diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7afad3d..2ff70a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,8 +37,14 @@ proxmoxbackupgo.exe
         Certificate fingerprint for SSL connection, example: ea:7d:06:f9...
   -datastore string
         Datastore name
-  -pxarout string (optional)
-        Output PXAR archive for debug purposes
+  -namespace string
+        Namespace (optional)
+  -pxarout string
+        Output PXAR archive for debug purposes (optional)
+  -secret string
+        Secret for authentication
+
+
 ```
 
 Known Issues
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ae56a97..5affc90 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func main() {
 	authIDFlag := flag.String("authid", "", "Authentication ID (PBS Api token)")
 	secretFlag := flag.String("secret", "", "Secret for authentication")
 	datastoreFlag := flag.String("datastore", "", "Datastore name")
+	namespaceFlag := flag.String("namespace", "", "Namespace (optional)")
 	backupSourceDirFlag := flag.String("backupdir", "", "Backup source directory, must not be symlink")
 	pxarOut := flag.String("pxarout", "", "Output PXAR archive for debug purposes (optional)")
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 		authid:          *authIDFlag,
 		secret:          *secretFlag,
 		datastore:       *datastoreFlag,
+		namespace:       *namespaceFlag,
 	}
 
 	backupdir := *backupSourceDirFlag
diff --git a/pbsapi.go b/pbsapi.go
index 0fceb9a..2ba7afe 100644
--- a/pbsapi.go
+++ b/pbsapi.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ type PBSClient struct {
 	authid          string
 
 	datastore string
+	namespace string
 	manifest  BackupManifest
 
 	client    http.Client
@@ -366,6 +367,9 @@ func (pbs *PBSClient) Connect(reader bool) {
 				q.Add("backup-time", fmt.Sprintf("%d", pbs.manifest.BackupTime))
 				q.Add("backup-type", pbs.manifest.BackupType)
 				q.Add("store", pbs.datastore)
+				if pbs.namespace != "" {
+					q.Add("ns", pbs.namespace)
+				}
 
 				q.Add("backup-id", pbs.manifest.BackupID)
 				q.Add("debug", "1")