diff --git a/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org.yml b/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6516ba7..0000000
--- a/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-backup_directory: backups
-hetzner_backup_host: gohma
diff --git a/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org/vars.yml b/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org/vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01567a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org/vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+backup_directory: backups
+hetzner_backup_host: gohma
+
+# do not install borgbackup via backup_apt_dependencies;
+# silk's distro version doesn't have it, so there is a local copy
+# in ~root/bin
+
+backup_borg_passphrase: "{{vault_backup_borg_passphrase}}"
diff --git a/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org/vault.yml b/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org/vault.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4ff30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/host_vars/silk.kde.org/vault.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
+39326630343662373963366131633730353333653366613639333435313266396463363866323263
+3630623735353161663432366131613236373261656264330a666237323733313863386231353634
+32373332313564306637333532663335663962316635653937366535306538326238666632643563
+6565653530336436330a363534383737356162393533373935613464383237343736373839383266
+36323062306637363937373861353338366566626564353638343230373561323334613330663863
+62366466636535636536393262343637353032303562616230663334656661633866613232316136
+346466313031333364623235313136393665
diff --git a/roles/kde-backup/templates/backup-silk.sh b/roles/kde-backup/templates/backup-silk.sh
index e09b868..91bf804 100755
--- a/roles/kde-backup/templates/backup-silk.sh
+++ b/roles/kde-backup/templates/backup-silk.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,44 @@
 LOCATION=/root/{{backup_directory}}
 find $LOCATION -name "srv.*.tar.xz" -mtime +2 | xargs rm -f
 
 # Backup databases
 for DATABASE in `mysqlshow | grep -v "information_schema" | grep -v "performance_schema" | grep -v "mysql" | grep -v "stats" | tail -n+4 | awk '{print $2}'`; do
     mysqldump --opt --quick --single-transaction --skip-extended-insert  --events --create-options --set-charset  $DATABASE > $LOCATION/db.$DATABASE.`date +%w`.sql
     xz -f $LOCATION/db.$DATABASE.`date +%w`.sql
 done
 
 # Backup Piwik database
 DATABASE="stats"
 mysqldump --opt --quick --single-transaction --skip-extended-insert  --events --create-options --set-charset  $DATABASE > $LOCATION/db.$DATABASE.sql
 xz -f $LOCATION/db.$DATABASE.sql
 
 # Backup homes!
 tar -cJf /root/backups/homes.`date +%w`.tar.xz -C / home/
 
 # Backup website contents
 tar -cJf $LOCATION/srv.`date +%w`.tar.xz -C / --exclude=srv/www/forum.kde.org/cache --exclude=srv/www/mediawiki/mediawiki/cache --exclude=srv/www/mediawiki/mediawiki/logs --exclude=srv/www/paste.kde.org/app/storage --exclude=*/.git srv/www 2>&1 | grep -v "file changed as we read it"
 
 # Backup configuration and list of installed packages
 tar -czf $LOCATION/etc.`date +%w`.tgz -C / etc/
 tar -czf $LOCATION/crontabs.`date +%w`.tgz -C / var/spool/cron/
 dpkg -l > $LOCATION/dpkg.`date +%w`
 
+# Transfer the generated backups
 lftp -f ~/bin/backup-options
+
+# Borg backup time! Let's get ready to go...
+export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
+export BORG_PASSPHRASE='{{backup_borg_passphrase}}'
+
+{% set backup_creds = hetzner_backup_creds[hetzner_backup_host] %}
+BORG_SERVER="ssh://{{backup_creds.username}}@{{backup_creds.username}}.your-backup.de:23"
+
+# Backup /srv
+export BORG_REPO="$BORG_SERVER/./borg-backups/silk-srv"
+borg create --compression zlib,5 --exclude-caches ::'{hostname}-silk-srv-{now}' /srv/ 2>&1 | grep -v "Compacting segments"
+borg prune --prefix '{hostname}-' --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 4 --keep-monthly 6 2>&1 | grep -v "Compacting segments"
+
+# Backup /home
+export BORG_REPO="$BORG_SERVER/./borg-backups/silk-homes"
+borg create --compression zlib,5 --exclude-caches ::'{hostname}-silk-homes-{now}' /home/ 2>&1 | grep -v "Compacting segments"
+borg prune --prefix '{hostname}-' --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 4 --keep-monthly 6 2>&1 | grep -v "Compacting segments"