diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index fa8fc50..d53bc5c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@
     - backup_duplicity
   with_items:
     - "{{ backup_services }}"
+
+- name: tools
+  include_tasks: "tools.yml"
+  tags:
+    - backup_duplicity
diff --git a/tasks/tools.yml b/tasks/tools.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0274705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/tools.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+- name: backup | add command aliases
+  template:
+    src: profile-backup.sh.j2
+    dest: /etc/profile.d/backup.sh
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0640
diff --git a/templates/profile-backup.sh.j2 b/templates/profile-backup.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d1a69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/profile-backup.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% if 'duplicity' in backup_services %}
+alias duplicityls='source /etc/duplicity/duplicity.cnf && duplicity collection-status "{{ duplicity_s3_path }}"'
+{% endif %}