diff --git a/Makefile.global.in b/Makefile.global.in
index 83f875ab..775a9996 100644
--- a/Makefile.global.in
+++ b/Makefile.global.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ GIT_WORK_TREE=${repmgr_abs_srcdir}
 GIT_DIR=${repmgr_abs_srcdir}/.git
 export GIT_DIR
 export GIT_WORK_TREE
-
+PG_LDFLAGS=-lcurl -ljson-c
 include $(PGXS)
 
 -include ${repmgr_abs_srcdir}/Makefile.custom
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index cf6a5ad5..ef048f3e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ REPMGR_CLIENT_OBJS = repmgr-client.o \
 	repmgr-action-primary.o repmgr-action-standby.o repmgr-action-witness.o \
 	repmgr-action-cluster.o repmgr-action-node.o repmgr-action-service.o repmgr-action-daemon.o \
 	configdata.o configfile.o configfile-scan.o log.o strutil.o controldata.o dirutil.o compat.o \
-	dbutils.o sysutils.o
+	dbutils.o sysutils.o pgbackupapi.o
 REPMGRD_OBJS = repmgrd.o repmgrd-physical.o configdata.o configfile.o configfile-scan.o log.o \
 	dbutils.o strutil.o controldata.o compat.o sysutils.o
 
diff --git a/configdata.c b/configdata.c
index d40d158a..466cc810 100644
--- a/configdata.c
+++ b/configdata.c
@@ -291,6 +291,46 @@ struct ConfigFileSetting config_file_settings[] =
 		{},
 		{}
 	},
+	/* pg_backupapi_backup_id*/
+	{
+		"pg_backupapi_backup_id",
+		CONFIG_STRING,
+		{ .strptr = config_file_options.pg_backupapi_backup_id },
+		{ .strdefault = "" },
+		{},
+		{ .strmaxlen = sizeof(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_backup_id) },
+		{}
+	},
+	/* pg_backupapi_host*/
+	{
+		"pg_backupapi_host",
+		CONFIG_STRING,
+		{ .strptr = config_file_options.pg_backupapi_host },
+		{ .strdefault = "" },
+		{},
+		{ .strmaxlen = sizeof(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_host) },
+		{}
+	},
+	/* pg_backupapi_node_name */
+	{
+		"pg_backupapi_node_name",
+		CONFIG_STRING,
+		{ .strptr = config_file_options.pg_backupapi_node_name },
+		{ .strdefault = "" },
+		{},
+		{ .strmaxlen = sizeof(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_node_name) },
+		{}
+	},
+	/* pg_backupapi_remote_ssh_command */
+	{
+		"pg_backupapi_remote_ssh_command",
+		CONFIG_STRING,
+		{ .strptr = config_file_options.pg_backupapi_remote_ssh_command },
+		{ .strdefault = "" },
+		{},
+		{ .strmaxlen = sizeof(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_remote_ssh_command) },
+		{}
+	},
 
 	/* =======================
 	 * standby follow settings
diff --git a/configfile.h b/configfile.h
index 3bcb9f51..3d6f423a 100644
--- a/configfile.h
+++ b/configfile.h
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ typedef struct
 	char		archive_cleanup_command[MAXLEN];
 	bool		use_primary_conninfo_password;
 	char		passfile[MAXPGPATH];
+	char		pg_backupapi_backup_id[NAMEDATALEN];
+	char		pg_backupapi_host[NAMEDATALEN];
+	char		pg_backupapi_node_name[NAMEDATALEN];
+	char		pg_backupapi_remote_ssh_command[MAXLEN];
 
 	/* standby promote settings */
 	int			promote_check_timeout;
diff --git a/errcode.h b/errcode.h
index 6bc30c78..0bd91ccd 100644
--- a/errcode.h
+++ b/errcode.h
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@
 #define ERR_NODE_STATUS 25
 #define ERR_REPMGRD_PAUSE 26
 #define ERR_REPMGRD_SERVICE 27
+#define ERR_PGBACKUPAPI_SERVICE 28
 
 #endif							/* _ERRCODE_H_ */
diff --git a/pgbackupapi.c b/pgbackupapi.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b40d34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgbackupapi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+ * pgbackupapi.c
+ * Copyright (c) EnterpriseDB Corporation, 2010-2021
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <json-c/json.h>
+
+#include "repmgr.h"
+#include "pgbackupapi.h"
+
+
+size_t receive_operations_cb(void *content, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char *buffer) {
+	short int max_chars_to_copy = MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH -2;
+	short int i = 0;
+	int operation_length = 0;
+	json_object *value;
+
+	json_object *root = json_tokener_parse(content);
+	json_object *operations = json_object_object_get(root, "operations");
+
+	operation_length = strlen(json_object_get_string(operations));
+	if (operation_length < max_chars_to_copy) {
+		max_chars_to_copy = operation_length;
+	}
+
+	strncpy(buffer, json_object_get_string(operations), max_chars_to_copy);
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "Success! The following operations were found\n");
+	for (i=0; i<json_object_array_length(operations); i++) {
+		value = json_object_array_get_idx(operations, i);
+		printf("%s\n", json_object_get_string(value));
+	}
+	return size * nmemb;
+}
+
+char * define_base_url(operation_task *task) {
+	char *format = "http://%s:80/servers/%s/operations";
+	char *url = malloc(MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH);
+
+	snprintf(url, MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH-1, format, task->host, task->node_name);
+
+	//`url` is freed on the function that called this
+	return url;
+}
+
+CURLcode get_operations_on_server(CURL *curl, operation_task *task) {
+	char buffer[MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH];
+	char *url = define_base_url(task);
+	CURLcode ret;
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, receive_operations_cb);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &buffer);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+
+	ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+	free(url);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+size_t receive_operation_id(void *content, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char *buffer) {
+	json_object *root = json_tokener_parse(content);
+	json_object *operation = json_object_object_get(root, "operation_id");
+
+	if (operation != NULL) {
+		strncpy(buffer, json_object_get_string(operation), MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH-2);
+	}
+
+	return size * nmemb;
+}
+
+
+CURLcode create_new_task(CURL *curl, operation_task *task) {
+	PQExpBufferData payload;
+	char *url = define_base_url(task);
+	CURLcode ret;
+	json_object *root = json_object_new_object();
+	struct curl_slist *chunk = NULL;
+
+	json_object_object_add(root, "operation_type", json_object_new_string(task->operation_type));
+	json_object_object_add(root, "backup_id", json_object_new_string(task->backup_id));
+	json_object_object_add(root, "remote_ssh_command", json_object_new_string(task->remote_ssh_command));
+	json_object_object_add(root, "destination_directory", json_object_new_string(task->destination_directory));
+
+	initPQExpBuffer(&payload);
+	appendPQExpBufferStr(&payload, json_object_to_json_string(root));
+
+	chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Content-type: application/json");
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, chunk);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, payload.data);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1L);
+	//curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, receive_operation_id);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, task->operation_id);
+	ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+	free(url);
+	termPQExpBuffer(&payload);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+size_t receive_operation_status(void *content, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char *buffer) {
+	json_object *root = json_tokener_parse(content);
+	json_object *status = json_object_object_get(root, "status");
+	if (status != NULL) {
+		strncpy(buffer, json_object_get_string(status), MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH-2);
+	}
+	else {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Incorrect reply received for that operation ID.\n");
+		strcpy(buffer, "\0");
+	}
+	return size * nmemb;
+}
+
+CURLcode get_status_of_operation(CURL *curl, operation_task *task) {
+	CURLcode ret;
+	char *url = define_base_url(task);
+
+	strcat(url, "/");
+	strcat(url, task->operation_id);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, receive_operation_status);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, task->operation_status);
+
+	ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+	free(url);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/pgbackupapi.h b/pgbackupapi.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f642899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgbackupapi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * pgbackupapi.h
+ * Copyright (c) EnterpriseDB Corporation, 2010-2021
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <json-c/json.h>
+
+typedef struct operation_task {
+        char *backup_id;
+        char *destination_directory;
+        char *operation_type;
+	char *operation_id;
+	char *operation_status;
+        char *remote_ssh_command;
+	char *host;
+	char *node_name;
+} operation_task;
+
+//Default simplebuffer size in most of operations
+#define MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH 72
+
+//Callbacks to send/receive data from pg-backup-api endpoints
+size_t receive_operations_cb(void *content, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char *buffer);
+size_t receive_operation_id(void *content, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char *buffer);
+size_t receive_operation_status(void *content, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char *buffer);
+
+//Functions that implement the logic and know what to do and how to comunnicate wuth the API
+CURLcode get_operations_on_server(CURL *curl, operation_task *task);
+CURLcode create_new_task(CURL *curl, operation_task *task);
+CURLcode get_status_of_operation(CURL *curl, operation_task *task);
+
+//Helper to make simpler to read the handler where we set the URL
+char * define_base_url(operation_task *task);
diff --git a/repmgr-action-standby.c b/repmgr-action-standby.c
index cc9829c1..be65de36 100644
--- a/repmgr-action-standby.c
+++ b/repmgr-action-standby.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "repmgr.h"
 #include "dirutil.h"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "repmgr-client-global.h"
 #include "repmgr-action-standby.h"
-
+#include "pgbackupapi.h"
 
 typedef struct TablespaceDataListCell
 {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ static void check_recovery_type(PGconn *conn);
 static void initialise_direct_clone(t_node_info *local_node_record, t_node_info *upstream_node_record);
 static int	run_basebackup(t_node_info *node_record);
 static int	run_file_backup(t_node_info *node_record);
+static int	run_pg_backupapi(t_node_info *node_record);
 
 static void copy_configuration_files(bool delete_after_copy);
 
@@ -687,19 +689,18 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 		exit(SUCCESS);
 	}
 
-	if (mode != barman)
-	{
-		initialise_direct_clone(&local_node_record, &upstream_node_record);
-	}
-
 	switch (mode)
 	{
 		case pg_basebackup:
+			initialise_direct_clone(&local_node_record, &upstream_node_record);
 			log_notice(_("starting backup (using pg_basebackup)..."));
 			break;
 		case barman:
 			log_notice(_("retrieving backup from Barman..."));
 			break;
+		case pg_backupapi:
+			log_notice(_("starting backup (using pg_backupapi)..."));
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* should never reach here */
 			log_error(_("unknown clone mode"));
@@ -721,6 +722,9 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 		case barman:
 			r = run_file_backup(&local_node_record);
 			break;
+		case pg_backupapi:
+			r = run_pg_backupapi(&local_node_record);
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* should never reach here */
 			log_error(_("unknown clone mode"));
@@ -814,7 +818,6 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Write the recovery.conf file */
-
 	if (create_recovery_file(&local_node_record,
 							 &recovery_conninfo,
 							 source_server_version_num,
@@ -846,6 +849,9 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 		case barman:
 			log_notice(_("standby clone (from Barman) complete"));
 			break;
+		case pg_backupapi:
+			log_notice(_("standby clone (from pg_backupapi) complete"));
+			break;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -937,6 +943,9 @@ do_standby_clone(void)
 		case barman:
 			appendPQExpBufferStr(&event_details, "barman");
 			break;
+		case pg_backupapi:
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&event_details, "pg_backupapi");
+			break;
 	}
 
 	appendPQExpBuffer(&event_details,
@@ -7770,6 +7779,86 @@ stop_backup:
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * Perform a call to pg_backupapi endpoint to ask barman to write the backup
+ * for us. This will ensure that no matter the format on-disk of new backups,
+ * barman will always find a way how to read and write them.
+ * From repmgr 4 this is only used for Barman backups.
+ */
+static int
+run_pg_backupapi(t_node_info *local_node_record)
+{
+	int r = ERR_PGBACKUPAPI_SERVICE;
+	long http_return_code = 0;
+	short seconds_to_sleep = 3;
+	operation_task *task = malloc(sizeof(operation_task));
+	CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+	CURLcode ret;
+
+
+	task->host = malloc(strlen(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_host)+1);
+	task->remote_ssh_command = malloc(strlen(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_remote_ssh_command)+1);
+	task->node_name = malloc(strlen(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_node_name)+1);
+	task->operation_type = malloc(strlen(DEFAULT_STANDBY_PG_BACKUPAPI_OP_TYPE)+1);
+	task->backup_id = malloc(strlen(config_file_options.pg_backupapi_backup_id)+1);
+	task->destination_directory = malloc(strlen(local_data_directory)+1);
+
+	task->operation_id = malloc(MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH);
+	task->operation_status = malloc(MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH);
+
+	strcpy(task->host, config_file_options.pg_backupapi_host);
+	strcpy(task->remote_ssh_command, config_file_options.pg_backupapi_remote_ssh_command);
+	strcpy(task->node_name, config_file_options.pg_backupapi_node_name);
+	strcpy(task->operation_type, DEFAULT_STANDBY_PG_BACKUPAPI_OP_TYPE);
+	strcpy(task->backup_id, config_file_options.pg_backupapi_backup_id);
+	strcpy(task->destination_directory, local_data_directory);
+	strcpy(task->operation_id, "\0");
+
+	ret = create_new_task(curl, task);
+
+	if ((ret != CURLE_OK) || (strlen(task->operation_id) == 0)) {
+		curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_return_code);
+		if (499 > http_return_code && http_return_code >= 400) {
+			log_error("Cannot find backup '%s' for node '%s'.", task->backup_id, task->node_name);
+		} else {
+			log_error("whilst reaching out pg_backup service: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(ret));
+		}
+        }
+	else
+	{
+		log_info("Success creating the task: operation id '%s'", task->operation_id);
+
+		//We call init again because previous call included POST calls
+		curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+		curl = curl_easy_init();
+		while (true)
+		{
+			ret = get_status_of_operation(curl, task);
+			if (strlen(task->operation_status) == 0) {
+				log_info("Retrying...");
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				log_info("status %s", task->operation_status);
+			}
+			if (strcmp(task->operation_status, "FAILED") == 0) {
+				break;
+			}
+			if (strcmp(task->operation_status, "DONE") == 0) {
+				r = SUCCESS;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			sleep(seconds_to_sleep);
+		}
+	}
+
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+	free(task);
+	return r;
+}
+
+
 static char *
 make_barman_ssh_command(char *buf)
 {
diff --git a/repmgr-client-global.h b/repmgr-client-global.h
index c16bb9ea..5ed4f0f2 100644
--- a/repmgr-client-global.h
+++ b/repmgr-client-global.h
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ typedef struct
 typedef enum
 {
 	barman,
-	pg_basebackup
+	pg_basebackup,
+	pg_backupapi
 } standy_clone_mode;
 
 typedef enum
diff --git a/repmgr-client.c b/repmgr-client.c
index ab8ca78f..6fa8edd2 100644
--- a/repmgr-client.c
+++ b/repmgr-client.c
@@ -3096,9 +3096,14 @@ get_standby_clone_mode(void)
 
 	if (*config_file_options.barman_host != '\0' && runtime_options.without_barman == false)
 		mode = barman;
-	else
-		mode = pg_basebackup;
-
+	else {
+		if (*config_file_options.pg_backupapi_host != '\0') {
+			log_info("Attempting to use `pg_backupapi` new restore mode");
+			mode = pg_backupapi;
+		}
+		else
+			mode = pg_basebackup;
+	}
 	return mode;
 }
 
diff --git a/repmgr.h b/repmgr.h
index d9d231cc..eda3b925 100644
--- a/repmgr.h
+++ b/repmgr.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_STANDBY_FOLLOW_TIMEOUT       30  /* seconds */
 #define DEFAULT_STANDBY_FOLLOW_RESTART       false
 #define DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_CHECK_TIMEOUT       60  /* seconds */
+#define DEFAULT_STANDBY_PG_BACKUPAPI_OP_TYPE "recovery"
 #define DEFAULT_STANDBY_RECONNECT_TIMEOUT    60  /* seconds */
 #define DEFAULT_NODE_REJOIN_TIMEOUT          60  /* seconds */
 #define DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_READY_WARNING        16  /* WAL files */