diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index 9dbe9e6dc..68b3ae6c2 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
                 } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'minio' || backupConfig.provider === 's3-v4-compat') {
                     backupConfig.region = 'us-east-1';
                     backupConfig.acceptSelfSignedCerts = $scope.configureBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts;
+                    backupConfig.s3ForcePathStyle = true; // might want to expose this in the UI
                 } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'exoscale-sos') {
                     backupConfig.region = 'us-east-1';
                     backupConfig.signatureVersion = 'v4';