diff --git a/admin/src/Backupper.php b/admin/src/Backupper.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f60f38dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/src/Backupper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Formwork\Admin;
+
+use Formwork\Core\Formwork;
+use Formwork\Utils\FileSystem;
+use ZipArchive;
+
+class Backupper
+{
+    const DATE_FORMAT = 'YmdHis';
+
+    protected $options;
+
+    public function __construct($options = array())
+    {
+        $this->options = array_merge($this->defaults(), $options);
+    }
+
+    public function defaults()
+    {
+        return array(
+            'maxExecutionTime' => 180,
+            'name' => 'formwork-backup',
+            'path' => Formwork::instance()->option('backup.path'),
+            'ignore' => array(
+                '.git/*',
+                '*.DS_Store',
+                '*.gitignore',
+                '*.gitkeep',
+                'admin/node_modules/*',
+                'backup/*'
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function backup()
+    {
+        $previousMaxExecutionTime = ini_set('max_execution_time', $this->options['maxExecutionTime']);
+
+        $source = ROOT_PATH;
+
+        $path = $this->options['path'];
+        if (!FileSystem::exists($this->options['path'])) {
+            FileSystem::createDirectory($this->options['path'], true);
+        }
+
+        $destination = $path . $this->options['name'] . '-' . date(self::DATE_FORMAT) . '.zip';
+
+        $files = FileSystem::scanRecursive($source, true);
+        $files = array_filter($files, function ($item) use ($source) {
+            return $this->isCopiable(substr($item, strlen($source)));
+        });
+
+        $zip = new ZipArchive();
+
+        if ($zip->open($destination, ZipArchive::CREATE)) {
+            foreach ($files as $file) {
+                $zip->addFile($file, substr($file, strlen($source)));
+            }
+            $zip->close();
+        }
+
+        if ($previousMaxExecutionTime !== false) {
+            ini_set('max_execution_time', $previousMaxExecutionTime);
+        }
+
+        return $destination;
+    }
+
+    protected function isCopiable($file)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->options['ignore'] as $pattern) {
+            if (fnmatch($pattern, $file)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/formwork/Core/Formwork.php b/formwork/Core/Formwork.php
index 16f86e74..1bb24996 100755
--- a/formwork/Core/Formwork.php
+++ b/formwork/Core/Formwork.php
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class Formwork
             'cache.enabled'            => false,
             'cache.path'               => ROOT_PATH . 'cache' . DS,
             'cache.time'               => 604800,
+            'backup.path'              => ROOT_PATH . 'backup' . DS,
             'admin.enabled'            => true,
             'admin.lang'               => 'en',
             'admin.logout_redirect'    => 'login'
diff --git a/formwork/Utils/FileSystem.php b/formwork/Utils/FileSystem.php
index ca7371cf..c2c4c7bc 100755
--- a/formwork/Utils/FileSystem.php
+++ b/formwork/Utils/FileSystem.php
@@ -300,6 +300,20 @@ class FileSystem
         return $items;
     }
 
+    public static function scanRecursive($path, $all = false)
+    {
+        $list = array();
+        $path = static::normalize($path);
+        foreach (FileSystem::scan($path, $all) as $item) {
+            if (FileSystem::isDirectory($path . $item)) {
+                $list = array_merge($list, static::scanRecursive($path . $item, $all));
+            } else {
+                $list[] = $path . $item;
+            }
+        }
+        return $list;
+    }
+
     public static function listFiles($path = null, $all = false)
     {
         $path = static::normalize($path);