diff --git a/faust/stores/aerospike.py b/faust/stores/aerospike.py
index f95de6d56..97d485875 100644
--- a/faust/stores/aerospike.py
+++ b/faust/stores/aerospike.py
@@ -262,3 +262,23 @@ def aerospike_fun_call_with_retry(self, fun, *args, **kwargs):
                     ex
                 )  # crash the app to prevent the offset from progressing
             raise ex
+
+    async def backup_partition(
+        self, tp: Union[TP, int], flush: bool = True, purge: bool = False, keep: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        """Backup partition from this store.
+
+        Not yet implemented for Aerospike.
+
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError("Not yet implemented for Aerospike.")
+
+    def restore_backup(
+        self, tp: Union[TP, int], latest: bool = True, backup_id: int = 0
+    ) -> None:
+        """Restore partition backup from this store.
+
+        Not yet implemented for Aerospike.
+
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError("Not yet implemented for Aerospike.")
diff --git a/faust/stores/memory.py b/faust/stores/memory.py
index d0aefc6b7..484517628 100644
--- a/faust/stores/memory.py
+++ b/faust/stores/memory.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """In-memory table storage."""
-from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable, MutableMapping, Optional, Set, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable, MutableMapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
 
 from faust.types import TP, EventT
 from faust.types.stores import KT, VT
@@ -82,3 +82,23 @@ def reset_state(self) -> None:
 
         """
         ...
+
+    async def backup_partition(
+        self, tp: Union[TP, int], flush: bool = True, purge: bool = False, keep: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        """Backup partition from this store.
+
+        This does nothing when using the in-memory store.
+
+        """
+        ...
+
+    def restore_backup(
+        self, tp: Union[TP, int], latest: bool = True, backup_id: int = 0
+    ) -> None:
+        """Restore partition backup from this store.
+
+        This does nothing when using the in-memory store.
+
+        """
+        ...
diff --git a/faust/stores/rocksdb.py b/faust/stores/rocksdb.py
index e7150d120..3181951b2 100644
--- a/faust/stores/rocksdb.py
+++ b/faust/stores/rocksdb.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 import asyncio
 import gc
 import math
+import os
 import shutil
+import tempfile
 import typing
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextlib import suppress
@@ -183,6 +185,83 @@ def __init__(
         self._key_index = LRUCache(limit=self.key_index_size)
         self.db_lock = asyncio.Lock()
         self.rebalance_ack = False
+        self._backup_path = os.path.join(self.path, f"{str(self.basename)}-backups")
+        try:
+            self._backup_engine = None
+            if not os.path.isdir(self._backup_path):
+                os.makedirs(self._backup_path, exist_ok=True)
+            testfile = tempfile.TemporaryFile(dir=self._backup_path)
+            testfile.close()
+        except PermissionError:
+            self.log.warning(
+                f'Unable to make directory for path "{self._backup_path}",'
+                f"disabling backups."
+            )
+        except OSError:
+            self.log.warning(
+                f'Unable to create files in "{self._backup_path}",' f"disabling backups"
+            )
+        else:
+            self._backup_engine = rocksdb.BackupEngine(self._backup_path)
+
+    async def backup_partition(
+        self, tp: Union[TP, int], flush: bool = True, purge: bool = False, keep: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        """Backup partition from this store.
+
+        This will be saved in a separate directory in the data directory called
+        '{table-name}-backups'.
+
+        Arguments:
+            tp: Partition to backup
+            flush: Flush the memset before backing up the state of the table.
+            purge: Purge old backups in the process
+            keep: How many backups to keep after purging
+
+        This is only supported in newer versions of python-rocksdb which can read
+        the RocksDB database using multi-process read access.
+        See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/How-to-backup-RocksDB to know more.
+        """
+        if self._backup_engine:
+            partition = tp
+            if isinstance(tp, TP):
+                partition = tp.partition
+            try:
+                if flush:
+                    db = await self._try_open_db_for_partition(partition)
+                else:
+                    db = self.rocksdb_options.open(
+                        self.partition_path(partition), read_only=True
+                    )
+                self._backup_engine.create_backup(db, flush_before_backup=flush)
+                if purge:
+                    self._backup_engine.purge_old_backups(keep)
+            except Exception:
+                self.log.info(f"Unable to backup partition {partition}.")
+
+    def restore_backup(
+        self, tp: Union[TP, int], latest: bool = True, backup_id: int = 0
+    ) -> None:
+        """Restore partition backup from this store.
+
+        Arguments:
+            tp: Partition to restore
+            latest: Restore the latest backup, set as False to restore a specific ID
+            backup_id: Backup to restore
+
+        """
+        if self._backup_engine:
+            partition = tp
+            if isinstance(tp, TP):
+                partition = tp.partition
+            if latest:
+                self._backup_engine.restore_latest_backup(
+                    str(self.partition_path(partition)), self._backup_path
+                )
+            else:
+                self._backup_engine.restore_backup(
+                    backup_id, str(self.partition_path(partition)), self._backup_path
+                )
 
     def persisted_offset(self, tp: TP) -> Optional[int]:
         """Return the last persisted offset.
diff --git a/faust/tables/objects.py b/faust/tables/objects.py
index d52869397..33b2ecfa8 100644
--- a/faust/tables/objects.py
+++ b/faust/tables/objects.py
@@ -183,3 +183,16 @@ def apply_changelog_batch(
 
         for tp, offset in tp_offsets.items():
             self.set_persisted_offset(tp, offset)
+
+    async def backup_partition(
+        self, tp, flush: bool = True, purge: bool = False, keep: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def restore_backup(
+        self,
+        tp,
+        latest: bool = True,
+        backup_id: int = 0,
+    ) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/faust/types/stores.py b/faust/types/stores.py
index 238c8cee5..98c963001 100644
--- a/faust/types/stores.py
+++ b/faust/types/stores.py
@@ -101,3 +101,18 @@ async def on_recovery_completed(
         self, active_tps: Set[TP], standby_tps: Set[TP]
     ) -> None:
         ...
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    async def backup_partition(
+        self, tp: Union[TP, int], flush: bool = True, purge: bool = False, keep: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def restore_backup(
+        self,
+        tp: Union[TP, int],
+        latest: bool = True,
+        backup_id: int = 0,
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
diff --git a/tests/unit/stores/test_base.py b/tests/unit/stores/test_base.py
index 8d2c5411c..354e84f64 100644
--- a/tests/unit/stores/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/unit/stores/test_base.py
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ def apply_changelog_batch(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def reset_state(self):
         ...
 
+    async def backup_partition(
+        self, tp, flush: bool = True, purge: bool = False, keep: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
+    def restore_backup(
+        self,
+        tp,
+        latest: bool = True,
+        backup_id: int = 0,
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
 
 class Test_Store:
     @pytest.fixture
@@ -120,6 +133,19 @@ def _clear(self):
     def reset_state(self):
         ...
 
+    async def backup_partition(
+        self, tp, flush: bool = True, purge: bool = False, keep: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
+    def restore_backup(
+        self,
+        tp,
+        latest: bool = True,
+        backup_id: int = 0,
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
 
 class Test_SerializedStore:
     @pytest.fixture