diff --git a/.mackup.cfg b/.mackup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ef296a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mackup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[storage]
+engine = file_system
+path = /home/alexander/data/getraenkemarkt
+directory = mackup
+
+[applications_to_ignore]
+# Do not sync configuration files managed by
+# https://gitlab.webartifex.biz/alexander/dotfiles
+
+bash
+bat
+git
+flameshot
+mackup
+neofetch
+p10k
+pgsql
+poetry
+ssh
+vim
+zsh
+
+# Do not sync ~/.password-store as it contains symlinks
+# that Nextcloud does NOT support
+pass
diff --git a/.mackup/README.md b/.mackup/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dff7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mackup/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Configuration for `mackup`
+
+This folder contains various **config** files
+    to make [`mackup`](https://github.com/lra/mackup)
+    synchronize (dot) files the general public should *not* see.
+Their format is described [here](https://github.com/lra/mackup/tree/master/doc#add-support-for-an-application-or-almost-any-file-or-directory).
diff --git a/.mackup/anyconnect.cfg b/.mackup/anyconnect.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..729f0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mackup/anyconnect.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[application]
+name = Cisco's AnyConnect
+
+[configuration_files]
+.anyconnect
diff --git a/.mackup/histories.cfg b/.mackup/histories.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0291037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mackup/histories.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[application]
+name = various history files
+
+[configuration_files]
+.bash_history
+# .lesshst -> less overwrites the symlink unfortunately
+.python_history
+.tig_history
+.zhistory
+
+[xdg_configuration_files]
+# ~/.config/psql is set in ~/.psqlrc for all history files
+psql
diff --git a/.mackup/nautilus.cfg b/.mackup/nautilus.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cac15a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mackup/nautilus.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[application]
+name = Gnome Files a.k.a. Nautilus
+
+[xdg_configuration_files]
+gtk-3.0/bookmarks
diff --git a/.mackup/ssh_private.cfg b/.mackup/ssh_private.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b8153d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mackup/ssh_private.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[application]
+name = private SSH (config) files
+
+[configuration_files]
+.ssh/config
diff --git a/.psqlrc b/.psqlrc
index dba5163..2ed95c7 100644
--- a/.psqlrc
+++ b/.psqlrc
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 -- Use the best text editor in the world
 \set EDITOR vi
 
+-- Use separate history files per database and
+-- keep them in one folder (for easier sync with mackup)
+\set HISTFILE ~/.config/psql/.psql_history- :DBNAME
+
 -- Don't store the same SQL statement repeatedly
 \set HISTCONTROL ignoredups
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 242b31f..51e0027 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,3 +43,10 @@ Additionally, two `virtualenv`s, called "interactive" and "utils", are also crea
    (e.g., [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/)).
 
 Use `pyenv local ...` to specify a particular Python binary for a project.
+
+
+### Private Dotfiles
+
+After setting up the Python environments (i.e., the "utils"),
+    running `mackup restore` symlinks further dotfiles into `~/`.
+This only works for this project's maintainer.