diff --git a/sync/lib/rsync.go b/sync/lib/rsync.go
index 030e595..c088cb3 100644
--- a/sync/lib/rsync.go
+++ b/sync/lib/rsync.go
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ func ExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(url string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("%q is not an rsync URL", url)
 	}
 
-	filePath := strings.TrimPrefix(url, RsyncProtoPrefix)
-	parts := strings.Split(filePath, "/")
-	return strings.Join(parts[0:len(parts)-1], "/"), nil
+	fp := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(url, RsyncProtoPrefix), "/")
+	if wantedFileExtensionRE.Match([]byte(fp[len(fp)-1])) {
+		fp = fp[:len(fp)-1]
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(fp, "/"), nil
 }
 
 func ExtractFilePathFromRsyncURL(url string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/sync/lib/rsync_test.go b/sync/lib/rsync_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3fd08a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync/lib/rsync_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package syncpki
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		url      string
+		wantFail bool
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "Valid URL",
+			url:      "rsync://r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
+			wantFail: false,
+			expected: "r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Invalid URL",
+			url:      "xxxx://r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
+			wantFail: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Valid URL with file",
+			url:      "rsync://r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo/foo.roa",
+			wantFail: false,
+			expected: "r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		res, err := ExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(test.url)
+		if test.wantFail && err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected success for %q", test.name)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !test.wantFail && err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error for %q: %v", test.name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		assert.Equal(t, test.expected, res, test.name)
+	}
+}