diff --git a/src/collections/backup/client.ts b/src/collections/backup/client.ts
index f220ba0c..54f0503e 100644
--- a/src/collections/backup/client.ts
+++ b/src/collections/backup/client.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   BackupReturn,
   BackupStatusArgs,
   BackupStatusReturn,
+  ListBackupOptions,
 } from './types.js';
 
 export const backup = (connection: Connection): Backup => {
@@ -205,8 +206,12 @@ export const backup = (connection: Connection): Backup => {
           }
         : parseResponse(res);
     },
-    list: (backend: Backend): Promise<BackupReturn[]> => {
-      return connection.get<BackupReturn[]>(`/backups/${backend}`);
+    list: (backend: Backend, opts?: ListBackupOptions): Promise<BackupReturn[]> => {
+      let url = `/backups/${backend}`;
+      if (opts?.startedAtAsc) {
+        url += '?order=asc';
+      }
+      return connection.get<BackupReturn[]>(url);
     },
   };
 };
@@ -261,7 +266,8 @@ export interface Backup {
   /** List existing backups (completed and in-progress) created in a given backend.
    *
    * @param {Backend} backend Backend whence to list backups.
+   * @param {ListBackupOptions} [opts] The options available when listing backups.
    * @returns {Promise<BackupReturn[]>} The response from Weaviate.
-   * */
-  list(backend: Backend): Promise<BackupReturn[]>;
+   */
+  list(backend: Backend, opts?: ListBackupOptions): Promise<BackupReturn[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts
index a50eb5b0..5e762bb1 100644
--- a/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/backup/integration.test.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,36 @@ describe('Integration testing of backups', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  requireAtLeast(1, 33, 2).it('get all backups in ascending order', async () => {
+    await clientPromise.then(async (client) => {
+      await client.collections.create({ name: 'TestListBackupsAsc' }).then((col) => col.data.insert());
+
+      const wantBackups: string[] = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        wantBackups.push(
+          await client.backup
+            .create({
+              backupId: randomBackupId(),
+              backend: 'filesystem',
+              includeCollections: ['TestListBackupsAsc'],
+              waitForCompletion: true,
+            })
+            .then((res) => res.id)
+        );
+      }
+
+      const sortAscending = true;
+      const gotBackups = await client.backup.list('filesystem', { startedAtAsc: sortAscending });
+
+      // There may be other backups created in other tests;
+      expect(gotBackups.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(wantBackups.length);
+      // Expect the backups to be sorted in ascending order
+      expect(
+        gotBackups.every((value, idx, a) => idx === 0 || a[idx - 1].startedAt! <= value.startedAt!)
+      ).toBe(sortAscending);
+    });
+  });
+
   function randomBackupId() {
     return 'backup-id-' + Math.floor(Math.random() * Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
   }
diff --git a/src/collections/backup/types.ts b/src/collections/backup/types.ts
index 4403bb0e..f24bc8d8 100644
--- a/src/collections/backup/types.ts
+++ b/src/collections/backup/types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ export type BackupReturn = BackupStatusReturn & {
   backend: Backend;
   /** The collections that were included in the backup */
   collections: string[];
+  /** Timestamp when the backup process started  */
+  startedAt?: Date;
+  /** Timestamp when the backup process completed (successfully or with failure) */
+  completedAt?: Date;
+  /** Size of the backup in Gibs */
+  size?: number;
 };
 
 /** Configuration options available when creating a backup */
@@ -72,3 +78,8 @@ export type BackupCancelArgs = {
   /** The backend to use for the backup. */
   backend: Backend;
 };
+
+/** The options available when listing backups. */
+export type ListBackupOptions = {
+  startedAtAsc?: boolean;
+};