diff --git a/charts/cnpg-cluster/templates/backup-cron.yaml b/charts/cnpg-cluster/templates/backup-cron.yaml
index 2bfb576..b3fce94 100644
--- a/charts/cnpg-cluster/templates/backup-cron.yaml
+++ b/charts/cnpg-cluster/templates/backup-cron.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
     app: cnpg-backup-s3-client
   name: backup-cron
 spec:
-  schedule: "0 0 * * *"
+  schedule: {{ or .Values.backup.sqlDumpSchedule .Values.backup.schedule "0 0 * * *" }}
   concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
   jobTemplate:
     spec:
diff --git a/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/__snapshot__/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml.snap b/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/__snapshot__/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml.snap
index 4182239..e37b0b7 100644
--- a/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/__snapshot__/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml.snap
+++ b/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/__snapshot__/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml.snap
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cluster with enabled backup and recovery:
                 securityContext:
                   allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
             restartPolicy: Never
-    schedule: 0 0 * * *
+    schedule: 4 5 6 * * 0
   2: |
     backup:
       barmanObjectStore:
diff --git a/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml b/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml
index ead76fc..fcb4712 100644
--- a/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/cnpg-cluster_test.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ tests:
         equal:
           path: spec.schedule
           value: "1 2 3 * * 0"
+      - template: backup-cron.yaml
+        equal:
+          path: spec.schedule
+          value: "4 5 6 * * 0"
       - template: backup-cron.yaml
         hasDocuments:
           count: 1
diff --git a/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/values/backup.yaml b/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/values/backup.yaml
index f39573c..6471eb2 100644
--- a/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/values/backup.yaml
+++ b/charts/cnpg-cluster/tests/values/backup.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 backup:
   enabled: true
   schedule: "1 2 3 * * 0"
+  sqlDumpSchedule: "4 5 6 * * 0"
   barmanObjectStore:
     destinationPath: s3://backups/
     endpointURL: http://minio:9000
diff --git a/charts/cnpg-cluster/values.yaml b/charts/cnpg-cluster/values.yaml
index 013d14d..71fe110 100644
--- a/charts/cnpg-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cnpg-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ backup:
   # this cron format has the seconds on the left
   schedule: "0 0 0 * * 0"
 
+  # -- Schedule the SQL dump backups, for instance every Sunday
+  sqlDumpSchedule: "0 0 0 * * 0"
+
   # -- RetentionPolicy is the retention policy to be used for backups and WALs (i.e. '60d').
   # The retention policy is expressed in the form of XXu where XX is a positive integer and
   # u is in [dwm] - days, weeks, months.