diff --git a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/backup/20-rrd b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/backup/20-rrd
index eb002f7cb..e358468eb 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/backup/20-rrd
+++ b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/backup/20-rrd
@@ -6,9 +6,17 @@ BACKUPFILE="/conf/rrd.tgz"
 if [ "${1}" = "restore" ]; then
 	if [ -f "${BACKUPFILE}" ]; then
 		tar -C / -xzpf "${BACKUPFILE}"
+		for XML in "$(find "${BACKUPDIR}" -name "*.xml"); do
+			/usr/local/bin/rrdtool restore -f "${XML}" "${XML%.xml}.rrd"
+		done
 	fi
 else
 	if [ -d "${BACKUPDIR}" ]; then
+		for RRD in "$(find "${BACKUPDIR}" -name "*.rrd"); do
+			/usr/local/bin/rrdtool dump "${RRD}" > "${RRD%.rrd}.xml"
+		done
 		tar -C / -czf "${BACKUPFILE}" ."${BACKUPDIR}"
 	fi
 fi
+
+rm -f ${BACKUPDIR}/*.xml