diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e80bc5f0..04c27a0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Bugs:
 
 Features:
 
-- None
+- `[utils.fs]` Add Timestamp Support to fs.backup
+    - [Issue #611](https://github.com/datafolklabs/cement/issues/611)
 
 
 Refactoring: 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index c1491541..a4e5e3bc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ documentation, or testing:
 - Stelios Tymvios (namedLambda)
 - Spyros Vlachos (devspyrosv)
 - Joe Roberts (jjroberts)
+- Mudassir Chapra(muddi900)
 - sigma67
diff --git a/cement/utils/fs.py b/cement/utils/fs.py
index d4829cc3..fa0644d9 100644
--- a/cement/utils/fs.py
+++ b/cement/utils/fs.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import shutil
+from datetime import datetime
 
 
 class Tmp(object):
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ def ensure_parent_dir_exists(path):
     return ensure_dir_exists(parent_dir)
 
 
-def backup(path, suffix='.bak'):
+def backup(path, suffix='.bak', **kwargs):
     """
     Rename a file or directory safely without overwriting an existing
     backup of the same name.
@@ -178,6 +179,9 @@ def backup(path, suffix='.bak'):
     Args:
         path (str): The path to the file or directory to make a backup of.
         suffix (str): The suffix to rename files with.
+        timestamp(bool): whether to add a timestamp to the backup suffix
+        timestamp_format(str): Date-Time format in python datetime.datetime
+            notation. default '%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S'
 
     Returns:
         str: The new path of backed up file/directory
@@ -194,6 +198,12 @@ def backup(path, suffix='.bak'):
     count = -1
     new_path = None
     path = abspath(path)
+
+    if kwargs.get('timestamp', False) is True:
+        timestamp_format = kwargs.get('timestamp_format', '%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S')
+        timestamp = datetime.now().strftime(timestamp_format)
+        suffix = '-'.join((suffix, timestamp))
+
     while True:
         if os.path.exists(path):
             if count == -1:
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_fs.py b/tests/utils/test_fs.py
index 13d9b909..c856a234 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_fs.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_fs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 import os
+import re
 from pytest import raises
 from cement.utils import fs
 
@@ -73,3 +74,8 @@ def test_backup_dir_trailing_slash(tmp):
     # https://github.com/datafolklabs/cement/issues/610
     bkdir = fs.backup("%s/" % tmp.dir)
     assert "%s.bak" % os.path.basename(tmp.dir) == os.path.basename(bkdir)
+
+
+def test_backup_timestamp(tmp):
+    bkfile = fs.backup(tmp.file, timestamp=True)
+    assert re.match('(.*).bak-[\d]+-[\d]+-[\d]+(.*)', bkfile)  # noqa: W605