diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7126cee..7b914c3 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
       --wikis               include wiki clone in backup
       --skip-existing       skip project if a backup directory exists
       -L [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]], --languages [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]]
diff --git a/bin/github-backup b/bin/github-backup
index 30390a6..e1d8d80 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')
     parser.add_argument('--wikis',
                         action='store_true',
                         dest='include_wiki',
@@ -540,7 +544,8 @@ 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 +553,8 @@ 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 +744,8 @@ 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 +787,10 @@ 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 +798,15 @@ 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)