diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index 5161be50d..f86391b20 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions,
 	}
 
 	progress := restoreui.NewProgress(printer, calculateProgressInterval(!gopts.Quiet, gopts.JSON))
-	res := restorer.NewRestorer(repo, sn, opts.Sparse, progress)
+	res := restorer.NewRestorer(repo, sn, restorer.Options{
+		Sparse:    opts.Sparse,
+		Progress:  progress,
+	})
 
 	totalErrors := 0
 	res.Error = func(location string, err error) error {
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer.go b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
index 12ce84d5c..8b39f138f 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ import (
 
 // Restorer is used to restore a snapshot to a directory.
 type Restorer struct {
-	repo   restic.Repository
-	sn     *restic.Snapshot
-	sparse bool
-
+	repo     restic.Repository
+	sn       *restic.Snapshot
+	sparse   bool
 	progress *restoreui.Progress
 
 	Error        func(location string, err error) error
@@ -30,15 +29,19 @@ type Restorer struct {
 
 var restorerAbortOnAllErrors = func(_ string, err error) error { return err }
 
+type Options struct {
+	Sparse   bool
+	Progress *restoreui.Progress
+}
+
 // NewRestorer creates a restorer preloaded with the content from the snapshot id.
-func NewRestorer(repo restic.Repository, sn *restic.Snapshot, sparse bool,
-	progress *restoreui.Progress) *Restorer {
+func NewRestorer(repo restic.Repository, sn *restic.Snapshot, opts Options) *Restorer {
 	r := &Restorer{
 		repo:         repo,
-		sparse:       sparse,
+		sparse:       opts.Sparse,
+		progress:     opts.Progress,
 		Error:        restorerAbortOnAllErrors,
 		SelectFilter: func(string, string, *restic.Node) (bool, bool) { return true, true },
-		progress:     progress,
 		sn:           sn,
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
index 757a317b2..64e10a6e8 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func TestRestorer(t *testing.T) {
 			sn, id := saveSnapshot(t, repo, test.Snapshot, noopGetGenericAttributes)
 			t.Logf("snapshot saved as %v", id.Str())
 
-			res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, nil)
+			res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
 			tempdir := rtest.TempDir(t)
 			// make sure we're creating a new subdir of the tempdir
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ func TestRestorerRelative(t *testing.T) {
 			sn, id := saveSnapshot(t, repo, test.Snapshot, noopGetGenericAttributes)
 			t.Logf("snapshot saved as %v", id.Str())
 
-			res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, nil)
+			res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
 			tempdir := rtest.TempDir(t)
 			cleanup := rtest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 			repo := repository.TestRepository(t)
 			sn, _ := saveSnapshot(t, repo, test.Snapshot, noopGetGenericAttributes)
 
-			res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, nil)
+			res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
 			res.SelectFilter = test.Select
 
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ func TestRestorerConsistentTimestampsAndPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}, noopGetGenericAttributes)
 
-	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, nil)
+	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
 	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		switch filepath.ToSlash(item) {
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ func TestVerifyCancel(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := repository.TestRepository(t)
 	sn, _ := saveSnapshot(t, repo, snapshot, noopGetGenericAttributes)
 
-	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, nil)
+	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
 	tempdir := rtest.TempDir(t)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ func TestRestorerSparseFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		archiver.SnapshotOptions{})
 	rtest.OK(t, err)
 
-	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, true, nil)
+	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{Sparse: true})
 
 	tempdir := rtest.TempDir(t)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go b/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go
index 0cbfefa92..95a83cdf7 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestRestorerRestoreEmptyHardlinkedFileds(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}, noopGetGenericAttributes)
 
-	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, nil)
+	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
 	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		return true, true
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func TestRestorerProgressBar(t *testing.T) {
 
 	mock := &printerMock{}
 	progress := restoreui.NewProgress(mock, 0)
-	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, progress)
+	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{Progress: progress})
 	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		return true, true
 	}
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer_windows_test.go b/internal/restorer/restorer_windows_test.go
index 684d51ace..90ece474d 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer_windows_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer_windows_test.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func setup(t *testing.T, nodesMap map[string]Node) *Restorer {
 	sn, _ := saveSnapshot(t, repo, Snapshot{
 		Nodes: nodesMap,
 	}, getFileAttributes)
-	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, false, nil)
+	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 	return res
 }