diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index df31e28..8e00d49 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ CLI Help output::
                   [--watched] [--followers] [--following] [--all]
                   [--issues] [--issue-comments] [--issue-events] [--pulls]
                   [--pull-comments] [--pull-commits] [--pull-details]
-                  [--labels] [--hooks] [--milestones] [--repositories]
-                  [--bare] [--no-prune] [--lfs] [--wikis] [--gists]
-                  [--starred-gists] [--skip-archived] [--skip-existing]
+                  [--labels] [--hooks] [--milestones] [--security-advisories]
+                  [--repositories] [--bare] [--no-prune] [--lfs] [--wikis]
+                  [--gists] [--starred-gists] [--skip-archived] [--skip-existing]
                   [-L [LANGUAGES ...]] [-N NAME_REGEX] [-H GITHUB_HOST]
                   [-O] [-R REPOSITORY] [-P] [-F] [--prefer-ssh] [-v]
                   [--keychain-name OSX_KEYCHAIN_ITEM_NAME]
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ CLI Help output::
       --hooks               include hooks in backup (works only when
                             authenticated)
       --milestones          include milestones in backup
+      --security-advisories
+                            include security advisories in backup
       --repositories        include repository clone in backup
       --bare                clone bare repositories
       --no-prune            disable prune option for git fetch
@@ -401,7 +403,7 @@ Quietly and incrementally backup useful Github user data (public and private rep
     export FINE_ACCESS_TOKEN=SOME-GITHUB-TOKEN
     GH_USER=YOUR-GITHUB-USER
 
-    github-backup -f $FINE_ACCESS_TOKEN --prefer-ssh -o ~/github-backup/ -l error -P -i --all-starred --starred --watched --followers --following --issues --issue-comments --issue-events --pulls --pull-comments --pull-commits --labels --milestones --repositories --wikis --releases --assets --attachments --pull-details --gists --starred-gists $GH_USER
+    github-backup -f $FINE_ACCESS_TOKEN --prefer-ssh -o ~/github-backup/ -l error -P -i --all-starred --starred --watched --followers --following --issues --issue-comments --issue-events --pulls --pull-comments --pull-commits --labels --milestones --security-advisories --repositories --wikis --releases --assets --attachments --pull-details --gists --starred-gists $GH_USER
     
 Debug an error/block or incomplete backup into a temporary directory. Omit "incremental" to fill a previous incomplete backup. ::
 
diff --git a/github_backup/github_backup.py b/github_backup/github_backup.py
index 12b354b..8a60f66 100644
--- a/github_backup/github_backup.py
+++ b/github_backup/github_backup.py
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
         dest="include_milestones",
         help="include milestones in backup",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--security-advisories",
+        action="store_true",
+        dest="include_security_advisories",
+        help="include security advisories in backup",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--repositories",
         action="store_true",
@@ -1718,6 +1724,9 @@ def backup_repositories(args, output_directory, repositories):
             if args.include_milestones or args.include_everything:
                 backup_milestones(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template)
 
+            if args.include_security_advisories or args.include_everything:
+                backup_security_advisories(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template)
+
             if args.include_labels or args.include_everything:
                 backup_labels(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template)
 
@@ -1934,6 +1943,41 @@ def backup_milestones(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template):
         )
 
 
+def backup_security_advisories(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template):
+    advisory_cwd = os.path.join(repo_cwd, "security-advisories")
+    if args.skip_existing and os.path.isdir(advisory_cwd):
+        return
+
+    logger.info("Retrieving {0} security advisories".format(repository["full_name"]))
+    mkdir_p(repo_cwd, advisory_cwd)
+
+    template = "{0}/{1}/security-advisories".format(repos_template, repository["full_name"])
+
+    _advisories = retrieve_data(args, template)
+
+    advisories = {}
+    for advisory in _advisories:
+        advisories[advisory["ghsa_id"]] = advisory
+
+    written_count = 0
+    for ghsa_id, advisory in list(advisories.items()):
+        advisory_file = "{0}/{1}.json".format(advisory_cwd, ghsa_id)
+        if json_dump_if_changed(advisory, advisory_file):
+            written_count += 1
+
+    total = len(advisories)
+    if written_count == total:
+        logger.info("Saved {0} security advisories to disk".format(total))
+    elif written_count == 0:
+        logger.info("{0} security advisories unchanged, skipped write".format(total))
+    else:
+        logger.info(
+            "Saved {0} of {1} security advisories to disk ({2} unchanged)".format(
+                written_count, total, total - written_count
+            )
+        )
+
+
 def backup_labels(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template):
     label_cwd = os.path.join(repo_cwd, "labels")
     output_file = "{0}/labels.json".format(label_cwd)
diff --git a/tests/test_all_starred.py b/tests/test_all_starred.py
index 0fab048..297d148 100644
--- a/tests/test_all_starred.py
+++ b/tests/test_all_starred.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def _create_mock_args(self, **overrides):
         args.include_labels = False
         args.include_hooks = False
         args.include_milestones = False
+        args.include_security_advisories = False
         args.include_releases = False
         args.include_assets = False
         args.include_attachments = False