diff --git a/frappe/patches/4_0/private_backups.py b/frappe/patches/4_0/private_backups.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4526072a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frappe/patches/4_0/private_backups.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Web Notes Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Contributors
+# MIT License. See license.txt
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import frappe
+from frappe.installer import make_site_dirs
+
+def execute():
+	make_site_dirs()
+	if frappe.local.conf.backup and frappe.local.conf.backup.startswith("public"):
+		raise Exception, "Backups path in conf set to public directory"