diff --git a/modules/inception/gcp/variables.tf b/modules/inception/gcp/variables.tf
index 7c3a90ba..1a2a2ced 100644
--- a/modules/inception/gcp/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/inception/gcp/variables.tf
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ variable "tf_state_bucket_name" {}
 variable "buckets_location" {}
 variable "tf_state_bucket_policy" { default = null }
 variable "backups_bucket_location" {}
+variable "backups_bucket_name" {}
 
 variable "users" {
   type = list(object({
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ locals {
   name_prefix              = var.name_prefix
   tf_state_bucket_name     = var.tf_state_bucket_name
   tf_state_bucket_location = var.buckets_location
-  backups_bucket_name      = "${local.name_prefix}-backups"
+  backups_bucket_name      = var.backups_bucket_name
   backups_bucket_location  = var.backups_bucket_location
   project                  = var.gcp_project
   inception_sa             = var.inception_sa