diff --git a/packages/termux-tools/build.sh b/packages/termux-tools/build.sh
index 2e0c425e0..288f99770 100644
--- a/packages/termux-tools/build.sh
+++ b/packages/termux-tools/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://termux.com/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Basic system tools for Termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.138
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.139
 TERMUX_PKG_SKIP_SRC_EXTRACT=true
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ termux_step_make_install() {
 		chmod +x $WRAPPER_FILE
 	done
 
-	for script in chsh dalvikvm login pkg su termux-fix-shebang termux-info \
-		termux-open termux-open-url termux-reload-settings termux-reset \
-		termux-setup-storage termux-wake-lock termux-wake-unlock termux-change-repo; do
+	for script in chsh dalvikvm login pkg su termux-fix-shebang termux-backup \
+		termux-info termux-open termux-open-url termux-reload-settings \
+		termux-reset termux-restore termux-setup-storage termux-wake-lock \
+		termux-wake-unlock termux-change-repo; do
 			install -Dm700 $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/$script $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/$script
 			sed -i -e "s%\@TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE\@%${TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE}%g" \
 				-e "s%\@TERMUX_BASE_DIR\@%${TERMUX_BASE_DIR}%g" \
diff --git a/packages/termux-tools/termux-backup b/packages/termux-tools/termux-backup
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8fd69c5c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/termux-tools/termux-backup
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/bash
+set -e -u
+
+export PREFIX=@TERMUX_PREFIX@
+
+msg() {
+	echo "$@" >&2
+}
+
+show_usage() {
+	msg
+	msg "Usage: termux-backup [output file]"
+	msg
+	msg "Script for backing up Termux installation directory, \$PREFIX."
+	msg "It WILL NOT backup your home directory."
+	msg
+	msg "Backup is performed as TAR archive. Compression is determined"
+	msg "by output file extension. If file name is '-', then tarball is"
+	msg "written to stdout and is uncompressed."
+	msg
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	msg
+	msg "[!] Output file path is not specified."
+	show_usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
+	shift 1
+	msg
+	msg "[!] Got extra arguments: $@"
+	show_usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$PREFIX" ]; then
+	msg "[!] $PREFIX: directory does not exist."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+	-?|-h|--help|--usage) show_usage; exit 0;;
+	*) BACKUP_FILE_PATH=$1;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" != "-" ]; then
+	CAN_AUTOCOMPRESS=yes
+	if [ -e "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" ]; then
+		msg
+		msg "[!] Refusing to overwrite already existing file '$BACKUP_FILE_PATH'."
+		msg
+		exit 1
+	fi
+else
+	CAN_AUTOCOMPRESS=
+fi
+
+tar --warning=no-file-ignored -f "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" \
+	-c ${CAN_AUTOCOMPRESS+--auto-compress} \
+	-C "@TERMUX_BASE_DIR@" ./usr
diff --git a/packages/termux-tools/termux-restore b/packages/termux-tools/termux-restore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1482ae96c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/termux-tools/termux-restore
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/bash
+set -e -u
+
+export PREFIX=@TERMUX_PREFIX@
+
+msg() {
+	echo "$@" >&2
+}
+
+show_usage() {
+	msg
+	msg "Usage: termux-restore [input file]"
+	msg
+	msg "Script for restoring Termux installation directory (\$PREFIX)"
+	msg "from the given TAR archive."
+	msg
+	msg "It is expected that backup file was made by 'termux-backup'."
+	msg "Restoring procedure will erase all files in \$PREFIX directory"
+	msg "that are not present in the given backup file. Be careful."
+	msg
+	msg "Backup contents may be supplied via stdin by specifying input"
+	msg "file as '-'. Note that piped TAR archive must be uncompressed."
+	msg
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	msg
+	msg "[!] Input file path is not specified."
+	show_usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
+	shift 1
+	msg
+	msg "[!] Got extra arguments: $@"
+	show_usage
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+	-?|-h|--help|--usage) show_usage; exit 0;;
+	*) BACKUP_FILE_PATH=$1;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" != "-" ] && [ ! -e "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" ]; then
+	msg
+	msg "[!] File '$BACKUP_FILE_PATH' does not exist."
+	msg
+	exit 1
+else
+	if [ "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" != "-" ] && [ ! -f "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" ]; then
+		msg
+		msg "[!] Path '$BACKUP_FILE_PATH' is not a regular file."
+		msg
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+# --recursive-unlink is added intentionally to delete all orphan/extra files
+# in $PREFIX. It must be restored to a clean state as in backup tarball.
+tar -x -C "@TERMUX_BASE_DIR@" -f "$BACKUP_FILE_PATH" \
+	--recursive-unlink --preserve-permissions ./usr