diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ee0a38..22fdf52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,40 @@ You can finetune the retention cycle of the restic backups using the `PRUNE_REST
 :warning: | SFTP restic backend is not directly supported. Please use RCLONE backend with SFTP support.
 ---|---
 
+##### `rclone` backup method
+Rclone acts as the `tar` backup method but automatically moves the compressed files to a remote drive via [rclone](https://rclone.org/).
+
+There are a few special environment variables for the rclone method.
+
+- `RCLONE_REMOTE` is the name of the remote you've configured in your rclone.conf, see [remote setup](https://rclone.org/remote_setup/).
+- `RCLONE_COMPRESS_METHOD`=gzip
+- `DEST_DIR` acts as the directory on the remote. Files are not stored locally when using rclone.
+
+Other parameters such as `PRUNE_BACKUPS_DAYS`, `ZSTD_PARAMETERS`, and `BACKUP_NAME` are all used as well.
+
+**Note** that you will need to place your rclone config file in `/config/rclone/rclone.conf`.
+This can be done by adding it through docker-compose,
+
+```yaml
+- ./rclone.config:/config/rclone/rclone.conf:ro
+```
+or by running the config wizard in a container and mounting the volume.
+```shell
+docker run -it --rm -v rclone-config:/config/rclone rclone/rclone config
+```
+
+then you must bind the volume **for the mc-backup process**
+```yaml
+volumes:
+  - rclone-config:/config/rclone
+```
+**and the service**
+```yaml
+volumes:
+  rclone-config:
+    external: true
+```
+
 ## Volumes
 
 - `/data` :
diff --git a/backup-loop.sh b/backup-loop.sh
index f2ca909..4d9c970 100755
--- a/backup-loop.sh
+++ b/backup-loop.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ fi
 : "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:=/config}" # for rclone's base config path
 : "${ONE_SHOT:=false}"
 : "${TZ:=Etc/UTC}"
+: "${RCLONE_COMPRESS_METHOD:=gzip}"
+: "${RCLONE_REMOTE:=}"
 export TZ
 
 export RCON_HOST
@@ -296,6 +298,65 @@ restic() {
   call_if_function_exists "${@}"
 }
 
+rclone() {
+  _find_old_backups() {
+    command rclone lsf --format "tp" "${RCLONE_REMOTE}:${DEST_DIR}" | grep ${BACKUP_NAME} | awk \
+            -v DESTINATION="${DEST_DIR}" \
+            -v PRUNE_DATE="$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' --date="${PRUNE_BACKUPS_DAYS} days ago")" \
+            'BEGIN { FS=";" } $1 < PRUNE_DATE { printf "%s/%s\n", DESTINATION, $2 }'
+  }
+  init() {
+    # Check if rclone is installed and configured correctly
+    mkdir -p "${DEST_DIR}"
+    case "${RCLONE_COMPRESS_METHOD}" in
+        gzip)
+        readonly tar_parameters=("--gzip")
+        readonly backup_extension="tgz"
+        ;;
+
+        bzip2)
+        readonly tar_parameters=("--bzip2")
+        readonly backup_extension="bz2"
+        ;;
+
+        zstd)
+        readonly tar_parameters=("--use-compress-program" "zstd ${ZSTD_PARAMETERS}")
+        readonly backup_extension="tar.zst"
+        ;;
+
+        *)
+        log ERROR 'RCLONE_COMPRESS_METHOD is not valid!'
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+  }
+  backup() {
+    ts=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
+    outFile="${BACKUP_NAME}-${ts}.${backup_extension}"
+    log INFO "Backing up content in ${SRC_DIR} to ${outFile}"
+    command tar "${excludes[@]}" "${tar_parameters[@]}" -cf "${outFile}" -C "${SRC_DIR}" . || exitCode=$?
+    if [ ${exitCode:-0} -eq 1 ]; then
+      log WARN "tar exited with code 1. Ignoring"
+    fi
+    if [ ${exitCode:-0} -gt 1 ]; then
+      log ERROR "tar exited with code ${exitCode}! Aborting"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    command rclone copy "${outFile}" "${RCLONE_REMOTE}:${DEST_DIR}"
+    rm "${outFile}"
+  }
+  prune() {
+    if [ -n "$(_find_old_backups)" ]; then
+      log INFO "Pruning backup files older than ${PRUNE_BACKUPS_DAYS} days"
+      _find_old_backups | tee \
+            >(awk '{ printf "Removing %s\n", $0 }' | log INFO) \
+            >(while read -r path; do command rclone purge "${path}"; done)
+    fi
+  }
+  call_if_function_exists "${@}"
+}
+
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 ## main ##
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