diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20334ba..578448b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ This repository contains miscellaneous scripts used by [Wikimedia Sverige (WMSE)
 * phabricator-floating-top-bar.user.css - *Stylus CSS for floating top bar in Phabricator.*
 * google-flip-portrait.user.css - *Stylus CSS for flipping a portrait in google services.*
 * sites-redirect-test.sh - *Prints the final URL for domains hosted on sites.wikimedia.se to quickly see that redirects work as they should.*
+* wp-backup.sh - *Creates a Mysql backup from the config supplied as parameter and compresses it with Bzip2.*
 
 When adding a script, also add it to this list with a short description.
diff --git a/wp-backup.sh b/wp-backup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ec229c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+host=$(sudo php -r "include('$1'); echo DB_HOST;")
+db=$(sudo php -r "include('$1'); echo DB_NAME;")
+user=$(sudo php -r "include('$1'); echo DB_USER;")
+password=$(sudo php -r "include('$1'); echo DB_PASSWORD;")
+
+mysqldump --add-drop-table -h $host -u $user --password=$password $db | bzip2 -c | pv -p --timer --rate --bytes > backup-$(date --iso-8601).sql.bz2