diff --git a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
index 10ad5edd76bf4b80a8dd0e801b53a3e7995f909c_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU=..78ec8dcdc663fc6f6f8a36bf79bded644b67daac_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU= 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
+++ b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@
 
 # gitlab_rails['manage_backup_path'] = true
 # gitlab_rails['backup_path'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/backups"
+# gitlab_rails['backup_gitaly_backup_path'] = "/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/gitaly-backup"
 
 ###! Docs: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/raketasks/backup_restore.html#backup-archive-permissions
 # gitlab_rails['backup_archive_permissions'] = 0644
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index 10ad5edd76bf4b80a8dd0e801b53a3e7995f909c_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9naXRsYWIvYXR0cmlidXRlcy9kZWZhdWx0LnJi..78ec8dcdc663fc6f6f8a36bf79bded644b67daac_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9naXRsYWIvYXR0cmlidXRlcy9kZWZhdWx0LnJi 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['encrypted_settings_path'] = nil
 
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['backup_path'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/backups"
+default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['backup_gitaly_backup_path'] = "/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/gitaly-backup"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['manage_backup_path'] = true
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['backup_archive_permissions'] = nil
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['backup_pg_schema'] = nil
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb
index 10ad5edd76bf4b80a8dd0e801b53a3e7995f909c_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9naXRsYWIvdGVtcGxhdGVzL2RlZmF1bHQvZ2l0bGFiLnltbC5lcmI=..78ec8dcdc663fc6f6f8a36bf79bded644b67daac_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9naXRsYWIvdGVtcGxhdGVzL2RlZmF1bHQvZ2l0bGFiLnltbC5lcmI= 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@
   ## Backup settings
   backup:
     path: "<%= @backup_path %>"   # Relative paths are relative to Rails.root (default: tmp/backups/)
+    gitaly_backup_path: <%= quote(@backup_gitaly_backup_path) %> # Path of the gitaly-backup binary (default: searches $PATH)
     archive_permissions: <%= @backup_archive_permissions %> # Permissions for the resulting backup.tar file (default: 0600)
     keep_time: <%= @backup_keep_time %>   # default: 0 (forever) (in seconds)
     pg_schema: <%= @backup_pg_schema %>   # default: nil, it means that all schemas will be backed up
diff --git a/spec/chef/recipes/gitlab-rails/gitlab_yml/backup_spec.rb b/spec/chef/recipes/gitlab-rails/gitlab_yml/backup_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/chef/recipes/gitlab-rails/gitlab_yml/backup_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+require 'chef_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'gitlab::gitlab-rails' do
+  include_context 'gitlab-rails'
+
+  describe 'Backup settings' do
+    context 'with default values' do
+      it 'renders with default backup settings' do
+        expect(gitlab_yml[:production][:backup]).to eq(
+          archive_permissions: nil,
+          gitaly_backup_path: '/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/gitaly-backup',
+          keep_time: nil,
+          path: '/var/opt/gitlab/backups',
+          pg_schema: nil,
+          upload: {
+            connection: nil,
+            encryption: nil,
+            encryption_key: nil,
+            multipart_chunk_size: nil,
+            remote_directory: nil,
+            storage_class: nil
+          }
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with user specified gitaly-backup path set' do
+      before do
+        stub_gitlab_rb(
+          gitlab_rails: {
+            backup_gitaly_backup_path: '/some other/bin/gitaly-backup'
+          }
+        )
+      end
+
+      it 'renders with the user specified gitaly-backup path' do
+        expect(gitlab_yml[:production][:backup]).to include(
+          gitaly_backup_path: '/some other/bin/gitaly-backup'
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end