diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..185c545834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+nm: 255.255.255.0
+gw: 10.5.126.254
+dns: 10.5.126.21
+volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
+eth0_ip: 10.5.126.39
+eth1_ip: 10.5.127.28
+vmhost: virthost21.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+datacenter: phx2
+
+ks_url: http://infrastructure.phx2.fedoraproject.org/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel-7
+ks_repo: http://infrastructure.phx2.fedoraproject.org/repo/rhel/RHEL7-x86_64/
+
+#
+# Need a virt-install command with eth1 also
+#
+virt_install_command: virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
+                 --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
+                 --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
+                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
+                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }}
+                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none
+                  ip={{ eth1_ip }}:::{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}-nfs:eth1:none"
+                 --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --network=bridge=br1,model=virtio
+                 --autostart --noautoconsole
+
+lvm_size: 30000
+mem_size: 8192
+num_cpus: 4
+# todo: make a gnome sysadmin group
+#fas_client_groups: sysadmin-gnome
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 4e6317b44e..5c879b7f9c 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -1103,3 +1103,6 @@ twisted-rhel7-2.fedorainfracloud.org
 
 [infinote]
 infinote.fedoraproject.org
+
+[gnome-backups]
+gnome-backups01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/gnome-backups.yml b/playbooks/groups/gnome-backups.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87a0f7f6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/groups/gnome-backups.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+- include: "/srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/include/virt-create.yml myhosts=gnome-backups"
+
+- name: make the boxen be real for real
+  hosts: gnome-backups
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+
+  vars_files:
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  roles:
+  - base
+  - rkhunter
+  - nagios_client
+  - hosts
+  - fas_client
+  - sudo
+  - collectd/base
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/2fa_client.yml"
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/motd.yml"
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"