diff --git a/ubuntu/roles/pgbackrest-install/tasks/main.yml b/ubuntu/roles/pgbackrest-install/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be00421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ubuntu/roles/pgbackrest-install/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+# This task installs pgbackrest on a host
+
+- name: Copy pgbackrest binary to host
+  copy:
+    src: /builds/pgbackrest-release-2.18/src/pgbackrest
+    dest: /usr/bin/pgbackrest
+    mode: '0744'
+
+- name: Make sure Perl is installed
+  apt:
+    name: perl
+    state: latest
+
+- name: Make pgbackrest log directory with the correct permissions
+  file:
+    path: /var/log/pgbackrest
+    state: directory
+    owner: postgres
+    group: postgres
+    mode: '0770'
+
+- name: Make pgbackrest config directory
+  file:
+    path: /etc/pgbackrest/conf.d
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Touch pgbackrest.conf
+  file:
+    path: /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf
+    state: touch
+    owner: postgres
+    group: postgres
+    mode: '0640'
diff --git a/ubuntu/site.yml b/ubuntu/site.yml
index 471f82b..afcea44 100644
--- a/ubuntu/site.yml
+++ b/ubuntu/site.yml
@@ -59,3 +59,10 @@
 
   roles:
     - firewall-ruleset-deploy
+
+- name: Install pgbackrest
+  host: pgbackrest
+  user: root
+
+  roles:
+    - pgbackrest-install