diff --git a/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb b/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb
index 685976496a5..e5d82813ba2 100644
--- a/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb
+++ b/app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ class AdminDashboardData
   end
 
   def s3_config_check
-    I18n.t('dashboard.s3_config_warning') if SiteSetting.enable_s3_uploads and (SiteSetting.s3_access_key_id.blank? or SiteSetting.s3_secret_access_key.blank? or SiteSetting.s3_upload_bucket.blank?)
+    return I18n.t('dashboard.s3_config_warning') if SiteSetting.enable_s3_uploads and (SiteSetting.s3_access_key_id.blank? or SiteSetting.s3_secret_access_key.blank? or SiteSetting.s3_upload_bucket.blank?)
+    return I18n.t('dashboard.s3_backup_config_warning') if SiteSetting.enable_s3_backups and (SiteSetting.s3_access_key_id.blank? or SiteSetting.s3_secret_access_key.blank? or SiteSetting.s3_backup_bucket.blank?)
+    nil
   end
 
   def image_magick_check
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 4612b67cb2e..da9a553364f 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ en:
     twitter_config_warning: 'The server is configured to allow signup and log in with Twitter (enable_twitter_logins), but the key and secret values are not set. Go to <a href="/admin/site_settings">the Site Settings</a> and update the settings. <a href="https://github.com/discourse/discourse/wiki/The-Discourse-Admin-Quick-Start-Guide#enable-twitter-logins" target="_blank">See this guide to learn more</a>.'
     github_config_warning: 'The server is configured to allow signup and log in with GitHub (enable_github_logins), but the client id and secret values are not set. Go to <a href="/admin/site_settings">the Site Settings</a> and update the settings. <a href="https://github.com/discourse/discourse/wiki/The-Discourse-Admin-Quick-Start-Guide" target="_blank">See this guide to learn more</a>.'
     s3_config_warning: 'The server is configured to upload files to s3, but at least one the following setting is not set: s3_access_key_id, s3_secret_access_key or s3_upload_bucket. Go to <a href="/admin/site_settings">the Site Settings</a> and update the settings. <a href="http://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-image-uploads-to-s3/7229" target="_blank">See "How to set up image uploads to S3?" to learn more</a>.'
+    s3_backup_config_warning: 'The server is configured to upload backups to s3, but at least one the following setting is not set: s3_access_key_id, s3_secret_access_key or s3_backup_bucket. Go to <a href="/admin/site_settings">the Site Settings</a> and update the settings. <a href="http://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-image-uploads-to-s3/7229" target="_blank">See "How to set up image uploads to S3?" to learn more</a>.'
     image_magick_warning: 'The server is configured to create thumbnails of large images, but ImageMagick is not installed. Install ImageMagick using your favorite package manager or <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php" target="_blank">download the latest release</a>.'
     failing_emails_warning: 'There are %{num_failed_jobs} email jobs that failed. Check your config/discourse.conf file and ensure that the mail server settings are correct. <a href="/sidekiq/retries" target="_blank">See the failed jobs in Sidekiq</a>.'
     default_logo_warning: "You haven't customized the logo images for your site. Update logo_url, logo_small_url, and favicon_url in the <a href='/admin/site_settings'>Site Settings</a>."