diff --git a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go
index 3e90849e1..38e785158 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go
+++ b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ type Manifest struct {
 	Homepage     string              `json:"homepage,omitempty"`    // `homepage`: The home page for the program.
 	License      string              `json:"license,omitempty"`     // `license`: The software license for the program. For well-known licenses, this will be a string like "MIT" or "GPL2". For custom licenses, this should be the URL of the license.
 	Description  string              `json:"description,omitempty"` // Description of the app
+	Persist      []string            `json:"persist,omitempty"`     // Persist data between updates
 }
 
 // Resource represents a combination of a url and a binary name for an architecture
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ func buildManifest(ctx *context.Context, artifacts []artifact.Artifact) (bytes.B
 		Homepage:     ctx.Config.Scoop.Homepage,
 		License:      ctx.Config.Scoop.License,
 		Description:  ctx.Config.Scoop.Description,
+		Persist:      ctx.Config.Scoop.Persist,
 	}
 
 	for _, artifact := range artifacts {
diff --git a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go
index ca53c29cf..bafa20c6c 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ func Test_buildManifest(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						Description: "A run pipe test formula",
 						Homepage:    "https://github.com/goreleaser",
+						Persist:     []string{"data", "config", "test.ini"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ func Test_buildManifest(t *testing.T) {
 						Description: "A run pipe test formula",
 						Homepage:    "https://github.com/goreleaser",
 						URLTemplate: "http://github.mycompany.com/foo/bar/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
+						Persist:     []string{"data.cfg", "etc"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest.json.golden b/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest.json.golden
index e56b31abd..2ad601a78 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest.json.golden
+++ b/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest.json.golden
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@
         }
     },
     "homepage": "https://github.com/goreleaser",
-    "description": "A run pipe test formula"
+    "description": "A run pipe test formula",
+    "persist": [
+        "data",
+        "config",
+        "test.ini"
+    ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_url_template.json.golden b/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_url_template.json.golden
index d28e66999..f1e2dcc59 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_url_template.json.golden
+++ b/internal/pipeline/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_url_template.json.golden
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@
         }
     },
     "homepage": "https://github.com/goreleaser",
-    "description": "A run pipe test formula"
+    "description": "A run pipe test formula",
+    "persist": [
+        "data.cfg",
+        "etc"
+    ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 9cc5ae2f6..3510fdc00 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type Scoop struct {
 	Description  string       `yaml:",omitempty"`
 	License      string       `yaml:",omitempty"`
 	URLTemplate  string       `yaml:"url_template,omitempty"`
+	Persist      []string     `yaml:"persist,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CommitAuthor is the author of a Git commit
diff --git a/www/content/scoop.md b/www/content/scoop.md
index 986cf651d..d830155b9 100644
--- a/www/content/scoop.md
+++ b/www/content/scoop.md
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ scoop:
   # Your app's license
   # Default is empty.
   license: MIT
+
+  # Persist data between application updates
+  persist:
+  - "data"
+  - "config.toml"
 ```
 
 By defining the `scoop` section, GoReleaser will take care of publishing the