diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 6969e89..9aae3e1 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -501,6 +501,11 @@ The following options can be overridden on a per-instance basis:
     The directory in which to store backups.  Can be overridden in
     the instance config.
 
+`arkBackupPostCommand`::
+    Command to be run using `eval` after backup completes.
+    `$backupfile` will be set to the full path of the backup tar.bz2 file.
+    e.g. `arkBackupPostCommand='aws s3 cp "$backupfile" "s3://bucket_name/backups"'`
+
 `arkwarnminutes`::
     The number of minutes over which the shutdown and update warnings
     should be run
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index ac0b7b7..e3b966d 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -2836,6 +2836,7 @@ doBackup(){
   local savedcfgdir="${saverootdir}/Config/LinuxServer"
   local savedir="$(getSavedArksDirectory "${saverootdir}")"
   local mapname="$(getServerMapName)"
+  local backupfile
   mkdir -p "$backupdir"
   mkdir -p "$backupdirdaily"
 
@@ -3015,11 +3016,12 @@ doBackup(){
   #Tar the files and remove the original Backup Directory.  Saves about 50MB of disk space per backup
 
   echo -ne "${NORMAL} Compressing Backup "
+  backupfile="${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}/${instance}.${datestamp}.tar.bz2"
 
-  tar -jcf "${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}/${instance}.${datestamp}.tar.bz2" -C "${arkbackupdir}" "${datestamp}"
+  tar -jcf "${backupfile}" -C "${arkbackupdir}" "${datestamp}"
   rm -rf ${backupdir}
 
-  if [ -f "${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}/${instance}.${datestamp}.tar.bz2" ]; then
+  if [ -f "${backupfile}" ]; then
    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
   else
     echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
@@ -3041,6 +3043,10 @@ doBackup(){
         (( sz += fsz ))
       done)
   fi
+
+  if [ -n "${arkPostBsckupCommand}" ] && [ -f "${backupfile}" ]; then
+    eval " ${arkPostBsckupCommand}"
+  fi
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager.cfg b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
index ecad5f0..3c8185c 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager.cfg
+++ b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ arkwarnminutes="60"                                                 # number of
 arkautorestartfile="ShooterGame/Saved/.autorestart"                 # path to autorestart file
 arkAutoUpdateOnStart="false"                                        # set this to true if you want to always update before startup
 arkBackupPreUpdate="false"                                          # set this to true if you want to perform a backup before updating
+# arkBackupPostCommand='aws s3 cp "$backupfile" "s3://bucket_name/backups"'  # Set this if you want a command to run after performing a backup
 #arkStartDelay=20                                                   # set this to change the maximum delay between server starts - 0 or unser for no delay, will continue immediately when server is up
 #defaultinstance_max=20                                             # Same as above, for v1.6.43 compatibility
 #arkStagingDir="/home/steam/ARK-Staging"                            # Uncomment to enable updates to be fully downloaded before restarting the server (reduces downtime while updating)