diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index f698f6a9b..51f1015a7 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@
               </p>
             </div>
 
-            <!-- SSHFS -->
-            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.mountPoint || !configureBackup.mountPoint }" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs'">
+            <!-- SSHFS/CIFS -->
+            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.mountPoint || !configureBackup.mountPoint }" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs' || configureBackup.provider === 'cifs'">
               <label class="control-label" for="inputConfigureMountPoint">Mount point</label>
-              <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="configureBackup.mountPoint" id="inputConfigureMountPoint" name="mountPoint" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" placeholder="Folder where SSHFS is mounted" ng-required="configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs'">
+              <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="configureBackup.mountPoint" id="inputConfigureMountPoint" name="mountPoint" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" placeholder="Folder where filesystem is mounted" ng-required="configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs' || configureBackup.provider === 'cifs'">
             </div>
 
             <!-- Filesystem -->
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
               </label>
             </div>
 
-            <!-- Filesystem/SSHFS -->
-            <div class="checkbox" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'filesystem' || configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs'">
+            <!-- Filesystem/SSHFS/CIFS -->
+            <div class="checkbox" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'filesystem' || configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs' || configureBackup.provider === 'cifs'">
               <label>
                 <input type="checkbox" ng-model="configureBackup.useHardlinks" id="inputConfigureUseHardlinks">Use hardlinks</input>
               </label>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
               <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="configureBackup.bucket" id="inputConfigureBackupBucket" name="bucket" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" ng-required="s3like(configureBackup.provider)">
             </div>
 
-            <!-- S3/Minio/SOS/GCS/SSHFS -->
+            <!-- S3/Minio/SOS/GCS/SSHFS/CIFS -->
             <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.prefix }" ng-show="configureBackup.provider !== 'filesystem' && configureBackup.provider !== 'noop'">
               <label class="control-label" for="inputConfigureBackupPrefix">Prefix</label>
               <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="configureBackup.prefix" id="inputConfigureBackupPrefix" name="prefix" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" placeholder="Prefix for backup file names">
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
         <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem'">{{ backupConfig.backupFolder }}</span>
-        <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 'sshfs'">{{ backupConfig.mountPoint + (backupConfig.prefix ? '/' : '') + backupConfig.prefix }}</span>
+        <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 'sshfs' || backupConfig.provider === 'cifs'">{{ backupConfig.mountPoint + (backupConfig.prefix ? '/' : '') + backupConfig.prefix }}</span>
         <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider !== 's3' && backupConfig.provider !== 'minio' && (s3like(backupConfig.provider) || backupConfig.provider === 'gcs')">{{ backupConfig.bucket + (backupConfig.prefix ? '/' : '') + backupConfig.prefix }}</span>
         <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 's3'">{{ backupConfig.region + '   ' + backupConfig.bucket + (backupConfig.prefix ? '/' : '') + backupConfig.prefix }}</span>
         <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 'minio'">{{ backupConfig.endpoint + '   ' + backupConfig.bucket + (backupConfig.prefix ? '/' : '') + backupConfig.prefix }}</span>
diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index 248234d77..c3d695726 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
 
     $scope.storageProvider = [
         { name: 'Amazon S3', value: 's3' },
+        { name: 'CIFS/Samba Mount', value: 'cifs' },
         { name: 'DigitalOcean Spaces', value: 'digitalocean-spaces' },
         { name: 'Exoscale SOS', value: 'exoscale-sos' },
         { name: 'Filesystem', value: 'filesystem' },