diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver.go b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
index 839320816..03b3b9986 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ func (arch *Archiver) trackItem(item string, previous, current *restic.Node, s I
 
 // nodeFromFileInfo returns the restic node from an os.FileInfo.
 func (arch *Archiver) nodeFromFileInfo(snPath, filename string, fi os.FileInfo, ignoreXattrListError bool) (*restic.Node, error) {
-	node, err := restic.NodeFromFileInfo(filename, fi, ignoreXattrListError)
+	mappedFilename := arch.FS.MapFilename(filename)
+	node, err := restic.NodeFromFileInfo(mappedFilename, fi, ignoreXattrListError)
 	if !arch.WithAtime {
 		node.AccessTime = node.ModTime
 	}
diff --git a/internal/fs/fs_local.go b/internal/fs/fs_local.go
index 48c40dc90..06dbae9a0 100644
--- a/internal/fs/fs_local.go
+++ b/internal/fs/fs_local.go
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ func (fs Local) VolumeName(path string) string {
 	return filepath.VolumeName(path)
 }
 
+// MapFilename is a temporary hack to prepare a filename for usage with
+// NodeFromFileInfo. This is only relevant for LocalVss.
+func (fs Local) MapFilename(filename string) string {
+	return filename
+}
+
 // Open opens a file for reading.
 func (fs Local) Open(name string) (File, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(fixpath(name))
diff --git a/internal/fs/fs_local_vss.go b/internal/fs/fs_local_vss.go
index 718dfc46d..db6c95155 100644
--- a/internal/fs/fs_local_vss.go
+++ b/internal/fs/fs_local_vss.go
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ func (fs *LocalVss) Lstat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
 	return os.Lstat(fs.snapshotPath(name))
 }
 
+// MapFilename is a temporary hack to prepare a filename for usage with
+// NodeFromFileInfo. This is only relevant for LocalVss.
+func (fs *LocalVss) MapFilename(filename string) string {
+	return fs.snapshotPath(filename)
+}
+
 // isMountPointIncluded  is true if given mountpoint included by user.
 func (fs *LocalVss) isMountPointIncluded(mountPoint string) bool {
 	if fs.excludeVolumes == nil {
diff --git a/internal/fs/fs_reader.go b/internal/fs/fs_reader.go
index 47af74245..a39b4dad2 100644
--- a/internal/fs/fs_reader.go
+++ b/internal/fs/fs_reader.go
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ func (fs *Reader) VolumeName(_ string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// MapFilename is a temporary hack to prepare a filename for usage with
+// NodeFromFileInfo. This is only relevant for LocalVss.
+func (fs *Reader) MapFilename(filename string) string {
+	return filename
+}
+
 // Open opens a file for reading.
 func (fs *Reader) Open(name string) (f File, err error) {
 	switch name {
diff --git a/internal/fs/interface.go b/internal/fs/interface.go
index b26c56944..0fd84715d 100644
--- a/internal/fs/interface.go
+++ b/internal/fs/interface.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type FS interface {
 	OpenFile(name string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) (File, error)
 	Stat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error)
 	Lstat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error)
+	MapFilename(filename string) string
 
 	Join(elem ...string) string
 	Separator() string