diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ed64203..ec9d354 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,15 @@
       [client]
       password = {{ mysqlRoot.stdout }}
 
+- name: Create db-dumps directory
+  file:
+    path: /db-dumps
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0700
+
+- name: Schedule daily db dump
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/crontab
+    line: '@daily root mysqldump --opt --all-databases | gzip -c > /db-dumps/alldb-$(date +%w).sql.gz'
+    state: present