diff --git a/docs/rolereference.rst b/docs/rolereference.rst
index 7cc4d804604ec463abf1b318521fe64e90f9172f..57435f31b1676d1b7ffedcca39c75cdbb7f3e127 100644
--- a/docs/rolereference.rst
+++ b/docs/rolereference.rst
@@ -1326,6 +1326,16 @@ The role implements the following:
   database. Username is set to be same as the name of database.
 
 
+Backups
+~~~~~~~
+
+If the backup for this role has been enabled, the following paths are backed-up:
+
+**/srv/backup/maraidb/{{ db_name }}.sql**
+  Dump of the database. Database dump is created every day at 01:45 in the
+  morning.
+
+
 Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/roles/database/defaults/main.yml b/roles/database/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd7033087a0b2536ec2022b6484c6638a3726018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/database/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+
+enable_backup: False
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diff --git a/roles/database/meta/main.yml b/roles/database/meta/main.yml
index 873860b6a732d202899b6ca78b98b93fecdc0a45..8fd090888ec0bde2c7c909314addd7aefdc78b4d 100644
--- a/roles/database/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
-allow_duplicates: yes
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+allow_duplicates: yes
+
+dependencies:
+  - role: backup_client
+    when: enable_backup
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diff --git a/roles/database/tasks/backup.yml b/roles/database/tasks/backup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e867d1608ab2e661d36023b4c21e7facefc1ca32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/database/tasks/backup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+
+- name: Create directory for storing MariaDB database dumps
+  file: path="{{ item }}" state=directory
+        owner=root group=root mode=700
+  with_items:
+    - "/srv"
+    - "/srv/backup"
+    - "/srv/backup/mariadb"
+
+- name: Deploy include patterns to backup
+  template: src="backup_patterns.j2" dest="/etc/duply/main/patterns/{{ db_name }}"
+            owner="root" group="root" mode="700"
+  notify:
+    - Assemble Duply include patterns
+
+- name: Create crontab entry for creating MariaDB database dumps every day at 01:45
+  cron: name="mariadb_{{ db_name }}" cron_file="mariadb_{{ db_name }}" hour=1 minute=45
+        job="/usr/bin/mysqldump \"{{ db_name }}\" > /srv/backup/mariadb/\"{{ db_name }}\".sql"
+        state=present user=root
diff --git a/roles/database/tasks/main.yml b/roles/database/tasks/main.yml
index 1a4062933d6248bf65f362d35226836280e29533..3f83e12c4832f3ae03e42b3f2a56d9b40037ab8c 100644
--- a/roles/database/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 - name: "Create database user {{ db_name }}"
   mysql_user: name="{{ db_name }}" password="{{ db_password }}"
               priv=*.*:ALL state=present
+
+- name: Enable backup
+  include: backup.yml
+  when: enable_backup
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diff --git a/roles/database/templates/backup_patterns.j2 b/roles/database/templates/backup_patterns.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..280607f988e18adb4bc2e785cbe1c8938375f378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/database/templates/backup_patterns.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/srv/backup/mariadb/{{ db_name }}.sql
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