rsync using part of a relative path

Suppose I have a directory on a local machine, behind a firewall: local:/home/meee/workdir/ And a directory on a remote machine, on the other side of the firewall: remote:/a1/a2/.../aN/one/two/ remote:/a1/a2/.../aN/one/dont-copy-me{1,2,3,...}/ ...such that N >= 0. My local machine has a script that uses rsync. I want this script to copy only one/two/ from the remote machine for a variable-but-known 'N' such that I end up with: local:/home/meee/workdir/one/two/ If I use rsync remote:/a1/a2/.../aN/one/two/ ~/workdir/, I end up with: local:/home/meee/workdir/two/ If I use rsync --relative remote:/a1/a2/.../aN/one/two/ ~/workdir/, I end up with: local:/home/meee/workdir/a1/a2/.../aN/one/two/ Neither one of these is what I want. 1. Are there rsync flags which can achieve the desired result? 2. If not, can anyone think of a straightforward solution?