diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index 6cbe4518c..997f0e0c5 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
               <select class="form-control" id="storageFormat" ng-change="configureBackup.key = ''" ng-model="configureBackup.format" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in formats"></select>
             </div>
 
+            <div class="form-group" ng-show="configureBackup.provider !== 'noop'">
+              <label class="control-label" for="storageInterval">Backup Interval</label>
+              <select class="form-control" id="storageInterval" ng-model="configureBackup.intervalSecs" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in intervalTimes"></select>
+            </div>
+
             <div class="form-group" ng-show="configureBackup.provider !== 'noop'">
               <label class="control-label" for="storageRetention">Retention Time</label>
               <select class="form-control" id="storageRetention" ng-model="configureBackup.retentionSecs" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in retentionTimes"></select>
diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index b798329bc..2e7a4af9a 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         { name: 'Forever', value: -1 }
     ];
 
+    $scope.intervalTimes = [
+        { name: 'Every 6 hours', value: 6 * 60 * 60 },
+        { name: 'Every 12 hours', value: 12 * 60 * 60 },
+        { name: 'Every day', value:  24 * 60 * 60 }
+    ];
+
     $scope.formats = [
         { name: 'Tarball (zipped)', value: 'tgz' },
         { name: 'rsync', value: 'rsync' }
@@ -142,6 +148,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         endpoint: '',
         backupFolder: '',
         retentionSecs:  7 * 24 * 60 * 60,
+        intervalSecs: 24 * 60 * 60,
         acceptSelfSignedCerts: false,
         useHardlinks: true,
         externalDisk: false,
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             $scope.configureBackup.region = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.backupFolder = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+            $scope.configureBackup.intervalSecs = 24 * 60 * 60;
             $scope.configureBackup.format = 'tgz';
             $scope.configureBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts = false;
             $scope.configureBackup.useHardlinks = true;
@@ -186,6 +194,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             $scope.configureBackup.key = $scope.backupConfig.key;
             $scope.configureBackup.backupFolder = $scope.backupConfig.backupFolder;
             $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs = $scope.backupConfig.retentionSecs;
+            $scope.configureBackup.intervalSecs = $scope.backupConfig.intervalSecs;
             $scope.configureBackup.format = $scope.backupConfig.format;
             $scope.configureBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts = !!$scope.backupConfig.acceptSelfSignedCerts;
             $scope.configureBackup.useHardlinks = !$scope.backupConfig.noHardlinks;
@@ -202,6 +211,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
                 provider: $scope.configureBackup.provider,
                 key: $scope.configureBackup.key,
                 retentionSecs: $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs,
+                intervalSecs: $scope.configureBackup.intervalSecs,
                 format: $scope.configureBackup.format
             };