diff --git a/migrations/20170418073650-backups-add-restoreConfig.js b/migrations/20170418073650-backups-add-restoreConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f194a408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20170418073650-backups-add-restoreConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var async = require('async');
+
+// from apps.js DO NOT UPDATE WHEN apps.js changes, as this is part of db migration!!
+function postProcess(result) {
+    result.manifest = JSON.parse(result.manifestJson);
+    delete result.manifestJson;
+
+    result.oldConfig = JSON.parse(result.oldConfigJson);
+    delete result.oldConfigJson;
+
+    result.portBindings = { };
+    var hostPorts = result.hostPorts === null ? [ ] : result.hostPorts.split(',');
+    var environmentVariables = result.environmentVariables === null ? [ ] : result.environmentVariables.split(',');
+
+    delete result.hostPorts;
+    delete result.environmentVariables;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < environmentVariables.length; i++) {
+        result.portBindings[environmentVariables[i]] = parseInt(hostPorts[i], 10);
+    }
+
+    result.accessRestriction = JSON.parse(result.accessRestrictionJson);
+    if (result.accessRestriction && !result.accessRestriction.users) result.accessRestriction.users = [];
+    delete result.accessRestrictionJson;
+
+    // TODO remove later once all apps have this attribute
+    result.xFrameOptions = result.xFrameOptions || 'SAMEORIGIN';
+
+    result.sso = !!result.sso; // make it bool
+
+    result.debugMode = JSON.parse(result.debugModeJson);
+    delete result.debugModeJson;
+}
+
+// from apps.js DO NOT UPDATE WHEN apps.js changes, as this is part of db migration!!
+var APPS_FIELDS_PREFIXED = [ 'apps.id', 'apps.appStoreId', 'apps.installationState', 'apps.installationProgress', 'apps.runState',
+    'apps.health', 'apps.containerId', 'apps.manifestJson', 'apps.httpPort', 'apps.location', 'apps.dnsRecordId',
+    'apps.accessRestrictionJson', 'apps.lastBackupId', 'apps.oldConfigJson', 'apps.memoryLimit', 'apps.altDomain',
+    'apps.xFrameOptions', 'apps.sso', 'apps.debugModeJson' ].join(',');
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    async.series([
+        db.runSql.bind(db, 'ALTER TABLE backups ADD COLUMN restoreConfig TEXT'),
+        // fill all the backups with restoreConfigs from current apps
+        function addRestoreConfigs(callback) {
+            console.log('Importing restoreConfigs');
+
+            var appQuery = 'SELECT ' + APPS_FIELDS_PREFIXED + ',' +
+                'GROUP_CONCAT(CAST(appPortBindings.hostPort AS CHAR(6))) AS hostPorts, GROUP_CONCAT(appPortBindings.environmentVariable) AS environmentVariables' +
+                ' FROM apps LEFT OUTER JOIN appPortBindings ON apps.id = appPortBindings.appId' +
+                ' GROUP BY apps.id ORDER BY apps.id';
+
+            db.all(appQuery, function (error, apps) {
+                if (error) return callback(error);
+
+                apps.forEach(postProcess);
+
+                async.eachSeries(apps, function (app, next) {
+                    db.all('SELECT * FROM backups WHERE type="app" AND id LIKE "%app%\\_' + app.id + '\\_%"', function (error, backups) {
+                        if (error) return next(error);
+
+                        // from apps.js:getAppConfig()
+                        var restoreConfig = {
+                            manifest: app.manifest,
+                            location: app.location,
+                            accessRestriction: app.accessRestriction,
+                            portBindings: app.portBindings,
+                            memoryLimit: app.memoryLimit,
+                            xFrameOptions: app.xFrameOptions || 'SAMEORIGIN',
+                            altDomain: app.altDomain
+                        };
+
+                        async.eachSeries(backups, function (backup, next) {
+                            db.runSql('UPDATE backups SET restoreConfig=? WHERE id=?', [ JSON.stringify(restoreConfig), backup.id ], next);
+                        }, next);
+                    });
+                }, callback);
+            });
+        }
+    ], callback);
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE backups DROP COLUMN restoreConfig', callback);
+};
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 658cbad89..8f1bef26c 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS backups(
     type VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, /* 'box' or 'app' */
     dependsOn TEXT, /* comma separate list of objects this backup depends on */
     state VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
+    restoreConfig TEXT, /* JSON including the manifest of the backed up app */
 
     PRIMARY KEY (filename));