diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index 76f5e0a4657..c186968f059 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   ./services/backup/mysql-backup.nix
   ./services/backup/postgresql-backup.nix
   ./services/backup/sitecopy-backup.nix
+  ./services/backup/rsnapshot.nix
   ./services/databases/4store-endpoint.nix
   ./services/databases/4store.nix
   ./services/databases/firebird.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/backup/rsnapshot.nix b/modules/services/backup/rsnapshot.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..178ba3ec720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/backup/rsnapshot.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let cfg = config.services.rsnapshot;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    services.rsnapshot = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "rsnapshot backups";
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        example = ''
+          retains	hourly	24
+          retain	daily	365
+          backup	/home/	localhost/
+        '';
+        type = types.lines;
+        description = ''
+          rsnapshot configuration option in addition to the defaults from
+          rsnapshot and this module.
+
+          Note that tabs are required to separate option arguments, and
+          directory names require trailing slashes.
+
+          The "extra" in the option name might be a little misleading right
+          now, as it is required to get a functional configuration.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      cronIntervals = mkOption {
+        default = {};
+        example = { "hourly" = "0 * * * *"; "daily" = "50 21 * * *"; };
+        type = types.attrsOf types.string;
+        description = ''
+          Periodicity at which intervals should be run by cron.
+          Note that the intervals also have to exist in configuration
+          as retain options.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable (let
+    myRsnapshot = pkgs.rsnapshot.override { configFile = rsnapshotCfg; };
+    rsnapshotCfg = with pkgs; writeText "gen-rsnapshot.conf" (''
+        config_version	1.2
+        cmd_cp	${coreutils}/bin/cp
+        cmd_rsync	${rsync}/bin/rsync
+        cmd_ssh	${openssh}/bin/ssh
+        cmd_logger	${inetutils}/bin/logger
+        cmd_du	${coreutils}/bin/du
+        lockfile	/run/rsnapshot.pid
+
+        ${cfg.extraConfig}
+      '');
+    in {
+      environment.systemPackages = [ myRsnapshot ];
+
+      services.cron.systemCronJobs =
+        mapAttrsToList (interval: time: "${time} root ${myRsnapshot}/bin/rsnapshot ${interval}") cfg.cronIntervals;
+    }
+  );
+}