diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Collection of lightweight and ready-to-use docker images
 * **[NodeJS](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/nodejs)** - Minimal NodeJS + NPM image
 * **[Octave](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/octave)** - Lightweight ocatve development environment
 * **[OpenCV](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/opencv)** - Lightweight ready-to use OpenCV image
+* **[postgres-backup-s3](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/postgres-backup-s3)** - Backup PostgresSQL to S3 (supports periodic backups)
 * **[Redis-Commander](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/redis-commander)** - Redis management tool
 * **[Rust](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/rust)** - Lightweight nightly Rust build including Cargo and GDB
 * **[swagger-ui](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/swagger-ui)** - Swagger UI 2.1.2 with API_URL and API_KEY injection (45 MB)
diff --git a/postgres-backup-s3/Dockerfile b/postgres-backup-s3/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:3.2
+MAINTAINER Johannes Schickling "schickling.j@gmail.com"
+
+ADD install.sh install.sh
+RUN sh install.sh && rm install.sh
+
+ENV POSTGRES_DATABASE **None**
+ENV POSTGRES_HOST **None**
+ENV POSTGRES_PORT 5432
+ENV POSTGRES_USER **None**
+ENV POSTGRES_PASSWORD **None**
+ENV S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID **None**
+ENV S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY **None**
+ENV S3_BUCKET **None**
+ENV S3_REGION us-west-1
+ENV S3_PATH 'backup'
+ENV SCHEDULE **None**
+
+ADD run.sh run.sh
+ADD backup.sh backup.sh
+
+CMD ["sh", "run.sh"]
diff --git a/postgres-backup-s3/README.md b/postgres-backup-s3/README.md
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+# postgres-backup-s3
+
+Backup PostgresSQL to S3 (supports periodic backups)
+
+## Usage
+
+```sh
+$ docker run -e S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=key -e S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret -e S3_BUCKET=my-bucket -e S3_PREFIX=backup -e POSTGRES_DATABASE=dbname -e POSTGRES_USER=user -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_HOST=localhost schickling/postgres-backup-s3
+```
+
+### Automatic Periodic Backups
+
+You can additionally set the `SCHEDULE` environment variable like `-e SCHEDULE="@daily"` to run the backup automatically.
+
+More information about the scheduling can be found [here](http://godoc.org/github.com/robfig/cron#hdr-Predefined_schedules).
diff --git a/postgres-backup-s3/backup.sh b/postgres-backup-s3/backup.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "${S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  echo "You need to set the S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID environment variable."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  echo "You need to set the S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment variable."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${S3_BUCKET}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  echo "You need to set the S3_BUCKET environment variable."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${POSTGRES_DATABASE}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  echo "You need to set the POSTGRES_DATABASE environment variable."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${POSTGRES_HOST}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  echo "You need to set the POSTGRES_HOST environment variable."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${POSTGRES_USER}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  echo "You need to set the POSTGRES_USER environment variable."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  echo "You need to set the POSTGRES_PASSWORD environment variable or link to a container named POSTGRES."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# env vars needed for aws tools
+export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=$S3_REGION
+
+export PGPASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+POSTGRES_HOST_OPTS="-h $POSTGRES_HOST -p $POSTGRES_PORT -U $POSTGRES_USER"
+
+echo "Creating dump of ${POSTGRES_DATABASE} database) from ${POSTGRES_HOST}..."
+
+pg_dump $POSTGRES_HOST_OPTS $POSTGRES_DATABASE | gzip > dump.sql.gz
+
+echo "Uploading dump to $S3_BUCKET"
+
+cat dump.sql.gz | aws s3 cp - s3://$S3_BUCKET/$S3_PREFIX/$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").sql.gz || exit 2
+
+echo "SQL backup uploaded successfully"
diff --git a/postgres-backup-s3/install.sh b/postgres-backup-s3/install.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# exit if a command fails
+set -e
+
+
+apk update
+
+# install pg_dump
+apk add postgres
+
+# install s3 tools
+apk add python py-pip
+pip install awscli
+apk del py-pip
+
+# install go-cron
+apk add curl
+curl -L --insecure https://github.com/odise/go-cron/releases/download/v0.0.6/go-cron-linux.gz | zcat > /usr/local/bin/go-cron
+chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/go-cron
+apk del curl
+
+
+# cleanup
+rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
diff --git a/postgres-backup-s3/run.sh b/postgres-backup-s3/run.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "${SCHEDULE}" = "**None**" ]; then
+  sh backup.sh
+else
+  exec go-cron "$SCHEDULE" /bin/sh backup.sh
+fi