diff --git a/wre/lib/WRE/File.pm b/wre/lib/WRE/File.pm
index e468082..9022a16 100644
--- a/wre/lib/WRE/File.pm
+++ b/wre/lib/WRE/File.pm
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ sub tar {
     if ($options{gzip}) {
         $args .= " --gzip";
     }
+    if ($options{absPath}) {
+        $args .= " -P";
+    }
     if (exists $options{exclude}) {
         my $exFile = file($options{exclude});
         if (-e $exFile) {
diff --git a/wre/sbin/backup.pl b/wre/sbin/backup.pl
index 3c23f32..4b78625 100755
--- a/wre/sbin/backup.pl
+++ b/wre/sbin/backup.pl
@@ -37,11 +37,40 @@
 backupDomains($config);
 backupWebgui($config);
 backupWre($config);
+backupCustom($config);
 runExternalScripts($config);
 compressBackups($config);
 copyToRemote($config);
 removeBackupFiles($config);
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub backupCustom {
+    my $config          = shift;
+    
+    return undef unless $config->get("backup/items/custom");
+    
+    my $backupDir   = dir($config->get("backup/path"));
+    my $customFile      = $config->getWebguiRoot("/sbin/preload.custom");
+    open FILE, $customFile or die $!;
+    my @lines           = <FILE>;
+    my @customDirs;
+    foreach my $line (@lines) {
+        if ($line =~ /^\//) {
+            my $backupFile = join("",map { ucfirst($_) } split /\//, $line);
+            chomp $backupFile;
+
+            eval { $util->tar(
+                file    => $backupDir->file($backupFile.".tar")->stringify,
+                stuff   => [$line],
+                absPath => 1,
+            )};
+            print $@."\n" if ($@);
+        }
+        else {
+            next;
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub backupDomains {
diff --git a/wre/var/setupfiles/wre.conf b/wre/var/setupfiles/wre.conf
index 671a529..deeae6c 100644
--- a/wre/var/setupfiles/wre.conf
+++ b/wre/var/setupfiles/wre.conf
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
 		    "fullWre" : 0,
 		    "smallWre" : 1,
 		    "domainsFolder" : 1,
-		    "webgui" : 1
+		    "webgui" : 1,
+            "custom" : 1,
         },
 		"externalScripts" : [],
 		"ftp" : {