diff --git a/qvm-tools/qvm-ls b/qvm-tools/qvm-ls
index 90d9e9d9..adc4eb9f 100755
--- a/qvm-tools/qvm-ls
+++ b/qvm-tools/qvm-ls
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ fields = {
     "kernel" : {"func" : "('*' if vm.uses_default_kernel else '') + str(vm.kernel) if hasattr(vm, 'kernel') else 'n/a'"},
     "kernelopts" : {"func" : "('*' if vm.uses_default_kernelopts else '') + str(vm.kernelopts) if hasattr(vm, 'kernelopts') else 'n/a'"},
 
-    "on" : {"func" : "'*' if vm.is_running() else ''"}
+    "on" : {"func" : "'*' if vm.is_running() else ''"},
+
+    "last backup" : {"func": "str(vm.backup_timestamp.date()) if "
+                             "vm.backup_timestamp else '-'"},
 
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +117,10 @@ def main():
                        action="store_true", default=False,
                        help="Show Qubes and Xen id#s")
 
+    parser.add_option("-b", "--last-backup", dest="backup",
+                      action="store_true", default=False,
+                      help="Show date of last VM backup")
+
 
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args ()
 
@@ -137,6 +144,9 @@ def main():
     if (options.mem):
         fields_to_display += ["mem"]
 
+    if options.backup:
+        fields_to_display += ["last backup"]
+
     if (options.network):
         if 'template' in fields_to_display:
             fields_to_display.remove ("template")
diff --git a/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs b/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs
index 7482eac7..c8df775d 100755
--- a/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs
+++ b/qvm-tools/qvm-prefs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def do_list(vm):
     print fmt.format ("autostart", vm.autostart)
     print fmt.format ("installed_by_rpm", vm.installed_by_rpm)
     print fmt.format ("include_in_backups", vm.include_in_backups)
+    print fmt.format ("last_backup", vm.backup_timestamp)
     print fmt.format ("dir", vm.dir_path)
     print fmt.format ("config", vm.conf_file)
     print fmt.format ("pcidevs", vm.pcidevs)