diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/rsync/backup b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/rsync/backup
index 8fb62c6626..f9f37f8507 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/rsync/backup
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/rsync/backup
@@ -58,15 +58,16 @@ require 'securerandom'
 require_relative '../../tm/lib/datastore'
 require_relative '../../tm/lib/tm_action'
 
-# BACKUP host:remote_dir DISK_ID:..:DISK_ID vm_uuid vm_id ds_id
+# BACKUP host:remote_dir DISK_ID:..:DISK_ID vm_uuid bj_id vm_id ds_id
 
 ds_xml = STDIN.read
 
 dir      = ARGV[0].split(':')
 _disks   = ARGV[1].split(':')
 _vm_uuid = ARGV[2]
-vm_id    = ARGV[3]
-_ds_id   = ARGV[4]
+_bj_id   = ARGV[3]
+vm_id    = ARGV[4]
+_ds_id   = ARGV[5]
 
 vm_host = dir[0]
 
diff --git a/src/image/ImageManagerActions.cc b/src/image/ImageManagerActions.cc
index 1dede04fd2..50b1032f78 100644
--- a/src/image/ImageManagerActions.cc
+++ b/src/image/ImageManagerActions.cc
@@ -994,7 +994,16 @@ int ImageManager::stat_image(Template*     img_tmpl,
             {
                 img_data << "<IMAGE><PATH>"
                          << one_util::xml_escape(res)
-                         << "</PATH></IMAGE>";
+                         << "</PATH>";
+
+                img_tmpl->get("BACKUP_JOB_ID", res);
+
+                if (!res.empty())
+                {
+                    img_data << "<BACKUP_JOB_ID>" << res << "</BACKUP_JOB_ID>";
+                }
+
+                img_data << "</IMAGE>";
             }
             break;
     }
diff --git a/src/tm/TransferManager.cc b/src/tm/TransferManager.cc
index 7664ec9ec7..0b68ac03b1 100644
--- a/src/tm/TransferManager.cc
+++ b/src/tm/TransferManager.cc
@@ -2262,7 +2262,10 @@ int TransferManager::backup_transfer_commands(
         tm_mad_system = "." + tsys;
     }*/
 
-    bool do_volatile = vm->backups().do_volatile();
+    Backups& backups = vm->backups();
+
+    bool do_volatile = backups.do_volatile();
+    int  job_id      = backups.backup_job_id();
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Image Transfer Commands
@@ -2283,13 +2286,23 @@ int TransferManager::backup_transfer_commands(
         disk_str << disk->get_disk_id() << ":";
     }
 
-    //BACKUP(.tm_mad_system) tm_mad host:remote_dir DISK_ID:...:DISK_ID deploy_id vmid dsid
+    //BACKUP(.tm_mad_system) tm_mad host:remote_dir DISK_ID:...:DISK_ID deploy_id bj_id vmid dsid
     xfr << "BACKUP" << tm_mad_system
         << " " << vm_tm_mad << " "
         << vm->get_hostname() << ":" << vm->get_system_dir() << " "
         << disk_str.str() << " "
-        << vm->get_deploy_id() << " "
-        << vm->get_oid() << " "
+        << vm->get_deploy_id() << " ";
+
+    if ( job_id == -1 )
+    {
+        xfr << "- ";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        xfr << job_id << " ";
+    }
+
+    xfr << vm->get_oid() << " "
         << vm->get_ds_id()
         << endl;
 
diff --git a/src/tm_mad/lib/backup.rb b/src/tm_mad/lib/backup.rb
index 00417332f2..51342725e1 100644
--- a/src/tm_mad/lib/backup.rb
+++ b/src/tm_mad/lib/backup.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module TransferManager
     # This class includes methods manage backup images
     class BackupImage
 
-        attr_reader :vm_id, :keep_last
+        attr_reader :vm_id, :keep_last, :bj_id
 
         # Given a sorted list of qcow2 files,
         # return a shell recipe that reconstructs the backing chain in-place.
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ module TransferManager
             # be just a single ID in the VMS array.
             @vm_id = @action.elements["#{prefix}/VMS/ID"].text.to_i
 
+            @bj_id = @action.elements["#{prefix}/TEMPLATE/BACKUP_JOB_ID"]&.text
+
             @keep_last = @action.elements['/DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/EXTRA_DATA/KEEP_LAST']&.text.to_i
 
             @incr_id = @action.elements['/DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/TEMPLATE/INCREMENT_ID']&.text.to_i
@@ -238,6 +240,8 @@ module TransferManager
 
             @base_url = "#{opts[:proto]}://#{opts[:ds_id]}/#{chain}"
 
+            @bj_id = opts[:bimage].bj_id
+
             return unless no_ip
 
             NIC_LIST << ['IP', 'IP6', 'IP6_ULA', 'IP6_GLOBAL', 'MAC']
@@ -284,6 +288,8 @@ module TransferManager
                     FROM_BACKUP_DS = "#{@ds_id}"
                 EOS
 
+                tmpl << "BACKUP_JOB_ID = \"#{@bj_id}\"" if @bj_id
+
                 bck_disks[disk_id] = { :template => tmpl, :name => name }
             end