diff --git a/management/backup.py b/management/backup.py
index 1612fcbc..c0751e9e 100755
--- a/management/backup.py
+++ b/management/backup.py
@@ -351,6 +351,33 @@ def list_target_files(config):
 	if p.scheme == "file":
 		return [(fn, os.path.getsize(os.path.join(p.path, fn))) for fn in os.listdir(p.path)]
 
+	elif p.scheme == "rsync":
+		env = load_environment()
+		rsync_fn_size_re = re.compile(r'.*    ([^ ]*) [^ ]* [^ ]* (.*)')
+		rsync_target = '{host}:{path}'
+
+		_, target_host, target_path = config['target'].split('//')
+		target_path = '/' + target_path
+
+		rsync_command = [ 'rsync',
+					'-e',
+					'/usr/bin/ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -oBatchMode=yes',
+					'--list-only',
+					'-r',
+					rsync_target.format(
+						host=target_host,
+						path=target_path)
+				]
+
+		code, listing = shell('check_output', rsync_command, get_env(env), trap=True)
+		if code == 0:
+			for l in listing.split('\n'):
+				match = rsync_fn_size_re.match(l)
+				if match:
+					yield (match.groups()[1], int(match.groups()[0].replace(',','')))
+		else:
+			raise ValueError("Connection to rsync host failed")
+
 	elif p.scheme == "s3":
 		# match to a Region
 		fix_boto() # must call prior to importing boto
diff --git a/management/templates/system-backup.html b/management/templates/system-backup.html
index 1e538ecd..3be0e54b 100644
--- a/management/templates/system-backup.html
+++ b/management/templates/system-backup.html
@@ -16,16 +16,52 @@
       <select class="form-control" rows="1" id="backup-target-type" onchange="toggle_form()">
         <option value="off">Nowhere (Disable Backups)</option>
         <option value="local">{{hostname}}</option>
+        <option value="rsync">rsync</option>
         <option value="s3">Amazon S3</option>
       </select>
     </div>
   </div>
+  <!-- LOCAL BACKUP -->
   <div class="form-group backup-target-local">
     <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
       <p>Backups are stored on this machine&rsquo;s own hard disk. You are responsible for periodically using SFTP (FTP over SSH) to copy the backup files from <tt id="backup-location"></tt> to a safe location. These files are encrypted, so they are safe to store anywhere.</p>
       <p>Separately copy the encryption password from <tt class="backup-encpassword-file"></tt> to a safe and secure location. You will need this file to decrypt backup files.</p>
     </div>
   </div>
+  <!-- RSYNC BACKUP -->
+  <div class="form-group backup-target-rsync">
+    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
+
+      <p>Backups synced to a remote machine using rsync over SSH, with local
+      copies in <tt id="backup-location"></tt>. These files are encrypted, so
+      they are safe to store anywhere.</p> <p>Separately copy the encryption
+      password from <tt class="backup-encpassword-file"></tt> to a safe and
+      secure location. You will need this file to decrypt backup files.</p>
+      <p>Separately copy the SSH public key from <tt>/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub</tt>
+      and add it to your backup account on your remote server, in the
+      <tt>~/.ssh/authorized_keys</tt> file.</p>
+
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="form-group backup-target-rsync">
+    <label for="backup-target-rsync-host" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Hostname</label>
+    <div class="col-sm-8">
+      <input type="text" placeholder="hostname.local" class="form-control" rows="1" id="backup-target-rsync-host">
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="form-group backup-target-rsync">
+    <label for="backup-target-rsync-path" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Path</label>
+    <div class="col-sm-8">
+        <input type="text" placeholder="/backups/{{hostname}}" class="form-control" rows="1" id="backup-target-rsync-path">
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="form-group backup-target-rsync">
+    <label for="backup-target-user" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Username</label>
+    <div class="col-sm-8">
+      <input type="text" class="form-control" rows="1" id="backup-target-user">
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <!-- S3 BACKUP -->
   <div class="form-group backup-target-s3">
     <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
       <p>Backups are stored in an Amazon Web Services S3 bucket. You must have an AWS account already.</p>
@@ -92,7 +128,7 @@
 
 function toggle_form() {
   var target_type = $("#backup-target-type").val();
-  $(".backup-target-local, .backup-target-s3").hide();
+  $(".backup-target-local, .backup-target-rsync, .backup-target-s3").hide();
   $(".backup-target-" + target_type).show();
 }
 
@@ -160,28 +196,36 @@ function show_system_backup() {
 }
 
 function show_custom_backup() {
-    $(".backup-target-local, .backup-target-s3").hide();
+    $(".backup-target-local, .backup-target-rsync, .backup-target-s3").hide();
     api(
       "/system/backup/config",
       "GET",
       { },
       function(r) {
-        if (r.target == "file://" + r.file_target_directory) {
-          $("#backup-target-type").val("local");
-        } else if (r.target == "off") {
-          $("#backup-target-type").val("off");
-        } else if (r.target.substring(0, 5) == "s3://") {
-          $("#backup-target-type").val("s3");
-	  var hostpath = r.target.substring(5).split('/');
-          var host = hostpath.shift();
-          $("#backup-target-s3-host").val(host);
-          $("#backup-target-s3-path").val(hostpath.join('/'));
-        }
         $("#backup-target-user").val(r.target_user);
         $("#backup-target-pass").val(r.target_pass);
         $("#min-age").val(r.min_age_in_days);
         $('#backup-location').text(r.file_target_directory);
         $('.backup-encpassword-file').text(r.enc_pw_file);
+
+        if (r.target == "file://" + r.file_target_directory) {
+          $("#backup-target-type").val("local");
+        } else if (r.target == "off") {
+          $("#backup-target-type").val("off");
+        } else if (r.target.substring(0, 5) == "rsync://") {
+          $("#backup-target-type").val("rsync");
+          var path = r.target.substring(8).split('//');
+          var [ user, host ] = path.shift().split('@');
+          $("#backup-target-rsync").val(user);
+          $("#backup-target-rsync-host").val(host);
+          $("#backup-target-rsync-path").val('/'+path);
+        } else if (r.target.substring(0, 5) == "s3://") {
+          $("#backup-target-type").val("s3");
+          var hostpath = r.target.substring(5).split('/');
+          var host = hostpath.shift();
+          $("#backup-target-s3-host").val(host);
+          $("#backup-target-s3-path").val(hostpath.join('/'));
+        }
         toggle_form()
       })
 }
@@ -196,6 +240,12 @@ function set_custom_backup() {
     target = target_type;
   else if (target_type == "s3")
     target = "s3://" + $("#backup-target-s3-host").val() + "/" + $("#backup-target-s3-path").val();
+  else if (target_type == "rsync") {
+    target = "rsync://" + $("#backup-target-user").val() + "@" + $("#backup-target-rsync-host").val()
+                                                                + "/" + $("#backup-target-rsync-path").val();
+    target_user = '';
+  }
+
 
   var min_age = $("#min-age").val();
   api(