diff --git a/files/automysqlbackup_post_script b/files/automysqlbackup_post_script
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35215b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/automysqlbackup_post_script
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+source /etc/default/automysqlbackup
+
+# available variables:
+
+# strings, i.e. character sequences
+echo "$BACKUPDIR"
+
+[ -z "$BACKUPDIR" ] && echo >&2 "Invalid / unknown BACKUPDIR" && exit 1
+
+# Loeschen der alten Backups
+find "${BACKUPDIR}/monthly" "${BACKUPDIR}/weekly" "${BACKUPDIR}/daily" -type f -mtime +5 -delete
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index b13196c..7429c83 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 - import_tasks: packages.yml
 - import_tasks: munin.yml
 - import_tasks: cron.yml
+- import_tasks: mariadb.yml
 
diff --git a/tasks/mariadb.yml b/tasks/mariadb.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb9ba5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/mariadb.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- name: "mariadb: Richte automysqlbackup ein"
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/default/automysqlbackup
+    regexp: '^#POSTBACKUP='
+    line: POSTBACKUP="{{ scripts_path }}/automysqlbackup_post_script"
+
+- name: "mariadb: Erstelle scripts-Verzeichnis"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ scripts_path }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: "mariadb: Richte Backup ein 2"
+  copy:
+    src: automysqlbackup_post_script
+    dest: "{{ scripts_path }}/automysqlbackup_post_script"
+    mode: 0755
diff --git a/tasks/packages.yml b/tasks/packages.yml
index 06d80d1..0ed0acc 100644
--- a/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - name: "Packages: MariaDB-Server installieren"
   apt:
     pkg:
+      - automysqlbackup
       - default-mysql-server
       - libcache-cache-perl
       - python-pymysql