configcompiler.cpp
+++ b/lib/config/configcompiler.cpp
@@ -177,10 +177,7 @@ void ConfigCompiler::HandleIncludeZone(const String& tag, const String& path, co
 	else
 		ppath = Utility::DirName(GetPath()) + "/" + path;
 
-	ZoneFragment zf;
-	zf.Tag = tag;
-	zf.Path = ppath;
-	m_ZoneDirs[zoneName].push_back(zf);
+	RegisterZoneDir(tag, ppath, zoneName);
 
 	Utility::GlobRecursive(ppath, pattern, boost::bind(&ConfigCompiler::CollectIncludes, boost::ref(expressions), _1, zoneName), GlobFile);
 }
@@ -321,5 +318,14 @@ std::vector<ZoneFragment> ConfigCompiler::GetZoneDirs(const String& zone)
 	if (it == m_ZoneDirs.end())
 		return std::vector<ZoneFragment>();
 	else
-		return it->second; 
+		return it->second;
 }
+
+void ConfigCompiler::RegisterZoneDir(const String& tag, const String& ppath, const String& zoneName)
+{
+	ZoneFragment zf;
+	zf.Tag = tag;
+	zf.Path = ppath;
+	m_ZoneDirs[zoneName].push_back(zf);
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/config/configcompiler.hpp b/lib/config/configcompiler.hpp
index e4626758b..dad82602e 100644
--- a/lib/config/configcompiler.hpp
+++ b/lib/config/configcompiler.hpp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public:
 	void *GetScanner(void) const;
 
 	static std::vector<ZoneFragment> GetZoneDirs(const String& zone);
+	static void RegisterZoneDir(const String& tag, const String& ppath, const String& zoneName);
 
 private:
 	boost::promise<boost::shared_ptr<Expression> > m_Promise;