diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file.rb
index 4725f5c9fe..4172909509 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file.rb
@@ -195,8 +195,20 @@ def generate_chunk(metadata)
       end
 
       def handle_broken_files(path, mode, e)
-        log.error "found broken chunk file during resume. Deleted corresponding files:", :path => path, :mode => mode, :err_msg => e.message
-        # After support 'backup_dir' feature, these files are moved to backup_dir instead of unlink.
+        log.error "found broken chunk file during resume.", :path => path, :mode => mode, :err_msg => e.message
+        unique_id = Fluent::Plugin::Buffer::FileChunk.unique_id_from_path(path)
+        backup(unique_id) { |f|
+          File.open(path, 'rb') { |chunk|
+            chunk.set_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
+            chunk.sync = true
+            chunk.binmode
+            IO.copy_stream(chunk, f)
+          }
+        }
+      rescue => error
+        log.error "backup failed. Delete corresponding files.", :err_msg => error.message
+      ensure
+        log.warn "disable_chunk_backup is true. #{dump_unique_id_hex(unique_id)} chunk is thrown away." if @disable_chunk_backup
         File.unlink(path, path + '.meta') rescue nil
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file_single.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file_single.rb
index 225447063e..f11c5df7e7 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file_single.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/buf_file_single.rb
@@ -207,8 +207,20 @@ def generate_chunk(metadata)
       end
 
       def handle_broken_files(path, mode, e)
-        log.error "found broken chunk file during resume. Delete corresponding files:", path: path, mode: mode, err_msg: e.message
-        # After support 'backup_dir' feature, these files are moved to backup_dir instead of unlink.
+        log.error "found broken chunk file during resume.", :path => path, :mode => mode, :err_msg => e.message
+        unique_id, _ = Fluent::Plugin::Buffer::FileSingleChunk.unique_id_and_key_from_path(path)
+        backup(unique_id) { |f|
+          File.open(path, 'rb') { |chunk|
+            chunk.set_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
+            chunk.sync = true
+            chunk.binmode
+            IO.copy_stream(chunk, f)
+          }
+        }
+      rescue => error
+        log.error "backup failed. Delete corresponding files.", :err_msg => error.message
+      ensure
+        log.warn "disable_chunk_backup is true. #{dump_unique_id_hex(unique_id)} chunk is thrown away." if @disable_chunk_backup
         File.unlink(path) rescue nil
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb
index 8315694e64..d04ae08296 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class BufferChunkOverflowError < BufferError; end # A record size is larger than
       desc 'Compress buffered data.'
       config_param :compress, :enum, list: [:text, :gzip], default: :text
 
+      desc 'If true, chunks are thrown away when unrecoverable error happens'
+      config_param :disable_chunk_backup, :bool, default: false
+
       Metadata = Struct.new(:timekey, :tag, :variables, :seq) do
         def initialize(timekey, tag, variables)
           super(timekey, tag, variables, 0)
@@ -903,6 +906,24 @@ def statistics
         { 'buffer' => stats }
       end
 
+      def backup(chunk_unique_id)
+        unique_id = dump_unique_id_hex(chunk_unique_id)
+
+        if @disable_chunk_backup
+          log.warn "disable_chunk_backup is true. #{unique_id} chunk is not backed up."
+          return
+        end
+
+        safe_owner_id = owner.plugin_id.gsub(/[ "\/\\:;|*<>?]/, '_')
+        backup_base_dir = system_config.root_dir || DEFAULT_BACKUP_DIR
+        backup_file = File.join(backup_base_dir, 'backup', "worker#{fluentd_worker_id}", safe_owner_id, "#{unique_id}.log")
+        backup_dir = File.dirname(backup_file)
+
+        log.warn "bad chunk is moved to #{backup_file}"
+        FileUtils.mkdir_p(backup_dir, mode: system_config.dir_permission || Fluent::DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSION) unless Dir.exist?(backup_dir)
+        File.open(backup_file, 'ab', system_config.file_permission || Fluent::DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSION) { |f| yield f }
+      end
+
       private
 
       def optimistic_queued?(metadata = nil)
diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer/file_chunk.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer/file_chunk.rb
index e08987cf55..06bbf017c2 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer/file_chunk.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/buffer/file_chunk.rb
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def self.generate_queued_chunk_path(path, unique_id)
           end
         end
 
-        # used only for queued v0.12 buffer path
+        # used only for queued v0.12 buffer path or broken files
         def self.unique_id_from_path(path)
           if /\.(b|q)([0-9a-f]+)\.[^\/]*\Z/n =~ path # //n switch means explicit 'ASCII-8BIT' pattern
             return $2.scan(/../).map{|x| x.to_i(16) }.pack('C*')
diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/output.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/output.rb
index 9087994bc9..5dd5255652 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/output.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/output.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ class Output < Base
         config_param :retry_max_interval, :time, default: nil, desc: 'The maximum interval seconds for exponential backoff between retries while failing.'
 
         config_param :retry_randomize, :bool, default: true, desc: 'If true, output plugin will retry after randomized interval not to do burst retries.'
-        config_param :disable_chunk_backup, :bool, default: false, desc: 'If true, chunks are thrown away when unrecoverable error happens'
       end
 
       config_section :secondary, param_name: :secondary_config, required: false, multi: false, final: true do
@@ -378,6 +377,7 @@ def configure(conf)
           buffer_conf = conf.elements(name: 'buffer').first || Fluent::Config::Element.new('buffer', '', {}, [])
           @buffer = Plugin.new_buffer(buffer_type, parent: self)
           @buffer.configure(buffer_conf)
+          keep_buffer_config_compat
           @buffer.enable_update_timekeys if @chunk_key_time
 
           @flush_at_shutdown = @buffer_config.flush_at_shutdown
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ def configure(conf)
         self
       end
 
+      def keep_buffer_config_compat
+        # Need this to call `@buffer_config.disable_chunk_backup` just as before,
+        # since some plugins may use this option in this way.
+        @buffer_config[:disable_chunk_backup] = @buffer.disable_chunk_backup
+      end
+
       def start
         super
 
@@ -1240,18 +1246,10 @@ def try_flush
       end
 
       def backup_chunk(chunk, using_secondary, delayed_commit)
-        if @buffer_config.disable_chunk_backup
+        if @buffer.disable_chunk_backup
           log.warn "disable_chunk_backup is true. #{dump_unique_id_hex(chunk.unique_id)} chunk is thrown away"
         else
-          unique_id = dump_unique_id_hex(chunk.unique_id)
-          safe_plugin_id = plugin_id.gsub(/[ "\/\\:;|*<>?]/, '_')
-          backup_base_dir = system_config.root_dir || DEFAULT_BACKUP_DIR
-          backup_file = File.join(backup_base_dir, 'backup', "worker#{fluentd_worker_id}", safe_plugin_id, "#{unique_id}.log")
-          backup_dir = File.dirname(backup_file)
-
-          log.warn "bad chunk is moved to #{backup_file}"
-          FileUtils.mkdir_p(backup_dir, mode: system_config.dir_permission || Fluent::DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSION) unless Dir.exist?(backup_dir)
-          File.open(backup_file, 'ab', system_config.file_permission || Fluent::DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSION) { |f|
+          @buffer.backup(chunk.unique_id) { |f|
             chunk.write_to(f)
           }
         end
diff --git a/test/command/test_plugin_config_formatter.rb b/test/command/test_plugin_config_formatter.rb
index 28e311401d..a72ea29340 100644
--- a/test/command/test_plugin_config_formatter.rb
+++ b/test/command/test_plugin_config_formatter.rb
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ class SimpleServiceDiscovery < ::Fluent::Plugin::ServiceDiscovery
  retry_exponential_backoff_base: float: (2)
  retry_max_interval: time: (nil)
  retry_randomize: bool: (true)
- disable_chunk_backup: bool: (false)
 <secondary>: optional, single
  @type: string: (nil)
  <buffer>: optional, single
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_buf_file.rb b/test/plugin/test_buf_file.rb
index 6a89bd9867..8a8c6744a4 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_buf_file.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_buf_file.rb
@@ -1151,15 +1151,13 @@ def write_metadata(path, chunk_id, metadata, size, ctime, mtime)
 
   sub_test_case 'there are existing broken file chunks' do
     setup do
+      @id_output = 'backup_test'
       @bufdir = File.expand_path('../../tmp/broken_buffer_file', __FILE__)
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p @bufdir unless File.exist?(@bufdir)
+      FileUtils.rm_rf @bufdir rescue nil
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p @bufdir
       @bufpath = File.join(@bufdir, 'broken_test.*.log')
 
       Fluent::Test.setup
-      @d = FluentPluginFileBufferTest::DummyOutputPlugin.new
-      @p = Fluent::Plugin::FileBuffer.new
-      @p.owner = @d
-      @p.configure(config_element('buffer', '', {'path' => @bufpath}))
     end
 
     teardown do
@@ -1171,12 +1169,12 @@ def write_metadata(path, chunk_id, metadata, size, ctime, mtime)
         @p.close unless @p.closed?
         @p.terminate unless @p.terminated?
       end
-      if @bufdir
-        Dir.glob(File.join(@bufdir, '*')).each do |path|
-          next if ['.', '..'].include?(File.basename(path))
-          File.delete(path)
-        end
-      end
+    end
+
+    def setup_plugins(buf_conf)
+      @d = FluentPluginFileBufferTest::DummyOutputPlugin.new
+      @d.configure(config_element('ROOT', '', {'@id' => @id_output}, [config_element('buffer', '', buf_conf)]))
+      @p = @d.buffer
     end
 
     def create_first_chunk(mode)
@@ -1232,44 +1230,85 @@ def compare_log(plugin, msg)
       assert { logs.any? { |log| log.include?(msg) } }
     end
 
-    test '#resume ignores staged empty chunk' do
-      _, p1 = create_first_chunk('b')
+    test '#resume backups staged empty chunk' do
+      setup_plugins({'path' => @bufpath})
+      c1id, p1 = create_first_chunk('b')
       File.open(p1, 'wb') { |f| } # create staged empty chunk file
       c2id, _ = create_second_chunk('b')
 
-      @p.start
+      Fluent::SystemConfig.overwrite_system_config('root_dir' => @bufdir) do
+        @p.start
+      end
+
       compare_staged_chunk(@p.stage, c2id, '2016-04-17 14:01:00 -0700', 3, :staged)
       compare_log(@p, 'staged file chunk is empty')
+      assert { not File.exist?(p1) }
+      assert { File.exist?("#{@bufdir}/backup/worker0/#{@id_output}/#{@d.dump_unique_id_hex(c1id)}.log") }
     end
 
-    test '#resume ignores staged broken metadata' do
+    test '#resume backups staged broken metadata' do
+      setup_plugins({'path' => @bufpath})
       c1id, _ = create_first_chunk('b')
-      _, p2 = create_second_chunk('b')
+      c2id, p2 = create_second_chunk('b')
       File.open(p2 + '.meta', 'wb') { |f| f.write("\0" * 70) } # create staged broken meta file
 
-      @p.start
+      Fluent::SystemConfig.overwrite_system_config('root_dir' => @bufdir) do
+        @p.start
+      end
+
       compare_staged_chunk(@p.stage, c1id, '2016-04-17 14:00:00 -0700', 4, :staged)
       compare_log(@p, 'staged meta file is broken')
+      assert { not File.exist?(p2) }
+      assert { File.exist?("#{@bufdir}/backup/worker0/#{@id_output}/#{@d.dump_unique_id_hex(c2id)}.log") }
     end
 
-    test '#resume ignores enqueued empty chunk' do
-      _, p1 = create_first_chunk('q')
+    test '#resume backups enqueued empty chunk' do
+      setup_plugins({'path' => @bufpath})
+      c1id, p1 = create_first_chunk('q')
       File.open(p1, 'wb') { |f| } # create enqueued empty chunk file
       c2id, _ = create_second_chunk('q')
 
-      @p.start
+      Fluent::SystemConfig.overwrite_system_config('root_dir' => @bufdir) do
+        @p.start
+      end
+
       compare_queued_chunk(@p.queue, c2id, 3, :queued)
       compare_log(@p, 'enqueued file chunk is empty')
+      assert { not File.exist?(p1) }
+      assert { File.exist?("#{@bufdir}/backup/worker0/#{@id_output}/#{@d.dump_unique_id_hex(c1id)}.log") }
     end
 
-    test '#resume ignores enqueued broken metadata' do
+    test '#resume backups enqueued broken metadata' do
+      setup_plugins({'path' => @bufpath})
       c1id, _ = create_first_chunk('q')
-      _, p2 = create_second_chunk('q')
+      c2id, p2 = create_second_chunk('q')
       File.open(p2 + '.meta', 'wb') { |f| f.write("\0" * 70) } # create enqueued broken meta file
 
-      @p.start
+      Fluent::SystemConfig.overwrite_system_config('root_dir' => @bufdir) do
+        @p.start
+      end
+
       compare_queued_chunk(@p.queue, c1id, 4, :queued)
       compare_log(@p, 'enqueued meta file is broken')
+      assert { not File.exist?(p2) }
+      assert { File.exist?("#{@bufdir}/backup/worker0/#{@id_output}/#{@d.dump_unique_id_hex(c2id)}.log") }
+    end
+
+    test '#resume throws away broken chunk with disable_chunk_backup' do
+      setup_plugins({'path' => @bufpath, 'disable_chunk_backup' => true})
+      c1id, _ = create_first_chunk('b')
+      c2id, p2 = create_second_chunk('b')
+      File.open(p2 + '.meta', 'wb') { |f| f.write("\0" * 70) } # create staged broken meta file
+
+      Fluent::SystemConfig.overwrite_system_config('root_dir' => @bufdir) do
+        @p.start
+      end
+
+      compare_staged_chunk(@p.stage, c1id, '2016-04-17 14:00:00 -0700', 4, :staged)
+      compare_log(@p, 'staged meta file is broken')
+      compare_log(@p, 'disable_chunk_backup is true')
+      assert { not File.exist?(p2) }
+      assert { not File.exist?("#{@bufdir}/backup/worker0/#{@id_output}/#{@d.dump_unique_id_hex(c2id)}.log") }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_buf_file_single.rb b/test/plugin/test_buf_file_single.rb
index 9a14a2f4c7..85e8bc57d5 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_buf_file_single.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_buf_file_single.rb
@@ -830,4 +830,69 @@ def create_driver(conf = TAG_CONF, klass = FluentPluginFileSingleBufferTest::Dum
       assert_equal :queued, queue[0].state
     end
   end
+
+  sub_test_case 'there are existing broken file chunks' do
+    setup do
+      FileUtils.rm_rf(@bufdir) rescue nil
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(@bufdir)
+    end
+
+    teardown do
+      return unless @p
+
+      @p.stop unless @p.stopped?
+      @p.before_shutdown unless @p.before_shutdown?
+      @p.shutdown unless @p.shutdown?
+      @p.after_shutdown unless @p.after_shutdown?
+      @p.close unless @p.closed?
+      @p.terminate unless @p.terminated?
+    end
+
+    test '#resume backups empty chunk' do
+      id_output = 'backup_test'
+      @d = create_driver(%[
+        @id #{id_output}
+        <buffer tag>
+         @type file_single
+         path #{PATH}
+        </buffer>
+      ])
+      @p = @d.instance.buffer
+
+      c1id = Fluent::UniqueId.generate
+      p1 = File.join(@bufdir, "fsb.foo.b#{Fluent::UniqueId.hex(c1id)}.buf")
+      File.open(p1, 'wb') { |f| } # create empty chunk file
+
+      Fluent::SystemConfig.overwrite_system_config('root_dir' => @bufdir) do
+        @p.start
+      end
+
+      assert { not File.exist?(p1) }
+      assert { File.exist?("#{@bufdir}/backup/worker0/#{id_output}/#{@d.instance.dump_unique_id_hex(c1id)}.log") }
+    end
+
+    test '#resume throws away broken chunk with disable_chunk_backup' do
+      id_output = 'backup_test'
+      @d = create_driver(%[
+        @id #{id_output}
+        <buffer tag>
+         @type file_single
+         path #{PATH}
+         disable_chunk_backup true
+        </buffer>
+      ])
+      @p = @d.instance.buffer
+
+      c1id = Fluent::UniqueId.generate
+      p1 = File.join(@bufdir, "fsb.foo.b#{Fluent::UniqueId.hex(c1id)}.buf")
+      File.open(p1, 'wb') { |f| } # create empty chunk file
+
+      Fluent::SystemConfig.overwrite_system_config('root_dir' => @bufdir) do
+        @p.start
+      end
+
+      assert { not File.exist?(p1) }
+      assert { not File.exist?("#{@bufdir}/backup/worker0/#{id_output}/#{@d.instance.dump_unique_id_hex(c1id)}.log") }
+    end
+  end
 end