diff --git a/utils/dumpdescriptor.in b/utils/dumpdescriptor.in
index b17f0c2debd815f9e71b046514f5bafb8d19ad0d..fc2cc86c629b65cca1f04b4d7f550c716ebd497e 100644
--- a/utils/dumpdescriptor.in
+++ b/utils/dumpdescriptor.in
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ sub DumpImage($)
 	# a filename instead.
 	#
 	my $path = $image->path();
-	if ($clientvers == 0) {
+	if ($clientvers == 0 && $image->IsDirPath()) {
 	    $path .= $image->imagename() . ".ndz" .
 		($image->version() ? ":" . $image->version() : "");
 	}