diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 247f0b4d..bdb4fde6 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
         repmgr: improve/clarify documentation and update --help output for
           "primary unregister"; GitHub #373 (Ian)
         repmgr: fix parsing of "pg_basebackup_options"; GitHub #376 (Ian)
+        repmgr: ensure "pg_subtrans" directory is created when cloning a standby in
+          Barman mode (Ian)
 
 4.0.2   2018-01-18
         repmgr: add missing -W option to getopt_long() invocation; GitHub #350 (Ian)
diff --git a/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml b/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
index ce3d86c6..e7cc1d13 100644
--- a/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
+++ b/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
@@ -103,7 +103,14 @@
 
           <listitem>
             <para>
-              parsining of <varname>pg_basebackup_options</varname> fixed (GitHub #376)
+              parsing of <varname>pg_basebackup_options</varname> fixed (GitHub #376)
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              ensure the <filename>pg_subtrans</filename> directory is created when cloning a
+              standby in Barman mode
             </para>
           </listitem>
 
diff --git a/repmgr-action-standby.c b/repmgr-action-standby.c
index 95b6b9d8..65a38122 100644
--- a/repmgr-action-standby.c
+++ b/repmgr-action-standby.c
@@ -4481,8 +4481,8 @@ run_file_backup(t_node_info *node_record)
 				/* Only from 9.4 */
 				"pg_dynshmem", "pg_logical", "pg_logical/snapshots", "pg_logical/mappings", "pg_replslot",
 				/* Already in 9.3 */
-				"pg_notify", "pg_serial", "pg_snapshots", "pg_stat", "pg_stat_tmp", "pg_tblspc",
-				"pg_twophase", "pg_xlog", 0
+				"pg_notify", "pg_serial", "pg_snapshots", "pg_stat", "pg_stat_tmp",
+				"pg_subtrans", "pg_tblspc", "pg_twophase", "pg_xlog", 0
 			};
 			const int	vers[] = {
 				100000,