diff --git a/internal/endpoint/endpoint.go b/internal/endpoint/endpoint.go
index 70c2c06..ba2e4dc 100644
--- a/internal/endpoint/endpoint.go
+++ b/internal/endpoint/endpoint.go
@@ -636,6 +636,24 @@ func (f subroot) UserSpecifiedDatasets() zfs.UserSpecifiedDatasetsSet {
 }
 
 
+// senderPrefixDatasetPath returns the configured literal sender-side prefix
+// (e.g. "hdd_9XG1J9J1") to strip from incoming filesystem paths, or nil if
+// ZREPL_STRIP_SENDER_PREFIX is unset/empty. Using a literal string (rather
+// than a component count) lets us losslessly reconstruct the sender's
+// original path later in ListFilesystems, which is required for the
+// sender/receiver filesystem-matching in the replication planner to work.
+func senderPrefixDatasetPath() *zfs.DatasetPath {
+	s := envconst.String("ZREPL_STRIP_SENDER_PREFIX", "")
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	dp, err := zfs.NewDatasetPath(s)
+	if err != nil || dp.Length() == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return dp
+}
+
 func (f subroot) MapToLocal(fs string) (*zfs.DatasetPath, error) {
 	p, err := zfs.NewDatasetPath(fs)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -644,9 +662,10 @@ func (f subroot) MapToLocal(fs string) (*zfs.DatasetPath, error) {
 	if p.Length() == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("cannot map empty filesystem")
 	}
-	// drop N leading components of the sender's path (e.g. pool name)
-	if n := envconst.Int("ZREPL_STRIP_SENDER_PREFIX_COMPS", 0); n > 0 {
-		p.TrimNPrefixComps(n)
+	// PATCH: strip a configured literal prefix (e.g. the source zpool name)
+	// from the *sender's* path before appending it under root_fs.
+	if prefix := senderPrefixDatasetPath(); prefix != nil && p.HasPrefix(prefix) {
+		p.TrimPrefix(prefix)
 	}
 	c := f.localRoot.Copy()
 	c.Extend(p)
@@ -654,8 +673,6 @@ func (f subroot) MapToLocal(fs string) (*zfs.DatasetPath, error) {
 }
 
 
-
-
 func (s *Receiver) ListFilesystems(ctx context.Context, req *pdu.ListFilesystemReq) (*pdu.ListFilesystemRes, error) {
 	defer trace.WithSpanFromStackUpdateCtx(&ctx)()
 
@@ -696,12 +713,28 @@ func (s *Receiver) ListFilesystems(ctx context.Context, req *pdu.ListFilesystemR
 
 		a.TrimPrefix(root)
 
+		// PATCH: re-prepend the literal sender prefix that MapToLocal strips,
+		// so that the Path we report here matches what the sender reports
+		// for the same filesystem (see replication_logic.go's Path-based
+		// sender/receiver matching). Without this, the planner can never
+		// find a matching receiverFS and will treat every cycle as if the
+		// filesystem doesn't exist yet on the receiver.
+		reportPath := a.ToString()
+		if prefix := senderPrefixDatasetPath(); prefix != nil {
+			if reportPath == "" {
+				reportPath = prefix.ToString()
+			} else {
+				reportPath = prefix.ToString() + "/" + reportPath
+			}
+		}
+
 		fs := &pdu.Filesystem{
-			Path:          a.ToString(),
+			Path:          reportPath,
 			IsPlaceholder: ph.IsPlaceholder,
 			ResumeToken:   token,
 		}
 		fss = append(fss, fs)
+        
 	}
 	if len(fss) == 0 {
 		getLogger(ctx).Debug("no filesystems found")