diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/ask.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/ask.yaml
index 361f549c5a..6fe9056429 100644
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/ask.yaml
+++ b/inventory/service/group_vars/ask.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 extra_users:
   - mkiss
+borg_backup_excludes:
+  # backed up via streaming
+  - /var/backups/pgsql_backups
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/ask.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/ask.pp
index 2bdca07478..41710ede50 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/ask.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/ask.pp
@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@ class openstack_project::ask (
     password => postgresql_password($db_user, $db_password),
   }
 
+  # Streaming backup of db; see borg-backup role
+  file { '/etc/borg-streams':
+    ensure  => directory,
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => 'root',
+    mode    => '0755',
+  }
+
+  file { '/etc/borg-streams/pgsql':
+    ensure  => file,
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => 'root',
+    mode    => '0755',
+    content => '/usr/bin/pg_dump -h localhost -U ask -p 5432 askbotdb',
+    require => File['/etc/borg-streams'],
+  }
+
   # redis cache
   class { 'redis':
     redis_port       => $redis_port,
@@ -171,12 +188,6 @@ class openstack_project::ask (
     num_backups       => '10',
   }
 
-  include bup
-  bup::site { 'ord.rax':
-    backup_user   => 'bup-ask01',
-    backup_server => 'backup01.ord.rax.ci.openstack.org',
-  }
-
   class { '::httpd::logrotate':
     options => [
       'daily',