diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2d6160..35c88e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+* bkctld-archive: archive a jail
 * bkctld-rename: rename a jail and all its incs and configuration…
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/bkctld b/bkctld
index 373dbbd..1c37ceb 100755
--- a/bkctld
+++ b/bkctld
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ case "${subcommand}" in
             "${LIBDIR}/bkctld-${subcommand}" "${jail_name}" "${option}"
         fi
     ;;
-    "start" | "stop" | "reload" | "restart" | "sync" | "update" | "remove" | "firewall" | "upgrade-config")
+    "start" | "stop" | "reload" | "restart" | "sync" | "update" | "remove" | "firewall" | "upgrade-config" | "archive")
         jail_name="${2:-}"
         if [ "${jail_name}" = "all" ]; then
             for jail in $("${LIBDIR}/bkctld-list"); do
diff --git a/bkctld.conf b/bkctld.conf
index d6307a7..ea81ceb 100644
--- a/bkctld.conf
+++ b/bkctld.conf
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 #FIREWALL_RULES=''
 #LOGLEVEL=6
 #NODE=''
+#ARCHIVESDIR='/backup/archives'
diff --git a/lib/bkctld-archive b/lib/bkctld-archive
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..abf179d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bkctld-archive
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Description: Archive jail and all dated copies (incs)
+# Usage: archive <jailname>|all
+# Return codes:
+# * 101 : jail archival aborted
+#
+
+# shellcheck source=./includes
+LIBDIR="$(dirname $0)" && . "${LIBDIR}/includes"
+
+jail_name="${1:?}"
+if [ -z "${jail_name}" ]; then
+    show_help && exit 1
+fi
+jail_path=$(jail_path "${jail_name}")
+
+test -d "${jail_path}" || error "${jail_name}: jail not found" 2
+
+archive_jail_path=$(archive_path "${jail_name}")
+
+test -d "${archive_jail_path}" && error "${jail_name}: archive already exists" 2
+
+if [ "${FORCE}" != "1" ]; then
+    answer=""
+    while :; do
+        printf "> Are you sure you want to archive jail \`%s'? [Y,n,?] " "${jail_name}"
+        read -r answer
+        case $answer in
+            [Yy]|"" )
+                break
+                ;;
+            [Nn] )
+                tty -s && echo "Abort." >&2
+                exit 101
+                ;;
+            * )
+                printf "y - yes, execute actions and exit\n"
+                printf "n - no, don't execute actions and exit\n"
+                printf "? - print this help\n"
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi
+
+"${LIBDIR}/bkctld-is-on" "${jail_name}" && "${LIBDIR}/bkctld-stop" "${jail_name}"
+
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "${archive_jail_path}")"
+mv "${jail_path}" "${archive_jail_path}"
+
+notice "Archive jail \`${jail_name}' : OK"
diff --git a/lib/includes b/lib/includes
index f2aae3c..a2eb76b 100755
--- a/lib/includes
+++ b/lib/includes
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ INCDIR="${INCDIR:-${BACKUP_PARTITION}/incs}"
 TPLDIR="${TPLDIR:-/usr/share/bkctld}"
 LOCALTPLDIR="${LOCALTPLDIR:-/usr/local/share/bkctld}"
 LOCKDIR="${LOCKDIR:-/run/lock/bkctld}"
+ARCHIVESDIR="${ARCHIVESDIR:-${BACKUP_PARTITION}/archives}"
 INDEX_DIR="${INDEX_DIR:-${BACKUP_PARTITION}/index}"
 IDX_FILE="${IDX_FILE:-${INDEX_DIR}/bkctld-jails.idx}"
 SSHD_PID="${SSHD_PID:-/run/sshd.pid}"
@@ -157,6 +158,12 @@ jail_incs_policy_file() {
 
     echo "${jail_config_dir}/incs_policy"
 }
+# Returns the complete path of an archived jail
+archive_path() {
+    jail_name=${1:?}
+
+    echo "${ARCHIVESDIR}/${jail_name}"
+}
 # Returns the path of incs for a jail
 incs_path() {
     jail_name=${1:?}