diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/anitya-backend01.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/anitya-backend01.fedoraproject.org
index 07111ee6c6..e0dcec6744 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/anitya-backend01.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/anitya-backend01.fedoraproject.org
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ datacenter: osuosl
 custom_rules: [ '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 140.211.169.229 --dport 5432 -j ACCEPT' ]
 
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/anitya-backend01-sudoers"
+
+db_backup_dir: ['/backups']