diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 025870b..3275313 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ It handles __recurring or one-off backups of Docker volumes__ to a __local direc
   - [Run multiple backup schedules in the same container](#run-multiple-backup-schedules-in-the-same-container)
   - [Define different retention schedules](#define-different-retention-schedules)
   - [Use special characters in notification URLs](#use-special-characters-in-notification-urls)
+  - [Handle file uploads using third party tools](#handle-file-uploads-using-third-party-tools)
 - [Recipes](#recipes)
   - [Backing up to AWS S3](#backing-up-to-aws-s3)
   - [Backing up to Filebase](#backing-up-to-filebase)
@@ -894,6 +895,45 @@ where service is any of the [supported services][shoutrrr-docs], e.g. for SMTP:
 docker run --rm -ti containrrr/shoutrrr generate smtp
 ```
 
+### Handle file uploads using third party tools
+
+If you want to use a non-supported storage backend, or want to use a third party (e.g. rsync, rclone) tool for file uploads, you can build a Docker image containing the required binaries off this one, and call through to these in lifecycle hooks.
+
+For example, if you wanted to use `rsync`, define your Docker image like this:
+
+```Dockerfile
+ARG version=canary
+FROM offen/docker-volume-backup:$version
+
+RUN apk add rsync
+```
+
+Using this image, you can now omit configuring any of the supported storage backends, and instead define your own mechanism in a `docker-volume-backup.copy-post` label:
+
+```yml
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  backup:
+    image: your-custom-image
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      BACKUP_FILENAME: "daily-backup-%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S.tar.gz"
+      BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION: "0 2 * * *"
+    labels:
+      - docker-volume-backup.copy-post=/bin/sh -c 'rsync $$COMMAND_RUNTIME_ARCHIVE_FILEPATH /destination'
+    volumes:
+      - app_data:/backup/app_data:ro
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+
+  # other services defined here ...
+volumes:
+  app_data:
+```
+
+
+Commands will be invoked with the filepath of the tar archive passed as `COMMAND_RUNTIME_BACKUP_FILEPATH`.
+
 ## Recipes
 
 This section lists configuration for some real-world use cases that you can mix and match according to your needs.
diff --git a/cmd/backup/exec.go b/cmd/backup/exec.go
index 04eee8f..acc0efd 100644
--- a/cmd/backup/exec.go
+++ b/cmd/backup/exec.go
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ import (
 
 func (s *script) exec(containerRef string, command string) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
 	args, _ := argv.Argv(command, nil, nil)
+	commandEnv := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("COMMAND_RUNTIME_ARCHIVE_FILEPATH=%s", s.file),
+	}
 	execID, err := s.cli.ContainerExecCreate(context.Background(), containerRef, types.ExecConfig{
 		Cmd:          args[0],
 		AttachStdin:  true,
 		AttachStderr: true,
+		Env:          commandEnv,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("exec: error creating container exec: %w", err)
diff --git a/test/extend/Dockerfile b/test/extend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0a2fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ARG version=canary
+FROM offen/docker-volume-backup:$version
+
+RUN apk add rsync
diff --git a/test/extend/docker-compose.yml b/test/extend/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4aa624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  backup:
+    image: offen/docker-volume-backup:${TEST_VERSION:-canary}
+    restart: always
+    labels:
+      - docker-volume-backup.copy-post=/bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p /tmp/unpack && tar -xvf $$COMMAND_RUNTIME_ARCHIVE_FILEPATH -C /tmp/unpack && rsync -r /tmp/unpack/backup/app_data /local'
+    environment:
+      BACKUP_FILENAME: test.tar.gz
+      BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION: 0 0 5 31 2 ?
+      EXEC_FORWARD_OUTPUT: "true"
+    volumes:
+      - ./local:/local
+      - app_data:/backup/app_data:ro
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+
+  offen:
+    image: offen/offen:latest
+    labels:
+      - docker-volume-backup.stop-during-backup=true
+    volumes:
+      - app_data:/var/opt/offen
+
+volumes:
+  app_data:
diff --git a/test/extend/run.sh b/test/extend/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d78e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extend/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+. ../util.sh
+current_test=$(basename $(pwd))
+
+mkdir -p local
+
+export TEST_VERSION="${TEST_VERSION:-canary}-with-rsync"
+
+docker build . -t offen/docker-volume-backup:$TEST_VERSION
+
+docker-compose up -d
+sleep 5
+
+docker-compose exec backup backup
+
+sleep 5
+
+expect_running_containers "2"
+
+if [ ! -f "./local/app_data/offen.db" ]; then
+  fail "Could not find expected file in untared archive."
+fi
+
+docker-compose down --volumes