diff --git a/docs/rolereference.rst b/docs/rolereference.rst
index 57435f31b1676d1b7ffedcca39c75cdbb7f3e127..c2c457bd53b5f9b17675130901cf982c3b30b787 100644
--- a/docs/rolereference.rst
+++ b/docs/rolereference.rst
@@ -257,6 +257,21 @@ The role implements the following:
   IP address, using the ``iptables hashlimit`` module.
 
 
+Backups
+~~~~~~~
+
+If the backup for this role has been enabled, the following paths are backed-up:
+
+**/var/log**
+  Log files from the system.
+
+**/home**
+  Home directory for regular users.
+
+**/root**
+  Root user's home directory.
+
+
 Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/roles/common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
index d496c9506df7dbd7d9548c4faa717e1b7a706135..df3c20e26d035424d2a459ffeb2b37c4bb929b8e 100644
--- a/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
+enable_backup: False
 common_packages: []
 os_users: []
 os_groups: []
diff --git a/roles/common/files/backup_patterns b/roles/common/files/backup_patterns
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bbbd0a5665aada5a8210a289466c796d8ab3e728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/files/backup_patterns
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/root
+/home
+/var/log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/common/meta/main.yml b/roles/common/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1ea4af51d2ebe62230fdead8fb8046b2ac5aafad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+
+dependencies:
+  - role: backup_client
+    when: enable_backup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/backup.yml b/roles/common/tasks/backup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c6771427b4ff9a9bba9579c6309e216f1458e0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/backup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+- name: Deploy include patterns to backup
+  copy: src="backup_patterns" dest="/etc/duply/main/patterns/common"
+        owner="root" group="root" mode="700"
+  notify:
+    - Assemble Duply include patterns
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index b173a4058f7808c386cbacaa7a8e47e65fcde973..4372c79b5720ab16f95a0fc618156d16b82f1c09 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -89,3 +89,7 @@
 
 - name: Enable ferm service
   service: name=ferm enabled=yes state=started
+
+- name: Enable backup
+  include: backup.yml
+  when: enable_backup
\ No newline at end of file