diff --git a/playbooks/roles/nodepool-builder/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/nodepool-builder/tasks/main.yaml
index 9bbfa4bacd..ce8ce6edd6 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/nodepool-builder/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/nodepool-builder/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,12 @@
 - name: Run docker prune to cleanup unneeded images
   shell:
     cmd: docker image prune -f
+
+- name: Backup nodepool zk image data daily
+  cron:
+    name: Backup nodepool zk image data
+    minute: '{{ 59 | random(seed=inventory_hostname) }}'
+    hour: '{{ 23 | random(seed=inventory_hostname) }}'
+    # Note we backup to /var/log/nodepool because that is what we have bind
+    # mounted in the container and we are operating relative to that context
+    job: docker exec nodepool-builder-compose_nodepool-builder_1 nodepool export-image-data /var/log/nodepool/nodepool-image-backup.json