diff --git a/roles/arch-mirror-docker/files/syncArchRepo.sh b/roles/arch-mirror-docker/files/syncArchRepo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..15e0e0e
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+++ b/roles/arch-mirror-docker/files/syncArchRepo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is a simple mirroring script. To save bandwidth it first checks a
+# timestamp via HTTP and only runs rsync when the timestamp differs from the
+# local copy. As of 2016, a single rsync run without changes transfers roughly
+# 6MiB of data which adds up to roughly 250GiB of traffic per month when rsync
+# is run every minute. Performing a simple check via HTTP first can thus save a
+# lot of traffic.
+
+# Directory where the repo is stored locally. Example: /srv/repo
+target="/srv/repo"
+
+# Directory where files are downloaded to before being moved in place.
+# This should be on the same filesystem as $target, but not a subdirectory of $target.
+# Example: /srv/tmp
+tmp="/srv/tmp"
+
+# Lockfile path
+lock="/home/claude/.lock/syncrepo.lck"
+
+# If you want to limit the bandwidth used by rsync set this.
+# Use 0 to disable the limit.
+# The default unit is KiB (see man rsync /--bwlimit for more)
+bwlimit=0
+
+# The source URL of the mirror you want to sync from.
+# If you are a tier 1 mirror use rsync.archlinux.org, for example like this:
+# rsync://rsync.archlinux.org/ftp_tier1
+# Otherwise chose a tier 1 mirror from this list and use its rsync URL:
+# https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/
+source_url='rsync://mirror.f4st.host/archlinux/'
+
+# An HTTP(S) URL pointing to the 'lastupdate' file on your chosen mirror.
+# If you are a tier 1 mirror use: http://rsync.archlinux.org/lastupdate
+# Otherwise use the HTTP(S) URL from your chosen mirror.
+lastupdate_url='https://mirror2.f4st.host/archlinux/lastupdate'
+
+#### END CONFIG
+
+[ ! -d "${target}" ] && mkdir -p "${target}"
+[ ! -d "${tmp}" ] && mkdir -p "${tmp}"
+
+exec 9>"${lock}"
+flock -n 9 || exit
+
+rsync_cmd() {
+	local -a cmd=(rsync -rtlH --safe-links --delete-after ${VERBOSE} "--timeout=600" "--contimeout=60" -p \
+		--delay-updates --no-motd "--temp-dir=${tmp}")
+
+	if stty &>/dev/null; then
+		cmd+=(-h -v --progress)
+	else
+		cmd+=(--quiet)
+	fi
+
+	if ((bwlimit>0)); then
+		cmd+=("--bwlimit=$bwlimit")
+	fi
+
+	"${cmd[@]}" "$@"
+}
+
+
+# if we are called without a tty (cronjob) only run when there are changes
+if ! tty -s && [[ -f "$target/lastupdate" ]] && diff -b <(curl -Ls "$lastupdate_url") "$target/lastupdate" >/dev/null; then
+	# keep lastsync file in sync for statistics generated by the Arch Linux website
+	rsync_cmd "$source_url/lastsync" "$target/lastsync"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+rsync_cmd \
+	--exclude='*.links.tar.gz*' \
+	--exclude='/other' \
+	--exclude='/sources' \
+	--exclude='/iso' \
+	"${source_url}" \
+	"${target}"
+
+#echo "Last sync was $(date -d @$(cat ${target}/lastsync))"
+
diff --git a/roles/arch-mirror-docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/arch-mirror-docker/tasks/main.yml
index f795a4a..f1d15b3 100644
--- a/roles/arch-mirror-docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/arch-mirror-docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 ---
+- name: Copy mirror sync script
+  copy:
+    src: syncArchRepo.sh
+    dest: /home/claude/syncArchRepo.sh
+    mode: 0700
+    owner: claude
+- name: Create mirror sync cron job
+  cron:
+    name: arch mirror sync
+    state: present
+    minute: 0
+    hour: "*/6"
+    job: "/home/claude/syncArchRepo.sh"
+    user: claude
 - name: Copy Arch Linux mirror config
   copy: src=arch-mirror dest={{docker_compose_files_folder}}
 - name: Start Arch mirror project