diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 33c77ba..f5bd0bf 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ SUPPRESS_WARNINGS=false # Suppress warnings
 LOCK_FILE="" # Optional lock file to acquire to ensure two backups don't run at once
 LOCK_FILE_TIMEOUT="" # Optional lock file wait timeout (in seconds)
 WINDOW_MANAGER="screen" # Choices: screen, tmux, RCON
+BUKKIT=false
 
 # Other Variables (do not modify)
 DATE_FORMAT="%F_%H-%M-%S"
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ while getopts 'a:cd:e:f:hi:l:m:o:p:qr:s:t:u:vw:' FLAG; do
        echo "-u    Lock file timeout seconds (empty = unlimited)"
        echo "-v    Verbose mode"
        echo "-w    Window manager: screen (default), tmux, RCON"
+       echo "-x    Bukkit-style server backup mode (world files are split by dimension)"
        exit 0
        ;;
     i) SERVER_WORLD=$OPTARG ;;
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ while getopts 'a:cd:e:f:hi:l:m:o:p:qr:s:t:u:vw:' FLAG; do
     u) LOCK_FILE_TIMEOUT=$OPTARG ;;
     v) DEBUG=true ;;
     w) WINDOW_MANAGER=$OPTARG ;;
+    x) BUKKIT=true ;;
     *) log-fatal "Invalid option -$FLAG"; exit 1 ;;
   esac
 done
@@ -476,6 +479,18 @@ clean-up () {
 trap "clean-up" 2
 
 do-backup () {
+  # set bukkit world paths if this is a bukkit server
+  if "$BUKKIT"; then
+    WORLD_PARENT_DIR=$(dirname "$SERVER_WORLD")
+
+    # overwrite SERVER_WORLD so that restic gets all 3 dirs
+    SERVER_WORLD="$SERVER_WORLD"\ "$SERVER_WORLD"_nether\ "$SERVER_WORLD"_the_end
+    TAR_ARGS=$(basename -a "$SERVER_WORLD")
+  else
+    # no bukkit--retain previous functionality
+    WORLD_PARENT_DIR="$SERVER_WORLD"
+    TAR_ARGS="."
+  fi
   # Notify players of start
   message-players "Starting backup..." "$ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME"
 
@@ -491,10 +506,10 @@ do-backup () {
 
     case $COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM in
       # No compression
-      "") tar -cf "$ARCHIVE_PATH" -C "$SERVER_WORLD" .
+      "") tar -cf "$ARCHIVE_PATH" -C "$WORLD_PARENT_DIR" "$TAR_ARGS"
         ;;
       # With compression
-      *) tar -cf - -C "$SERVER_WORLD" . | $COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM -cv -"$COMPRESSION_LEVEL" - > "$ARCHIVE_PATH" 2>> /dev/null
+      *) tar -cf - -C "$WORLD_PARENT_DIR" "$TAR_ARGS" | $COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM -cv -"$COMPRESSION_LEVEL" - > "$ARCHIVE_PATH" 2>> /dev/null
         ;;
     esac
     EXIT_CODES=("${PIPESTATUS[@]}")