diff --git a/Sources/Blackbird/BlackbirdDatabase.swift b/Sources/Blackbird/BlackbirdDatabase.swift
index f91295e..440ff8f 100644
--- a/Sources/Blackbird/BlackbirdDatabase.swift
+++ b/Sources/Blackbird/BlackbirdDatabase.swift
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ extension Blackbird {
             case cannotOpenDatabaseAtPath(path: String, description: String)
             case unsupportedConfigurationAtPath(path: String)
             case queryError(query: String, description: String)
+            case backupError(description: String)
             case queryArgumentNameError(query: String, name: String)
             case queryArgumentValueError(query: String, description: String)
             case queryExecutionError(query: String, description: String)
@@ -481,6 +482,14 @@ extension Blackbird {
 
         public func setArtificialQueryDelay(_ delay: TimeInterval?) async { await core.setArtificialQueryDelay(delay) }
 
+        /// Creates a backup of the whole database.
+        ///
+        /// - Parameters:
+        ///   - targetPath: The path to the backup file to be created.
+        ///   - pagesPerStep: The number of [pages](https://www.sqlite.org/fileformat.html#pages) to copy in a single step (optional; defaults to 100).
+        ///
+        /// An error will be thrown if a file already exists at `targetPath`,  the backup database cannot be created or the backup process fails.
+        public func backup(to targetPath: String, pagesPerStep: Int32 = 100) async throws { try await core.backup(to: targetPath, pagesPerStep: pagesPerStep) }
 
         // MARK: - Core
         
@@ -856,6 +865,48 @@ extension Blackbird {
                 }
                 return rows
             }
+
+            public func backup(to targetPath: String, pagesPerStep: Int32, printProgress: Bool = false) async throws {
+                guard !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: targetPath) else {
+                    throw Blackbird.Database.Error.backupError(description: "File already exists at `\(targetPath)`")
+                }
+                
+                var targetDbHandle: OpaquePointer? = nil
+                let flags: Int32 = SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE
+                let openResult = sqlite3_open_v2(targetPath, &targetDbHandle, flags, nil)
+
+                guard let targetDbHandle else {
+                    throw Error.cannotOpenDatabaseAtPath(path: targetPath, description: "SQLite cannot allocate memory")
+                }
+                
+                guard openResult == SQLITE_OK else {
+                    let code = sqlite3_errcode(targetDbHandle)
+                    let msg = String(cString: sqlite3_errmsg(targetDbHandle), encoding: .utf8) ?? "(unknown)"
+                    sqlite3_close(targetDbHandle)
+                    throw Error.cannotOpenDatabaseAtPath(path: targetPath, description: "SQLite error code \(code): \(msg)")
+                }
+
+                guard let backup = sqlite3_backup_init(targetDbHandle, "main", dbHandle, "main") else {
+                    throw Blackbird.Database.Error.backupError(description: errorDesc(targetDbHandle))
+                }
+                
+                var stepResult = SQLITE_OK
+                while stepResult == SQLITE_OK || stepResult == SQLITE_BUSY || stepResult == SQLITE_LOCKED {
+                    stepResult = sqlite3_backup_step(backup, pagesPerStep)
+
+                    if printProgress {
+                        let remainingPages = sqlite3_backup_remaining(backup)
+                        let totalPages = sqlite3_backup_pagecount(backup)
+                        let backedUpPages = totalPages - remainingPages
+                        print("Backed up \(backedUpPages) pages of \(totalPages)\n")
+                    }
+                    
+                    await Task.yield()
+                }
+
+                sqlite3_backup_finish(backup)
+                sqlite3_close(targetDbHandle)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/BlackbirdTests/BlackbirdTests.swift b/Tests/BlackbirdTests/BlackbirdTests.swift
index 059321a..1042b52 100644
--- a/Tests/BlackbirdTests/BlackbirdTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/BlackbirdTests/BlackbirdTests.swift
@@ -1264,6 +1264,30 @@ final class BlackbirdTestTests: XCTestCase, @unchecked Sendable {
 //        }
     }
 
+    func testBackup() async throws {
+        let db = try Blackbird.Database(path: sqliteFilename)
+        for i in 0..<1000 {
+            try await TestModel(id: Int64(i), title: TestData.randomTitle, url: TestData.randomURL).write(to: db)
+        }
+        let backupFilePath = sqliteFilename + ".backup"
+        print("Creating backup at \(backupFilePath)")
+        
+        defer {
+            for path in Blackbird.Database.allFilePaths(for: backupFilePath) {
+                try? FileManager.default.removeItem(atPath: path)
+            }
+        }
+        
+        try await db.core.backup(to: backupFilePath, pagesPerStep: 100, printProgress: true)
+        
+        let backupDb = try Blackbird.Database(path: backupFilePath)
+         
+        let modelsInDb = try await TestModel.read(from: db)
+        let modelsInBackupDb = try await TestModel.read(from: backupDb)
+
+        XCTAssert(modelsInDb == modelsInBackupDb)
+    }
+
 
 /* Tests duplicate-index detection. Throws fatal error on success.
     func testDuplicateIndex() async throws {