diff --git a/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml b/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml
index a1fc6bf..fdac376 100644
--- a/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml
+++ b/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml
@@ -47,8 +47,27 @@ vmalert_rules:
     - alert: mdraid failed disk
       expr: collectd_md_md_disks{type="failed"} != 0
 
-  - name: BURP RAID
+  - name: BURP
     rules:
+    - alert: no recent backups
+      expr: absent(burp_client_last_backup_timestamp)
+      for: 8h
+      annotations:
+        summary: No clients have been backed up recently
+        description: >-
+          This alert indicates that NO clients have been backed up within the
+          last day.  There is likely a problem with the BURP server.
+    - alert: missed client backup
+      expr:
+        time() - (burp_client_last_backup_timestamp > now() - 86400 * 90) > 86400 * 2
+      for: 3h
+      annotations:
+        summary: A client has not backed up today
+        description: >-
+          A client has not been backed up for more than a day.  This may be
+          because the client is offline, or because the backup process has
+          failed.  Clients that have not been backed up for more than 90 days
+          will not trigger this alert.
     - alert: disks need swapped
       expr:
         time() - tlast_change_over_time(