diff --git a/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go
index 9af25ae29..07098bf6b 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ func EnsureVisited(mc *MetaCache, client filer_pb.FilerClient, dirPath util.Full
 }
 
 func IsHiddenSystemEntry(dir, name string) bool {
-	return dir == "/" && name == "topics"
+	return dir == "/" && (name == "topics" || name == "etc")
 }