diff --git a/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml
index e33444e600ca497325a5fc668c11c87865de86bc..627146b37f6178b0277cf38fc9e9be173d971499 100644
--- a/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -79,3 +79,7 @@
 - name: Assemble Duply include patterns
   assemble: src="/etc/duply/main/patterns" dest="/etc/duply/main/include"
             owner="root" group="root" mode="600"
+
+- name: Deploy crontab entry for running backups
+  cron: name=backup cron_file=backup hour=2 minute=0 job="/usr/bin/duply main backup"
+        state=present user=root
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