diff --git a/htmlui/src/BeginRestore.js b/htmlui/src/BeginRestore.js
index 35b928f36..3be5893c7 100644
--- a/htmlui/src/BeginRestore.js
+++ b/htmlui/src/BeginRestore.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Form from 'react-bootstrap-v5/lib/Form';
 import Row from 'react-bootstrap-v5/lib/Row';
 import Col from 'react-bootstrap-v5/lib/Col';
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
-import { handleChange, RequiredBoolean, RequiredField, validateRequiredFields } from './forms';
+import { handleChange, RequiredBoolean, RequiredField, RequiredNumberField, validateRequiredFields } from './forms';
 import { errorAlert, GoBackButton } from './uiutil';
 
 export class BeginRestore extends Component {
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export class BeginRestore extends Component {
             overwriteDirectories: false,
             overwriteSymlinks: false,
             ignorePermissionErrors: true,
+            restoreDirEntryAtDepth: 1000,
+            minSizeForPlaceholder: 0,
             restoreTask: "",
         };
 
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ export class BeginRestore extends Component {
             options: {
                 incremental: this.state.incremental,
                 ignoreErrors: this.state.continueOnErrors,
+                restoreDirEntryAtDepth: this.state.restoreDirEntryAtDepth,
+                minSizeForPlaceholder: this.state.minSizeForPlaceholder,
             },
         }
 
@@ -119,9 +123,22 @@ export class BeginRestore extends Component {
                 <Row>
                     {RequiredBoolean(this, "Overwrite Symbolic Links", "overwriteSymlinks")}
                 </Row>
+                <Row>
+                    <Col><hr/></Col>
+                </Row>
+                <Row>
+                    {RequiredNumberField(this, "Shallow Restore At Depth", "restoreDirEntryAtDepth")}
+                    {RequiredNumberField(this, "Minimal File Size For Shallow Restore", "minSizeForPlaceholder")}
+                </Row>
+                <Row>
+                    <Col><hr/></Col>
+                </Row>
                 <Row>
                     {RequiredBoolean(this, "Disable ZIP compression", "uncompressedZip", "Do not compress when restoring to a ZIP file (faster).")}
                 </Row>
+                <Row>
+                    <Col><hr/></Col>
+                </Row>
                 <Row>
                     <Col>
                         <Button variant="primary" type="submit" data-testid="submit-button">Begin Restore</Button>
diff --git a/htmlui/src/RepoStatus.js b/htmlui/src/RepoStatus.js
index 3e438a593..05d74bca2 100644
--- a/htmlui/src/RepoStatus.js
+++ b/htmlui/src/RepoStatus.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export class RepoStatus extends Component {
                                 <Form.Control readOnly defaultValue={this.state.status.splitter} />
                             </Form.Group>
                             <Form.Group as={Col}>
-                                <Form.Label>Supports Content Compression</Form.Label>
+                                <Form.Label>Internal Compression</Form.Label>
                                 <Form.Control readOnly defaultValue={this.state.status.supportsContentCompression ? "yes" : "no"} />
                             </Form.Group>
                         </Row>
diff --git a/htmlui/src/forms.js b/htmlui/src/forms.js
index 3eb9def9d..065a4fa8e 100644
--- a/htmlui/src/forms.js
+++ b/htmlui/src/forms.js
@@ -138,6 +138,22 @@ export function OptionalNumberField(component, label, name, props = {}) {
     </Form.Group>
 }
 
+
+export function RequiredNumberField(component, label, name, props = {}) {
+    return <Form.Group as={Col}>
+        <Form.Label>{label}</Form.Label>
+        <Form.Control
+            size="sm"
+            name={name}
+            isInvalid={stateProperty(component, name, null) === '' || isInvalidNumber(stateProperty(component, name))}
+            value={stateProperty(component, name)}
+            onChange={e => component.handleChange(e, valueToNumber)}
+            data-testid={'control-' + name}
+            {...props} />
+        <Form.Control.Feedback type="invalid">Must be a valid number or empty</Form.Control.Feedback>
+    </Form.Group>
+}
+
 export function hasExactlyOneOf(component, names) {
     let count = 0;
 
diff --git a/snapshot/restore/restore.go b/snapshot/restore/restore.go
index 0624ecac6..a6fdec61f 100644
--- a/snapshot/restore/restore.go
+++ b/snapshot/restore/restore.go
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ func (s *Stats) clone() Stats {
 
 // Options provides optional restore parameters.
 type Options struct {
+	// NOTE: this structure is passed as-is from the UI, make sure to add
+	// required bindings in the UI.
 	Parallel               int   `json:"parallel"`
 	Incremental            bool  `json:"incremental"`
 	IgnoreErrors           bool  `json:"ignoreErrors"`