diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 643d940..d2aec44 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for elabctl
 
+## Version 3.6.0
+
+* Allow setting `BORG_REMOTE_PATH` env var for `borg` backup. (fix elabftw/elabftw#4798)
+
 ## Version 3.5.0
 
 * Change `bin/console db:install` to new `bin/init db:install`
diff --git a/elabctl.conf b/elabctl.conf
index 918d439..4b782ba 100644
--- a/elabctl.conf
+++ b/elabctl.conf
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@
 # granularity of backups to keep
 declare BORG_KEEP_DAILY=14
 declare BORG_KEEP_MONTHLY=6
+
+# optional, only set if required (rsync.net)
+#declare BORG_REMOTE_PATH=borg1
diff --git a/elabctl.sh b/elabctl.sh
index 2fe5565..3834385 100755
--- a/elabctl.sh
+++ b/elabctl.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # https://github.com/elabftw/elabctl/
 # © 2022 Nicolas CARPi @ Deltablot
 # License: GPLv3
-declare -r ELABCTL_VERSION='3.5.0'
+declare -r ELABCTL_VERSION='3.6.0'
 
 # default backup dir
 declare BACKUP_DIR='/var/backups/elabftw'
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ function borg-backup
     # add these into env so it is picked up by borg
     export BORG_REPO="${BORG_REPO}"
     export BORG_PASSPHRASE="${BORG_PASSPHRASE}"
+    if [ -n "$BORG_REMOTE_PATH" ]; then
+        export BORG_REMOTE_PATH="${BORG_REMOTE_PATH}"
+    fi
     # we add to the borg the uploaded files (web directory) and also the backup dir containing dumps of MySQL
     "${BORG_PATH}" create "::$(hostname)-$(date +%F_%H-%M)" "${DATA_DIR}/web" "${BACKUP_DIR}"
     "${BORG_PATH}" prune --keep-daily="${BORG_KEEP_DAILY:-14}" --keep-monthly="${BORG_KEEP_MONTHLY:-6}"