diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 05268b8d12c8f31ca01e278a1349b43b198fa462..a0cff12df538f05f5446575c59e46e9a25408825 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuDomainAsyncJob,
               "dump",
               "snapshot",
               "start",
+              "backup",
 );
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuDomainNamespace,
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ qemuDomainAsyncJobPhaseToString(qemuDomainAsyncJob job,
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_SNAPSHOT:
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_START:
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE:
+    case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP:
         G_GNUC_FALLTHROUGH;
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_LAST:
         break;
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ qemuDomainAsyncJobPhaseFromString(qemuDomainAsyncJob job,
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_SNAPSHOT:
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_START:
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE:
+    case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP:
         G_GNUC_FALLTHROUGH;
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_LAST:
         break;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index a7ee6a9c6ed5a84b8fb723f7352a0cf8eb0198b0..7c752abc8037c6bcd9c236a4e8099a21009a2a8b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_DUMP,
     QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_SNAPSHOT,
     QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_START,
+    QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP,
 
     QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_LAST
 } qemuDomainAsyncJob;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index e3872d5c3bccdd40fc6764d77e93c2784a35a5d2..02126bc0496521d8b582c9b756d6ff08a32201e3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -14041,6 +14041,10 @@ static int qemuDomainAbortJob(virDomainPtr dom)
         ret = qemuDomainAbortJobMigration(vm);
         break;
 
+    case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP:
+        /* TODO: to be implemented later */
+        break;
+
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_LAST:
     default:
         virReportEnumRangeError(qemuDomainAsyncJob, priv->job.asyncJob);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 73acf7790e1dfb43c899b33f939052a8e3ceeb1e..f9e89e67a332472a7a1ec91990ac30bf073c9191 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1444,6 +1444,8 @@ qemuMigrationJobName(virDomainObjPtr vm)
         return _("snapshot job");
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_START:
         return _("start job");
+    case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP:
+        return _("backup job");
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_LAST:
     default:
         return _("job");
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 31877d65765914e3796de6e61b0518a21798b58e..4b844b4b7c650962ea94b67073065737cc125f70 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #include "virresctrl.h"
 #include "virvsock.h"
 #include "viridentity.h"
+#include "virthreadjob.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_QEMU
 
@@ -3575,6 +3576,7 @@ qemuProcessRecoverJob(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     virDomainState state;
     int reason;
+    unsigned long long now;
 
     state = virDomainObjGetState(vm, &reason);
 
@@ -3624,6 +3626,29 @@ qemuProcessRecoverJob(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         /* Already handled in VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_STARTING_UP check. */
         break;
 
+    case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP:
+        ignore_value(virTimeMillisNow(&now));
+
+        /* Restore the config of the async job which is not persisted */
+        priv->jobs_queued++;
+        priv->job.asyncJob = QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_BACKUP;
+        priv->job.asyncOwnerAPI = virThreadJobGet();
+        priv->job.asyncStarted = now;
+
+        qemuDomainObjSetAsyncJobMask(vm, (QEMU_JOB_DEFAULT_MASK |
+                                          JOB_MASK(QEMU_JOB_SUSPEND) |
+                                          JOB_MASK(QEMU_JOB_MODIFY)));
+
+        /* We reset the job parameters for backup so that the job will look
+         * active. This is possible because we are able to recover the state
+         * of blockjobs and also the backup job allows all sub-job types */
+        priv->job.current = g_new0(qemuDomainJobInfo, 1);
+        priv->job.current->operation = VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_BACKUP;
+        priv->job.current->statsType = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATS_TYPE_BACKUP;
+        priv->job.current->status = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_ACTIVE;
+        priv->job.current->started = now;
+        break;
+
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE:
     case QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_LAST:
         break;