diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index 73ecb58bbbc3d591817ce257e34ecbd96168d7b9..b03df65ae67f8980695a574cfb817bbb72f30519 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -3283,6 +3283,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_SNAPSHOT = 6,
     VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_SNAPSHOT_REVERT = 7,
     VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_DUMP = 8,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_BACKUP = 9,
 
 # ifdef VIR_ENUM_SENTINELS
     VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_LAST
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 7a465fa583d6a04f18101d20eb479159de30d097..ef6d93b9a580091235890f2ef1cb5bdf5feed283 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -6068,7 +6068,9 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virshDomainJobOperation,
               N_("Outgoing migration"),
               N_("Snapshot"),
               N_("Snapshot revert"),
-              N_("Dump"));
+              N_("Dump"),
+              N_("Backup"),
+);
 
 static const char *
 virshDomainJobOperationToString(int op)