diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/alter_backup_schedule.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/alter_backup_schedule.go
index 3e27fa212f82..ff0c5e5f87c3 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/alter_backup_schedule.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/alter_backup_schedule.go
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ func processOptionsForArgs(inOpts tree.BackupOptions, outOpts *tree.BackupOption
 		outOpts.CaptureRevisionHistory = inOpts.CaptureRevisionHistory
 	}
 
+	if inOpts.ExecutionLocality != nil {
+		outOpts.ExecutionLocality = inOpts.ExecutionLocality
+	}
+
 	if inOpts.IncludeAllSecondaryTenants != nil {
 		outOpts.IncludeAllSecondaryTenants = inOpts.IncludeAllSecondaryTenants
 	}
@@ -352,6 +356,13 @@ func processOptionsForArgs(inOpts tree.BackupOptions, outOpts *tree.BackupOption
 			outOpts.EncryptionPassphrase = inOpts.EncryptionPassphrase
 		}
 	}
+	if inOpts.ExecutionLocality != nil {
+		if tree.AsStringWithFlags(inOpts.ExecutionLocality, tree.FmtBareStrings) == "" {
+			outOpts.ExecutionLocality = nil
+		} else {
+			outOpts.ExecutionLocality = inOpts.ExecutionLocality
+		}
+	}
 	if inOpts.EncryptionKMSURI != nil {
 		if tree.AsStringWithFlags(&inOpts.EncryptionKMSURI, tree.FmtBareStrings) == "" {
 			outOpts.EncryptionKMSURI = nil
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup.go
index a5735ca51ccf..78d40a601d4f 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ type scheduledBackupSpec struct {
 	kmsURIs                    []string
 	incrementalStorage         []string
 	includeAllSecondaryTenants *bool
+	execLoc                    *string
 }
 
 func makeScheduleDetails(opts map[string]string) (jobspb.ScheduleDetails, error) {
@@ -234,6 +235,10 @@ func doCreateBackupSchedules(
 		}
 	}
 
+	if eval.execLoc != nil && *eval.execLoc != "" {
+		backupNode.Options.ExecutionLocality = tree.NewStrVal(*eval.execLoc)
+	}
+
 	// Evaluate encryption KMS URIs if set.
 	// Only one of encryption passphrase and KMS URI should be set, but this check
 	// is done during backup planning so we do not need to worry about it here.
@@ -688,6 +693,17 @@ func makeScheduledBackupSpec(
 		}
 		spec.captureRevisionHistory = &capture
 	}
+
+	if schedule.BackupOptions.ExecutionLocality != nil {
+		loc, err := exprEval.String(
+			ctx, schedule.BackupOptions.ExecutionLocality,
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		spec.execLoc = &loc
+	}
+
 	if schedule.BackupOptions.IncludeAllSecondaryTenants != nil {
 		includeSecondary, err := exprEval.Bool(ctx,
 			schedule.BackupOptions.IncludeAllSecondaryTenants)
@@ -761,6 +777,7 @@ func createBackupScheduleTypeCheck(
 		schedule.ScheduleLabelSpec.Label,
 		schedule.Recurrence,
 		schedule.BackupOptions.EncryptionPassphrase,
+		schedule.BackupOptions.ExecutionLocality,
 	}
 	if schedule.FullBackup != nil {
 		stringExprs = append(stringExprs, schedule.FullBackup.Recurrence)
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup_test.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup_test.go
index b2d39397cb42..82a95ee48dd1 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/create_scheduled_backup_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs/jobspb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs/jobstest"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/protectedts"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/scheduledjobs"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/scheduledjobs/schedulebase"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/security/username"
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ func newTestHelper(t *testing.T) (*testHelper, func()) {
 	}
 
 	args := base.TestServerArgs{
+		Locality:      roachpb.Locality{Tiers: []roachpb.Tier{{Key: "region", Value: "of-france"}}},
 		Settings:      cluster.MakeClusterSettings(),
 		ExternalIODir: dir,
 		// Some scheduled backup tests fail when run within a tenant. More
@@ -639,6 +641,27 @@ func TestSerializesScheduledBackupExecutionArgs(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "exec-loc",
+			user: enterpriseUser,
+			query: `
+		CREATE SCHEDULE FOR BACKUP DATABASE system
+    INTO 'nodelocal://0/backup'
+		WITH revision_history, execution locality = 'region=of-france'
+    RECURRING '1 2 * * *'
+    FULL BACKUP ALWAYS
+		WITH SCHEDULE OPTIONS first_run=$1
+		`,
+			queryArgs: []interface{}{th.env.Now().Add(time.Minute)},
+			expectedSchedules: []expectedSchedule{
+				{
+					nameRe: "BACKUP .+",
+					backupStmt: "BACKUP DATABASE system INTO 'nodelocal://0/backup' " +
+						"WITH revision_history = true, detached, execution locality = 'region=of-france'",
+					period: 24 * time.Hour,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:   "missing-destination-placeholder",
 			query:  `CREATE SCHEDULE FOR BACKUP TABLE system.public.jobs INTO $1 RECURRING '@hourly'`,
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testdata/backup-restore/alter-schedule/backup-options b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testdata/backup-restore/alter-schedule/backup-options
index 8806eafcce83..5a65836cc939 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testdata/backup-restore/alter-schedule/backup-options
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/testdata/backup-restore/alter-schedule/backup-options
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-new-cluster name=s1 allow-implicit-access
+new-cluster name=s1 allow-implicit-access localities=us-east-1
 ----
 
 # Create test schedules.
@@ -35,16 +35,20 @@ exec-sql
 alter backup schedule $incID set with revision_history = false;
 ----
 
+exec-sql
+alter backup schedule $incID set with execution locality = 'region=us-east-1'
+----
+
 query-sql
 with schedules as (show schedules) select id, command->'backup_statement' from schedules where label='datatest' order by command->>'backup_type' asc;
 ----
-$fullID "BACKUP INTO 'nodelocal://1/example-schedule' WITH revision_history = false, detached"
-$incID "BACKUP INTO LATEST IN 'nodelocal://1/example-schedule' WITH revision_history = false, detached"
+$fullID "BACKUP INTO 'nodelocal://1/example-schedule' WITH revision_history = false, detached, execution locality = 'region=us-east-1'"
+$incID "BACKUP INTO LATEST IN 'nodelocal://1/example-schedule' WITH revision_history = false, detached, execution locality = 'region=us-east-1'"
 
 # Change an option and set another.
 
 exec-sql
-alter backup schedule $incID set with revision_history = true, set with encryption_passphrase = 'abc';
+alter backup schedule $incID set with revision_history = true, set with execution locality = '', set with encryption_passphrase = 'abc';
 ----
 
 query-sql