diff --git a/doc/qubes-storage.rst b/doc/qubes-storage.rst
index 3d9fafa6..d2abdeab 100644
--- a/doc/qubes-storage.rst
+++ b/doc/qubes-storage.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ Methods and properties required to be implemented by the volume class:
  - :py:meth:`~qubes.storage.Volume.export` - return a path to be read to extract
    volume data; for complex formats, this can be a pipe (connected to some
    data-extracting process)
+ - :py:meth:`~qubes.storage.Volume.export_end` - cleanup after exporting the
+   data; this function is called when the path returned by
+   :py:meth:`~qubes.storage.Volume.export` is not used anymore. This method
+   optional - some storage drivers may not implement it if not needed.
  - :py:meth:`~qubes.storage.Volume.import_data` - return a path the data should
    be written to, to import volume data; for complex formats, this can be pipe
    (connected to some data-importing process)
diff --git a/qubes/backup.py b/qubes/backup.py
index 661af44a..5b81b2d0 100644
--- a/qubes/backup.py
+++ b/qubes/backup.py
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ class Backup:
                     volume.export,
                     subdir,
                     name + '.img',
-                    volume.usage))
+                    volume.usage,
+                    cleanup_func=volume.export_end))
 
             vm_files.extend(self.FileToBackup(i, subdir)
                 for i in vm.fire_event('backup-get-files'))
diff --git a/qubes/storage/__init__.py b/qubes/storage/__init__.py
index 519c8bf3..f778c41b 100644
--- a/qubes/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/qubes/storage/__init__.py
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ class Volume:
         '''
         raise self._not_implemented("export")
 
+    def export_end(self, path):
+        """ Cleanup after exporting data.
+
+            This method is called after exporting the volume data (using
+            :py:meth:`export`), when the *path* is not needed anymore.
+
+            This can be implemented as a coroutine.
+
+            :param path: path to cleanup, returned by :py:meth:`export`
+        """
+        # do nothing by default (optional method)
+
     def import_data(self, size):
         ''' Returns a path to overwrite volume data.
 
@@ -643,6 +655,19 @@ class Storage:
 
         return self.vm.volumes[volume].export()
 
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def export_end(self, volume, export_path):
+        """ Cleanup after exporting data from the volume
+
+        :param volume: volume that was exported
+        :param export_path: path returned by the export() call
+        """
+        assert isinstance(volume, (Volume, str)), \
+            "You need to pass a Volume or pool name as str"
+        if not isinstance(volume, Volume):
+            volume = self.vm.volumes[volume]
+        yield from qubes.utils.coro_maybe(volume.export_end(export_path))
+
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def import_data(self, volume, size):
         '''