diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue
index 06dc6b318..662c0a179 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { ref, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';
 import { MaskedInput, Dialog, FormGroup, TextInput, Checkbox } from '@cloudron/pankow';
 import { prettyBinarySize } from '@cloudron/pankow/utils';
-import { s3like, regionName } from  '../utils.js';
+import { s3like, mountlike, regionName } from  '../utils.js';
 import BackupSitesModel from '../models/BackupSitesModel.js';
 import SystemModel from '../models/SystemModel.js';
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const mountOptionsUsername = ref('');
 const mountOptionsPassword = ref('');
 const mountOptionsUser = ref('');
 const mountOptionsPrivateKey = ref('');
+const useHardlinks = ref(false);
 
 async function onSubmit() {
   busy.value = true;
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ async function onSubmit() {
     if (mountOptionsPrivateKey.value) data.mountOptions.privateKey = mountOptionsPrivateKey.value;
   }
 
+  if ((provider.value === 'filesystem' || mountlike(provider.value)) && site.value.format === 'rsync') {
+    data.noHardlinks = !!useHardlinks.value;
+  }
+
   // only call if anything has changed
   if (Object.keys(data).length) {
     const [error] = await backupSitesModel.setConfig(site.value.id, data);
@@ -136,6 +141,10 @@ defineExpose({
       mountOptionsPrivateKey.value = null;
     }
 
+    if ((provider.value === 'filesystem' || mountlike(provider.value)) && site.value.format === 'rsync') {
+      useHardlinks.value = !!t.config.noHardlinks;
+    }
+
     await getMemory();
 
     dialog.value.open();
@@ -202,6 +211,8 @@ defineExpose({
               <MaskedInput id="mountOptionsPasswordInput" v-model="mountOptionsPassword" required />
             </FormGroup>
 
+            <Checkbox v-if="(provider === 'filesystem' || mountlike(provider)) && site.format === 'rsync'" v-model="useHardlinks" :label="$t('backups.configureBackupStorage.hardlinksLabel')"/>
+
             <FormGroup v-if="s3like(provider)">
               <label for="accessKeyIdInput">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.s3AccessKeyId') }}</label>
               <TextInput id="accessKeyIdInput" v-model="accessKeyId" required />