diff --git a/src/routes/backups.js b/src/routes/backups.js
index 3fea992d0..2588a619d 100644
--- a/src/routes/backups.js
+++ b/src/routes/backups.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 exports = module.exports = {
     get: get,
-    create: create
+    create: create,
+    download: download
 };
 
 var backups = require('../backups.js'),
@@ -39,3 +40,14 @@ function create(req, res, next) {
         next(new HttpSuccess(202, {}));
     });
 }
+
+function download(req, res, next) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof req.params.backupId, 'string');
+
+    backups.getRestoreUrl(req.params.backupId, function (error, result) {
+        if (error) return next(new HttpError(500, error));
+
+        next(new HttpSuccess(200, result));
+    });
+}
+
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 2a52d4080..64e674014 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
     // backup routes
     router.get ('/api/v1/backups', settingsScope, routes.backups.get);
     router.post('/api/v1/backups', settingsScope, routes.backups.create);
+    router.get ('/api/v1/backups/:backupId',   appsScope, routes.user.requireAdmin, routes.backups.download);
 
     // disable server timeout. we use the timeout middleware to handle timeouts on a route level
     httpServer.setTimeout(0);