diff --git a/gramps/gen/db/generic.py b/gramps/gen/db/generic.py
index 021277814..e0ea382ed 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/db/generic.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/db/generic.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import bisect
 import ast
 import sys
 import datetime
+import glob
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -1992,6 +1993,17 @@ class DbGeneric(DbWriteBase, DbReadBase, UpdateCallback, Callback):
         _("Version")
         _("Data version")
         """
+        last_backup = "n/a"
+        backups = sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(
+            self._directory, "backup-*.gramps")), reverse=True)
+        if backups:
+            path, filename = os.path.split(backups[0])
+            filename, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
+            if filename.count("-") == 6:
+                backup, year, month, day, hour, minute, second = filename.split("-")
+                last_backup = time.strftime('%x %X', time.localtime(time.mktime(
+                    (int(year), int(month), int(day), int(hour), int(minute), int(second), 
+                     0, 0, 0))))
         return {
             _("Number of people"): self.get_number_of_people(),
             _("Number of families"): self.get_number_of_families(),
@@ -2004,6 +2016,8 @@ class DbGeneric(DbWriteBase, DbReadBase, UpdateCallback, Callback):
             _("Number of notes"): self.get_number_of_notes(),
             _("Number of tags"): self.get_number_of_tags(),
             _("Data version"): ".".join([str(v) for v in self.VERSION]),
+            _("Backups, count"): str(len(backups)),
+            _("Backups, last"): last_backup,
         }
 
     def get_dbname(self):