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"