diff --git a/@xen-orchestra/backups/runBackupWorker.mjs b/@xen-orchestra/backups/runBackupWorker.mjs
index 8f4cf1d3781..2693a5bc1a9 100644
--- a/@xen-orchestra/backups/runBackupWorker.mjs
+++ b/@xen-orchestra/backups/runBackupWorker.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ const PATH = new URL('_backupWorker.mjs', import.meta.url).pathname
 
 export function runBackupWorker(params, onLog) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const worker = fork(PATH)
+    const inspectArg = process.execArgv.find(arg => arg.startsWith('--inspect'))
+    const execArgv = inspectArg
+      ? [inspectArg.replace(/^(--inspect)(=.*)?$/, (_, prefix) => `${prefix}=localhost:9230`)]
+      : []
+    const worker = fork(PATH, [], { execArgv })
 
     worker.on('exit', (code, signal) => reject(new Error(`worker exited with code ${code} and signal ${signal}`)))
     worker.on('error', reject)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index 1757ecbbc4e..ff8f6c13df9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 <!--packages-start-->
 
+- @xen-orchestra/backups patch
 - @xen-orchestra/web patch
 - @xen-orchestra/web-core minor
 - @xen-orchestra/xapi patch