diff --git a/README b/README
index 759bbb2..be6cda7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -405,6 +405,22 @@ REGISTRATION_OPEN = False
 
 
 
+Backup and restore
+------------------
+
+To back up the database within the docker-based setup, you can run the
+following command (no need to substitute ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}, it's
+already present within the container environment):
+
+docker-compose exec layersdb /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/mysqldump -u root --password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} layersdb' | gzip > backup-`date +%Y_%m_%d_%H%M`.sql.gz
+
+To restore one of these backups you would run the following command (take
+care, this will overwrite the data immediately without prompting!):
+
+zcat backupfile.sql.gz | docker-compose exec -T layersdb /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/mysql -u root --password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} layersdb'
+
+
+
 Maintenance
 -----------
 
@@ -418,6 +434,7 @@ Contributions are welcome. Please send patches / pull requests to
 yocto@yoctoproject.org with '[layerindex-web]' in the subject.
 
 
+
 License
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