diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
index 17da421486ce322d91de89af3660e69f6393a3f3..4272df47c4f2a6b759036c8583a2e3f6c2917f03 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,28 @@
   apt:
     name: python-apt
 
+- name: Set-up the Debian backports repository
+  template:
+    src: backports.list.j2
+    dest: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+  register: backports_repository_configuration
+
+- name: Update apt cache if backports repository configuration changed (for immediate use)
+  apt:
+    update_cache: true
+  when: backports_repository_configuration.changed
+
+- name: Configure package pins to backports for Prosody
+  template:
+    src: prosody_backports_pin.j2
+    dest: /etc/apt/preferences.d/prosody
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+
 - name: Collect information about installed packages
   package_facts: