diff --git a/src/yunohost/backup.py b/src/yunohost/backup.py
index 3ce3b211d..57f86ab10 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/backup.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/backup.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ from yunohost.regenconf import regen_conf
 from yunohost.log import OperationLogger
 from yunohost.utils.error import YunohostError
 from yunohost.utils.packages import ynh_packages_version
+from yunohost.settings import settings_get
 
 BACKUP_PATH = '/home/yunohost.backup'
 ARCHIVES_PATH = '%s/archives' % BACKUP_PATH
@@ -1772,15 +1773,14 @@ class CopyBackupMethod(BackupMethod):
 
 class TarBackupMethod(BackupMethod):
 
-    """
-    This class compress all files to backup in archive.
-    """
-
     method_name = "tar"
 
     @property
     def _archive_file(self):
-        """Return the compress archive path"""
+
+        if isinstance(self.manager, BackupManager) and settings_get("backup.compress_tar_archives"):
+            return os.path.join(self.repo, self.name + '.tar.gz')
+
         f = os.path.join(self.repo, self.name + '.tar')
         if os.path.exists(f + ".gz"):
             f += ".gz"
diff --git a/src/yunohost/settings.py b/src/yunohost/settings.py
index c1edadb93..71a63becd 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/settings.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/settings.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ DEFAULTS = OrderedDict([
         "choices": ["intermediate", "modern"]}),
     ("pop3.enabled", {"type": "bool", "default": False}),
     ("smtp.allow_ipv6", {"type": "bool", "default": True}),
+    ("backup.compress_tar_archives", {"type": "bool", "default": False}),
 ])