diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index cb2cef39..4bb3af3e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     "require": {
         "php" : ">=5.4.0",
         "illuminate/support": "5.*",
-        "illuminate/console": "5.*"
+        "illuminate/console": "5.*",
+        "symfony/finder": "~2.6"
 
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php b/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php
index e4da4968..929b8b06 100644
--- a/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php
+++ b/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use File;
 use Spatie\Backup\BackupHandlers\BackupHandlerInterface;
 use SplFileInfo;
+use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
 
 class FilesBackupHandler implements BackupHandlerInterface
 {
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public function getAllPathFromFileArray($fileArray)
             }
 
             if (File::isDirectory($file)) {
-                $files = array_merge($files, File::allFiles($file));
+                $files = array_merge($files, $this->getAllFilesFromDirectory($file));
             }
         }
 
@@ -73,4 +74,15 @@ public function getAllPathFromFileArray($fileArray)
             return $file->getPathName();
         }, $files));
     }
+
+    protected function getAllFilesFromDirectory($directory)
+    {
+        $finder = (new Finder())
+            ->ignoreDotFiles(false)
+            ->ignoreVCS(false)
+            ->files()
+            ->in($directory);
+
+        return iterator_to_array($finder);
+    }
 }