diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7126cee..4ae7d9c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CLI Usage is as follows::
                   [-o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY] [-i] [--starred] [--watched]
                   [--all] [--issues] [--issue-comments] [--issue-events]
                   [--pulls] [--pull-comments] [--pull-commits] [--labels]
-                  [--hooks] [--milestones] [--repositories] [--bare]
+                  [--hooks] [--milestones] [--repositories] [--bare] [--lfs]
                   [--wikis] [--skip-existing]
                   [-L [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]]] [-N NAME_REGEX]
                   [-H GITHUB_HOST] [-O] [-R REPOSITORY] [-P] [-F]
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ CLI Usage is as follows::
       --milestones          include milestones in backup
       --repositories        include repository clone in backup
       --bare                clone bare repositories
+      --lfs                 clone LFS repositories (requires Git LFS to be installed, https://git-lfs.github.com)
       --wikis               include wiki clone in backup
       --skip-existing       skip project if a backup directory exists
       -L [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]], --languages [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]]
@@ -117,6 +118,13 @@ Note:  When you run github-backup, you will be asked whether you want to allow "
 1. **Allow:** In this case you will need to click "Allow" each time you run `github-backup`
 2. **Always Allow:** In this case, you will not be asked for permission when you run `github-backup` in future. This is less secure, but is required if you want to schedule `github-backup` to run automatically
 
+About Git LFS
+=============
+
+When you use the "--lfs" option, you will need to make sure you have Git LFS installed.
+
+Instructions on how to do this can be found on https://git-lfs.github.com.
+
 Examples
 ========
 
diff --git a/bin/github-backup b/bin/github-backup
index 30390a6..23d0603 100755
--- a/bin/github-backup
+++ b/bin/github-backup
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ def parse_args():
                         action='store_true',
                         dest='bare_clone',
                         help='clone bare repositories')
+    parser.add_argument('--lfs',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        dest='lfs_clone',
+                        help='clone LFS repositories (requires Git LFS to be installed, https://git-lfs.github.com)')
     parser.add_argument('--wikis',
                         action='store_true',
                         dest='include_wiki',
@@ -467,6 +471,13 @@ def _request_url_error(template, retry_timeout):
     return False
 
 
+def check_git_lfs_install():
+    exit_code = subprocess.call(['git', 'lfs', 'version'])
+    if exit_code != 0:
+        log_error('The argument --lfs requires you to have Git LFS installed.\nYou can get it from https://git-lfs.github.com.')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
 def retrieve_repositories(args):
     log_info('Retrieving repositories')
     single_request = False
@@ -540,7 +551,8 @@ def backup_repositories(args, output_directory, repositories):
                              repo_url,
                              repo_dir,
                              skip_existing=args.skip_existing,
-                             bare_clone=args.bare_clone)
+                             bare_clone=args.bare_clone,
+                             lfs_clone=arg.lfs_clone)
 
         download_wiki = (args.include_wiki or args.include_everything)
         if repository['has_wiki'] and download_wiki:
@@ -548,7 +560,8 @@ def backup_repositories(args, output_directory, repositories):
                              repo_url.replace('.git', '.wiki.git'),
                              os.path.join(repo_cwd, 'wiki'),
                              skip_existing=args.skip_existing,
-                             bare_clone=args.bare_clone)
+                             bare_clone=args.bare_clone,
+                             lfs_clone=arg.lfs_clone)
 
         if args.include_issues or args.include_everything:
             backup_issues(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template)
@@ -738,7 +751,8 @@ def fetch_repository(name,
                      remote_url,
                      local_dir,
                      skip_existing=False,
-                     bare_clone=False):
+                     bare_clone=False,
+                     lfs_clone=False):
     if bare_clone:
         if os.path.exists(local_dir):
             clone_exists = subprocess.check_output(['git',
@@ -780,7 +794,10 @@ def fetch_repository(name,
             git_command = ['git', 'remote', 'set-url', 'origin', remote_url]
             logging_subprocess(git_command, None, cwd=local_dir)
 
-        git_command = ['git', 'fetch', '--all', '--force', '--tags', '--prune']
+        if lfs_clone:
+            git_command = ['git', 'lfs', 'fetch', '--all', '--force', '--tags', '--prune']
+        else:
+            git_command = ['git', 'fetch', '--all', '--force', '--tags', '--prune']
         logging_subprocess(git_command, None, cwd=local_dir)
     else:
         log_info('Cloning {0} repository from {1} to {2}'.format(
@@ -788,9 +805,15 @@ def fetch_repository(name,
             masked_remote_url,
             local_dir))
         if bare_clone:
-            git_command = ['git', 'clone', '--mirror', remote_url, local_dir]
+            if lfs_clone:
+                git_command = ['git', 'lfs', 'clone', '--mirror', remote_url, local_dir]
+            else:
+                git_command = ['git', 'clone', '--mirror', remote_url, local_dir]
         else:
-            git_command = ['git', 'clone', remote_url, local_dir]
+            if lfs_clone:
+                git_command = ['git', 'lfs', 'clone', remote_url, local_dir]
+            else:
+                git_command = ['git', 'clone', remote_url, local_dir]
         logging_subprocess(git_command, None)
 
 
@@ -847,6 +870,9 @@ def main():
         log_info('Create output directory {0}'.format(output_directory))
         mkdir_p(output_directory)
 
+    if args.lfs_clone:
+        check_git_lfs_install()
+
     log_info('Backing up user {0} to {1}'.format(args.user, output_directory))
 
     repositories = retrieve_repositories(args)