diff --git a/conf.example.yml b/conf.example.yml
index 415e5e3..6b10ae4 100644
--- a/conf.example.yml
+++ b/conf.example.yml
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ destination:
       url: http(s)://url-to-gitea
       createorg: true # creates an organization if it doesn't exist already, if no user is set it creates an organization with the name of the original author
       mirrorinterval: 2h0m0s # interval to pull changes from source repo
+      lfs: false # trigger to enable lfs on gitea
       visibility:
         repositories: private # private, public, default: private
         organizations: private # private, limited, public, default: private
diff --git a/gitea/gitea.go b/gitea/gitea.go
index 4dd0193..0dd5ef1 100644
--- a/gitea/gitea.go
+++ b/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func Backup(r types.Repo, d types.GenRepo, dry bool) bool {
 			Private:        repovisibility,
 			Description:    r.Description,
 			MirrorInterval: d.MirrorInterval,
+			LFS:            d.LFS,
 		}
 
 		if r.Token == "" {
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ func Backup(r types.Repo, d types.GenRepo, dry bool) bool {
 				Private:        repovisibility,
 				Description:    r.Description,
 				MirrorInterval: d.MirrorInterval,
+				LFS:            d.LFS,
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index bf2a55c..2ec9aa7 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ type GenRepo struct {
 	Force          bool       `yaml:"force"`
 	Contributed    bool       `yaml:"contributed"`
 	MirrorInterval string     `yaml:"mirrorinterval"`
+	LFS            bool       `yaml:"lfs"`
 }
 
 // Visibility struct