diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75a5fc8..d727e67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,14 +153,15 @@ Available variables:
 | ------------------ |:-----------------------------:| ------------ |
 | `name`             |              yes              | The name of this backup. Used together with pruning and scheduling and needs to be unique. |
 | `repo`             |              yes              | The name of the repository to backup to. |
-| `src`              |         no (see Note)         | The source directory or file |
-| `stdin`            |         no (see Note)         | Is this backup created from a [stdin](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/040_backup.html#reading-data-from-stdin)? |
+| `src`              |         no [see Note]         | The source directory or file |
+| `stdin`            |         no [see Note]         | Is this backup created from a [stdin](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/040_backup.html#reading-data-from-stdin)? |
 | `stdin_cmd`        | no (yes if `stdin` == `true`) | The command to produce the stdin. |
 | `stdin_filename`   |              no               | The filename used in the repository. |
+| `include`          |     no (`{}`) [see Note]      | If set, used to specify --files-from, --files-from-verbatim, and/or --files-from-raw. |
+| `exclude`          |           no (`{}`)           | Allows you to specify files to exclude. See [Exclude](#exclude) for reference. |
 | `pre_backup_cmd`   |              no               | A command to run before backup, typically used to dump databases to disk |
 | `tags`             |              no               | Array of default tags  |
-| `options`          |         no (see Note)         | Array of additional options to restic backup  |
-| `forget_snapshots` |              no               | If set to false, do not forget snapshots with each run (
+| `options`          |              no               | Array of additional options to restic backup  |
 | `keep_last`        |              no               | If set, only keeps the last n snapshots.  |
 | `keep_hourly`      |              no               | If set, only keeps the last n hourly snapshots.                                                                                                                              |
 | `keep_daily`       |              no               | If set, only keeps the last n daily snapshots.                                                                                                                               |
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ Available variables:
 | `keep_monthly`     |              no               | If set, only keeps the last n monthly snapshots.                                                                                                                             |
 | `keep_yearly `     |              no               | If set, only keeps the last n yearly snapshots.                                                                                                                              |
 | `keep_within`      |              no               | If set, only keeps snapshots in this time period.                                                                                                                            |
-| `keep_tag`         |              no               | If set, keep snapshots with this tags. Make sure to specify a list.                                                                                                          |
+| `keep_tag`         |              no               | If set, keep snapshots with these tags. Make sure to specify a list.                                                                                                          |
 | `prune`            |         no (`false`)          | If `true`, the `restic forget` command in the script has the [`--prune` option](https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/060_forget.html#removing-backup-snapshots) appended. |
 | `scheduled`        |         no (`false`)          | If `restic_create_schedule` is set to `true`, this backup is scheduled and tries to create a systemd timer unit. If it fails, it is creating a cronjob. |
 | `schedule_oncalendar` |  ``'*-*-* 02:00:00'``      | The time for the systemd timer. Please notice the randomDelaySec option. By Default the backup is done every night at 2 am (+0-4h). But only if scheduled is true.  |
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ Available variables:
 | `schedule_hour`    |           no (`2`)            | Hour when the job is run. ( 0-23, *, */2, etc )  |
 | `schedule_weekday` |           no (`*`)            | Weekday when the job is run.  ( 0-6 for Sunday-Saturday, *, etc ) |
 | `schedule_month`   |           no (`*`)            | Month when the job is run. ( 1-12, *, */2, etc )  |
-| `exclude`          |           no (`{}`)           | Allows you to specify files to exclude. See [Exclude](#exclude) for reference. |
 | `disable_logging`  |           no                  | Optionally disable logging  |
 | `log_to_journald`  |           no                  | Optionally switch logging to journald with the name of the backup job as the tag |
 | `mail_on_error`    |           no                  | Optionally send a mail if the backupjob will fail *(mailx is required)* |
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Available variables:
 | `monitoring_call`  |           no                  | A command that will be called if the backup is *successful*. Useful for heartbeat monitoring systems that warn when no heartbeat is received. Use the full command, you need to run. Example: `curl https://monitoring.example.com/api/push/E9Wzm4lJ2O?status=up&msg=OK&ping=` |
 | `niceness`         |           no                  | If set, runs any scheduled backup with given [niceness-value](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix)). On Linux -20 is highest priority, 0 default and 19 is lowest priority. 10 is a common low priority assigned to backup routines on production systems. |
 
-Note: One of src or stdin_cmd must be defined; or one of --files-from, --files-from-verbatim, or --files-from-raw must be provided in options.
+Note: One of src, stdin_cmd, or include must be defined. If include is used, you are responsible for providing one or more of of files_from, files_rom_verbatim, or files_from_raw.
 
 Example:
 ```yaml
diff --git a/tasks/backup.yml b/tasks/backup.yml
index 55b438a..6a036c2 100644
--- a/tasks/backup.yml
+++ b/tasks/backup.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
   with_items: '{{ restic_backups }}'
   when:
     - item.name is defined
-    - item.src is defined or item.stdin is defined
-    - item.src is defined or item.stdin and item.stdin_cmd is defined
+    - item.src is defined or item.include is defined or item.stdin and item.stdin_cmd is defined
     - item.repo in restic_repos
 
 - name: (BACKUP) Create backup script
@@ -31,6 +30,5 @@
   with_items: '{{ restic_backups }}'
   when:
     - item.name is defined
-    - item.src is defined or item.stdin is defined
-    - item.src is defined or item.stdin and item.stdin_cmd is defined
+    - item.src is defined or item.include is defined or item.stdin and item.stdin_cmd is defined
     - item.repo in restic_repos
diff --git a/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2 b/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2
index 9bfbbf2..2995e84 100644
--- a/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2
+++ b/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2
@@ -186,20 +186,20 @@ set -uxo pipefail
   Define paths
 #}
 {% macro paths(repo) -%}
-{% if repo.src is defined and repo.src != None and (repo.src is not string)  %}{%for path in repo.src %} --path {{ path }}{% endfor %}{%elif repo.src is string %}--path {{repo.src}} {% else %} --path {{ repo.stdin_filename }}{% endif %}
+{% if repo.src is defined and repo.src != None and (repo.src is not string)  %}{%for path in repo.src %} --path {{ path }}{% endfor %}{%elif repo.src is string %}--path {{repo.src}} {% elif repo.stdin_filename is defined %} --path {{ repo.stdin_filename }}{% endif %}
 {%- endmacro %}
 {#
-  Define retention pattern
+  Define retention pattern (if non-empty, `restic forget` will run)
 #}
 {% macro retention_pattern(repo) -%}
-  {% if repo.keep_last is defined and repo.keep_last != None %}--keep-last {{ item.keep_last }}{% endif %} \
-  {% if repo.keep_hourly is defined and repo.keep_hourly != None %}--keep-hourly {{ item.keep_hourly }}{% endif %} \
-  {% if repo.keep_daily is defined and repo.keep_daily != None %}--keep-daily {{ item.keep_daily }}{% endif %} \
-  {% if repo.keep_weekly is defined and repo.keep_weekly != None %}--keep-weekly {{ item.keep_weekly }}{% endif %} \
-  {% if repo.keep_monthly is defined and repo.keep_monthly != None %}--keep-monthly {{ item.keep_monthly }}{% endif %} \
-  {% if repo.keep_yearly is defined and repo.keep_yearly != None %}--keep-yearly {{ item.keep_yearly }}{% endif %} \
-  {% if repo.keep_within is defined and repo.keep_within != None %}--keep-within {{ item.keep_within }}{% endif %} \
-  {% if repo.keep_tag is defined and (repo.keep_tag|length>0) %}{{ keep_tags(repo.keep_tag) }}{% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_last is defined and repo.keep_last != None %}--keep-last {{ item.keep_last }} {% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_hourly is defined and repo.keep_hourly != None %}--keep-hourly {{ item.keep_hourly }} {% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_daily is defined and repo.keep_daily != None %}--keep-daily {{ item.keep_daily }} {% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_weekly is defined and repo.keep_weekly != None %}--keep-weekly {{ item.keep_weekly }} {% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_monthly is defined and repo.keep_monthly != None %}--keep-monthly {{ item.keep_monthly }} {% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_yearly is defined and repo.keep_yearly != None %}--keep-yearly {{ item.keep_yearly }} {% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_within is defined and repo.keep_within != None %}--keep-within {{ item.keep_within }} {% endif %}
+{% if repo.keep_tag is defined and (repo.keep_tag|length>0) %}{{ keep_tags(repo.keep_tag) }} {% endif %}
 {%- endmacro %}
 
 {% macro options(options) %}
@@ -236,6 +236,23 @@ set -uxo pipefail
     {% endif %}
 {% endmacro %}
 
+{% macro include(include) %}
+    {% if include.files_from is defined %}
+        {% for path in include.files_from %}
+            --files-from {{ path }} \
+        {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if include.files_from_verbatim is defined %}
+        {% for path in include.files_from_verbatim %}
+            --files-from-verbatim {{ path }} \
+        {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if include.files_from_raw is defined %}
+        {% for path in include.files_from_raw %}
+            --files-from-raw {{ path }} \
+        {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+{% endmacro %}
 
 {% if item.pre_backup_cmd is defined %}
   {{ item.pre_backup_cmd }} {{ pre_backup_cmd_output_log }}
@@ -278,6 +295,7 @@ fi
     {{ tags(item.tags) }} \
     {% if item.options is defined %}{{ options(item.options) }}{% endif %} \
     {% if item.exclude is defined %}{{ exclude(item.exclude) }}{% endif %} \
+    {% if item.include is defined %}{{ include(item.include) }}{% endif %} \
     $@
 } \
 {% endif %} {{ backup_output_log }}
@@ -308,7 +326,7 @@ esac
 {#
   Define stdin forget commands
 #}
-{% if item.forget_snapshots is not defined or item.forget_snapshots %}
+{% if retention_pattern(item) %}
 {{ restic_install_path }}/restic forget {{ paths(item) }} {{ retention_pattern(item) }} {% if item.prune is defined and item.prune == true %}--prune{% endif %} {{ forget_output_log }}
 if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
 then