diff --git a/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxbackups.yaml b/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxbackups.yaml
index 03625de4..a7c88ff4 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxbackups.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxbackups.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ spec:
               clean_backup_on_delete:
                 description: Flag to indicate if backup should be deleted on PVC if AWXBackup object is deleted
                 type: boolean
+              pg_dump_suffix:
+                description: Additional parameters for the pg_dump command
+                type: string
               postgres_label_selector:
                 description: Label selector used to identify postgres pod for backing up data
                 type: string
diff --git a/roles/backup/README.md b/roles/backup/README.md
index d4ab7bd4..9d130a2f 100644
--- a/roles/backup/README.md
+++ b/roles/backup/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ backup_resource_requirements:
     memory: "32Mi"
 ```
 
+To customize the pg_dump command that will be executed on a backup use the `pg_dump_suffix` variable. This variable will append your provided pg_dump parameters to the end of the 'standard' command. For example to exclude the data from 'main_jobevent' and 'main_job' to decrease the size of the backup use:
+
+```
+pg_dump_suffix: "--exclude-table-data 'main_jobevent*' --exclude-table-data 'main_job'"
+```
+
 Testing
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