diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b6555678..8746a15e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ galera_mariadb_backups_path: "/var/backup/mariadb_backups"
 galera_mariadb_backups_full_copies: 2
 galera_mariadb_backups_full_on_calendar: "*-*-* 00:00:00"
 galera_mariadb_backups_full_randomized_delay_sec: 0
+galera_mariadb_backups_full_init_overrides: {}
 
 galera_mariadb_backups_increment_on_calendar:
   - "*-*-* 06:00:00"
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ galera_mariadb_backups_increment_on_calendar:
   - "*-*-* 18:00:00"
 galera_mariadb_backups_increment_randomized_delay_sec: 0
 #galera_mariadb_backups_user is the name of the mariadb database user
+galera_mariadb_backups_increment_init_overrides: {}
 galera_mariadb_backups_user: galera_mariadb_backup
 galera_mariadb_backups_suffix: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
 galera_mariadb_backups_cnf_file: "/etc/mysql/mariabackup.cnf"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/backups-systemd-override-e36d6bf010eb6b92.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/backups-systemd-override-e36d6bf010eb6b92.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ea7b77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/backups-systemd-override-e36d6bf010eb6b92.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added variables ``galera_backups_full_init_overrides`` and
+    ``galera_backups_increment_init_overrides`` that can be leveraged to override
+    default set of systemd unit file for mariadb backups.
+    Similar to change I7b3b0f4da047f82a49266ef57fba2fbaa24cebdc .
diff --git a/tasks/galera_server_backups.yml b/tasks/galera_server_backups.yml
index 91a3c314..b2c44ecd 100644
--- a/tasks/galera_server_backups.yml
+++ b/tasks/galera_server_backups.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   vars:
     systemd_service_enabled: true
     systemd_service_restart_changed: false
+    systemd_overrides: "{{ galera_mariadb_backups_full_init_overrides }}"
     systemd_user_name: "mysql"
     systemd_group_name: "{{ galera_mariadb_backups_group_name }}"
     systemd_services:
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
   vars:
     systemd_service_enabled: true
     systemd_service_restart_changed: false
+    systemd_overrides: "{{ galera_mariadb_backups_increment_init_overrides }}"
     systemd_user_name: "mysql"
     systemd_group_name: "{{ galera_mariadb_backups_group_name }}"
     systemd_services: