diff --git a/migrations/20160330215005-backups-add-configJson.js b/migrations/20160330215005-backups-add-configJson.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b101d227a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20160330215005-backups-add-configJson.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var dbm = global.dbm || require('db-migrate');
+var type = dbm.dataType;
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE backups ADD COLUMN configJson TEXT', function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE backups DROP COLUMN configJson', function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 93505729e..d05c22aaf 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -105,5 +105,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS backups(
     type VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, /* 'box' or 'app' */
     dependsOn VARCHAR(4096), /* comma separate list of objects this backup depends on */
     state VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
+    configJson TEXT, /* configuration - bucket, prefix, key, provider */
 
     PRIMARY KEY (filename));
diff --git a/src/backupdb.js b/src/backupdb.js
index b499d4413..a4923820e 100644
--- a/src/backupdb.js
+++ b/src/backupdb.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 var assert = require('assert'),
     database = require('./database.js'),
     DatabaseError = require('./databaseerror.js'),
+    safe = require('safetydance'),
     util = require('util');
 
-var BACKUPS_FIELDS = [ 'filename', 'creationTime', 'version', 'type', 'dependsOn', 'state' ];
+var BACKUPS_FIELDS = [ 'filename', 'creationTime', 'version', 'type', 'dependsOn', 'state', 'configJson' ];
 
 exports = module.exports = {
     add: add,
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ function postProcess(result) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof result, 'object');
 
     result.dependsOn = result.dependsOn ? result.dependsOn.split(',') : [ ];
+    result.config = safe.JSON.parse(result.configJson);
+    delete result.configJson;
 }
 
 function getPaged(page, perPage, callback) {
@@ -82,12 +85,13 @@ function add(backup, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof backup.version, 'string');
     assert(backup.type === exports.BACKUP_TYPE_APP || backup.type === exports.BACKUP_TYPE_BOX);
     assert(util.isArray(backup.dependsOn));
+    assert(backup.config && typeof backup.config === 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     var creationTime = backup.creationTime || new Date(); // allow tests to set the time
 
-    database.query('INSERT INTO backups (filename, version, type, creationTime, state, dependsOn) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
-        [ backup.filename, backup.version, backup.type, creationTime, exports.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, backup.dependsOn.join(',') ],
+    database.query('INSERT INTO backups (filename, version, type, creationTime, state, dependsOn, configJson) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
+        [ backup.filename, backup.version, backup.type, creationTime, exports.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, backup.dependsOn.join(','), JSON.stringify(backup.configJson) ],
         function (error) {
         if (error && error.code === 'ER_DUP_ENTRY') return callback(new DatabaseError(DatabaseError.ALREADY_EXISTS));
         if (error) return callback(new DatabaseError(DatabaseError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 087a64960..01c6de31a 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function getBackupUrl(appBackupIds, callback) {
 
             debug('getBackupUrl: id:%s url:%s sessionToken:%s backupKey:%s', obj.id, obj.url, obj.sessionToken, obj.backupKey);
 
-            backupdb.add({ filename: filename, creationTime: now, version: config.version(), type: backupdb.BACKUP_TYPE_BOX, dependsOn: appBackupIds }, function (error) {
+            backupdb.add({ filename: filename, creationTime: now, version: config.version(), type: backupdb.BACKUP_TYPE_BOX, dependsOn: appBackupIds, config: backupConfig }, function (error) {
                 if (error) return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
                 callback(null, obj);
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function getAppBackupUrl(app, callback) {
 
                 debug('getAppBackupUrl: %j', obj);
 
-                backupdb.add({ filename: dataFilename, creationTime: now, version: app.manifest.version, type: backupdb.BACKUP_TYPE_APP, dependsOn: [ ] }, function (error) {
+                backupdb.add({ filename: dataFilename, creationTime: now, version: app.manifest.version, type: backupdb.BACKUP_TYPE_APP, dependsOn: [ ], config: backupConfig }, function (error) {
                     if (error) return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
                     callback(null, obj);