diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index ab9de1d18..9be4ce0a0 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ class Archive:
         """Failed to encode filename "{}" into file system encoding "{}". Consider configuring the LANG environment variable."""
 
     def __init__(self, repository, key, manifest, name, cache=None, create=False,
-                 checkpoint_interval=1800, numeric_owner=False, noatime=False, noctime=False, noflags=False,
+                 checkpoint_interval=1800, numeric_owner=False, noatime=False, noctime=False,
+                 noflags=False, noacls=False,
                  progress=False, chunker_params=CHUNKER_PARAMS, start=None, start_monotonic=None, end=None,
                  consider_part_files=False, log_json=False):
         self.cwd = os.getcwd()
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ class Archive:
         self.noatime = noatime
         self.noctime = noctime
         self.noflags = noflags
+        self.noacls = noacls
         assert (start is None) == (start_monotonic is None), 'Logic error: if start is given, start_monotonic must be given as well and vice versa.'
         if start is None:
             start = datetime.utcnow()
@@ -853,7 +855,8 @@ Utilization of max. archive size: {csize_max:.0%}
             except OSError:
                 # some systems don't support calling utime on a symlink
                 pass
-            acl_set(path, item, self.numeric_owner, fd=fd)
+            if not self.noacls:
+                acl_set(path, item, self.numeric_owner, fd=fd)
             # chown removes Linux capabilities, so set the extended attributes at the end, after chown, since they include
             # the Linux capabilities in the "security.capability" attribute.
             warning = xattr.set_all(fd or path, item.get('xattrs', {}), follow_symlinks=False)
@@ -1077,7 +1080,8 @@ class MetadataCollector:
             if not self.noflags:
                 flags = get_flags(path, st, fd=fd)
             xattrs = xattr.get_all(fd or path, follow_symlinks=False)
-            acl_get(path, attrs, st, self.numeric_owner, fd=fd)
+            if not self.noacls:
+                acl_get(path, attrs, st, self.numeric_owner, fd=fd)
         if xattrs:
             attrs['xattrs'] = StableDict(xattrs)
         if flags:
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 3cefb36f4..5fa5a9a1d 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ def with_archive(method):
         archive = Archive(repository, key, manifest, args.location.archive,
                           numeric_owner=getattr(args, 'numeric_owner', False),
                           noflags=getattr(args, 'nobsdflags', False) or getattr(args, 'noflags', False),
+                          noacls=getattr(args, 'noacls', False),
                           cache=kwargs.get('cache'),
                           consider_part_files=args.consider_part_files, log_json=args.log_json)
         return method(self, args, repository=repository, manifest=manifest, key=key, archive=archive, **kwargs)
@@ -635,6 +636,7 @@ class Archiver:
         self.output_filter = args.output_filter
         self.output_list = args.output_list
         self.noflags = args.nobsdflags or args.noflags
+        self.noacls = args.noacls
         self.exclude_nodump = args.exclude_nodump
         dry_run = args.dry_run
         t0 = datetime.utcnow()
@@ -651,7 +653,8 @@ class Archiver:
                                   chunker_params=args.chunker_params, start=t0, start_monotonic=t0_monotonic,
                                   log_json=args.log_json)
                 metadata_collector = MetadataCollector(noatime=not args.atime, noctime=args.noctime,
-                    noflags=args.nobsdflags or args.noflags, numeric_owner=args.numeric_owner, nobirthtime=args.nobirthtime)
+                    noflags=args.nobsdflags or args.noflags, noacls=args.noacls,
+                    numeric_owner=args.numeric_owner, nobirthtime=args.nobirthtime)
                 cp = ChunksProcessor(cache=cache, key=key,
                     add_item=archive.add_item, write_checkpoint=archive.write_checkpoint,
                     checkpoint_interval=args.checkpoint_interval, rechunkify=False)
@@ -3379,6 +3382,8 @@ class Archiver:
                               help='deprecated, use ``--noflags`` instead')
         fs_group.add_argument('--noflags', dest='noflags', action='store_true',
                               help='do not read and store flags (e.g. NODUMP, IMMUTABLE) into archive')
+        fs_group.add_argument('--noacls', dest='noacls', action='store_true',
+                              help='do not read and store ACLs into archive')
         fs_group.add_argument('--sparse', dest='sparse', action='store_true',
                                help='detect sparse holes in input (supported only by fixed chunker)')
         fs_group.add_argument('--files-cache', metavar='MODE', dest='files_cache_mode',
@@ -3797,6 +3802,8 @@ class Archiver:
                                help='deprecated, use ``--noflags`` instead')
         subparser.add_argument('--noflags', dest='noflags', action='store_true',
                                help='do not extract/set flags (e.g. NODUMP, IMMUTABLE)')
+        subparser.add_argument('--noacls', dest='noacls', action='store_true',
+                               help='do not extract/set ACLs')
         subparser.add_argument('--stdout', dest='stdout', action='store_true',
                                help='write all extracted data to stdout')
         subparser.add_argument('--sparse', dest='sparse', action='store_true',