diff --git a/mysql/defaults/main.yml b/mysql/defaults/main.yml
index cdea08a8..ab0e8878 100644
--- a/mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ mysql_backup_logfile: '{{ mysql_backup_logdir }}/my_backup.log'
 mysql_backup_retain_copies: 15
 mysql_backup_destdir: /var/lib/mysql-backup
 mysql_backup_exclude_list: "performance_schema"
+mysql_backup_crontab_minute: 0
+mysql_backup_crontab_hour: 2
 
diff --git a/mysql/files/mysql-backup.cron b/mysql/files/mysql-backup.cron
deleted file mode 100755
index c47340ca..00000000
--- a/mysql/files/mysql-backup.cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0 0 * * * root /usr/local/bin/mysql-backup > /var/log/mysql-backup.log 2>&1
diff --git a/mysql/templates/mysql-backup.cron.j2 b/mysql/templates/mysql-backup.cron.j2
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4586ab68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/templates/mysql-backup.cron.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ mysql_backup_crontab_minute }} {{ mysql_backup_crontab_hour }} * * * root /usr/local/bin/mysql-backup > /var/log/mysql-backup.log 2>&1