diff --git a/docs/rolereference.rst b/docs/rolereference.rst
index 01615fe2ded162d3f80dff24e3a52e10a72cf3c2..7cc4d804604ec463abf1b318521fe64e90f9172f 100644
--- a/docs/rolereference.rst
+++ b/docs/rolereference.rst
@@ -762,6 +762,17 @@ doing look-ups:
   group-based granting of mail services to users.
 
 
+Backups
+~~~~~~~
+
+If the backup for this role has been enabled, the following paths are backed-up:
+
+**/var/{{ mail_user }}**
+  All data stored by the mail server, including mails and Sieve scripts. Keep in
+  mind that list of available users and their credentials are stored in the LDAP
+  directory (which is backed-up via LDAP server role).
+
+
 Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/roles/mail_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mail_server/defaults/main.yml
index 0eb58f4156dcc830fca83b3a4b5807aab1ce3bc3..cf1140bcd5b8a6005e256ced7da332484e57baa4 100644
--- a/roles/mail_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mail_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
+enable_backup: False
 mail_ldap_tls_truststore: "/etc/ssl/certs/truststore.pem"
 mail_user: vmail
 imap_tls_certificate: "{{ tls_certificate_dir }}/{{ ansible_fqdn }}_imap.pem"
diff --git a/roles/mail_server/meta/main.yml b/roles/mail_server/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1ea4af51d2ebe62230fdead8fb8046b2ac5aafad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mail_server/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+
+dependencies:
+  - role: backup_client
+    when: enable_backup
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diff --git a/roles/mail_server/tasks/backup.yml b/roles/mail_server/tasks/backup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e9e3caf2431e51e2d4f133249196a9aadc274a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mail_server/tasks/backup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+- name: Deploy include patterns to backup
+  template: src="backup_patterns.j2" dest="/etc/duply/main/patterns/mail_server"
+            owner="root" group="root" mode="700"
+  notify:
+    - Assemble Duply include patterns
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diff --git a/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml
index 4825aa06694974613739f4be771b3e253b5c3165..74569a72057a1a1d5e5c924e14c32e4e4ddea12d 100644
--- a/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -138,4 +138,8 @@
 - name: Deploy firewall configuration for mail server
   copy: src="ferm_mail.conf" dest="/etc/ferm/conf.d/20-mail.conf" owner=root group=root mode=640
   notify:
-    - Restart ferm
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+    - Restart ferm
+
+- name: Enable backup
+  include: backup.yml
+  when: enable_backup
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diff --git a/roles/mail_server/templates/backup_patterns.j2 b/roles/mail_server/templates/backup_patterns.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0646cdb20279f2165c4d5ca7955daa977f98f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mail_server/templates/backup_patterns.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var/{{ mail_user }}
diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
index 66d713c93cce8272796fadae1ba1fc95be37c194..6a07ccf59e989cb1304dfd40eff54d9255fb4b28 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
+enable_backup: False
 xmpp_domains: "{{ ansible_domain }}"
 xmpp_tls_certificate: "{{ tls_certificate_dir }}/{{ ansible_fqdn }}_xmpp.pem"
 xmpp_tls_key: "{{ tls_private_key_dir }}/{{ ansible_fqdn }}_xmpp.key"