diff --git a/z3c/recipe/filetemplate/__init__.py b/z3c/recipe/filetemplate/__init__.py
index a1ca7c3..a6cba0a 100644
--- a/z3c/recipe/filetemplate/__init__.py
+++ b/z3c/recipe/filetemplate/__init__.py
@@ -110,15 +110,16 @@ def __init__(self, buildout, name, options):
         self.actions = [] # each entry is tuple of
                           # (relative path, source last-modified-time, mode)
         if self.recursive:
-            for root, dirname, names in os.walk(self.source_dir):
-                relative_prefix = dirname[len(self.source_dir)+1:]
+            # def visit(ignored, dirname, names):
+            for directory, dirnames, names in os.walk(self.source_dir):
+                relative_prefix = directory[len(self.source_dir)+1:]
                 if relative_prefix in self.exclude_dirs:
                     # exclude current directory and its subdirectories
                     del names[:]
                     return
                 file_info = {}
                 for name in names:
-                    val = os.path.join(root, name)
+                    val = os.path.join(relative_prefix, name)
                     source = os.path.join(self.source_dir, val)
                     statinfo = os.stat(source)
                     last_modified = statinfo.st_mtime
@@ -551,4 +552,4 @@ def _relative_depth(common, path):
             break
         n += 1
         path = dirname
-    return n
\ No newline at end of file
+    return n