diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cd24154..9f211f2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-FROM ovski/ansible:v2.10.6
+FROM ovski/ansible:v4.0.0
 
 # Clone ansible playbooks
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
+RUN apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change update && apt-get install -y git
+RUN git clone https://github.com/Ovski4/ansible-playbook-smtp-email.git /var/smtp-email-playbook
 RUN git clone https://github.com/Ovski4/ansible-playbook-mysql-dump.git /var/mysql-dump-playbook
 RUN git clone https://github.com/Ovski4/ansible-playbook-mongo-dump.git /var/mongo-dump-playbook
 RUN git clone https://github.com/Ovski4/ansible-playbook-borg-backup.git /var/borg-backup-playbook
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d009953..1ec36e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,21 @@ Borg backup cron
 =================
 
 A docker image to backup periodically a folder using borg.
-Additionnally this image can dump a mysql database in the same folder beforehand.
+Additionnally this image can:
+- dump a mysql database in the same folder beforehand
+- dump a mongo database
+- create an elasticsearch snapshot
+- send an email on failure
 You can also run the cron job directly by overriding the command with `/var/backup_script.sh`
 
+- [Borg backup cron](#borg-backup-cron)
+  - [Build](#build)
+  - [Usage](#usage)
+    - [With mysql dump](#with-mysql-dump)
+    - [With mongo dump](#with-mongo-dump)
+    - [With elasticsearch snapshot](#with-elasticsearch-snapshot)
+    - [Sending an email on failure](#sending-an-email-on-failure)
+
 Build
 -----
 
@@ -36,7 +48,7 @@ docker run \
    ovski/borgbackup-cron
 ```
 
-With mysql dump
+### With mysql dump
 
 ```bash
 docker run \
@@ -48,7 +60,7 @@ docker run \
    ovski/borgbackup-cron
 ```
 
-With mongo dump
+### With mongo dump
 
 ```bash
 docker run \
@@ -59,7 +71,7 @@ docker run \
    ovski/borgbackup-cron
 ```
 
-With elasticsearch snapshot
+### With elasticsearch snapshot
 
 ```bash
 docker run \
@@ -70,10 +82,26 @@ docker run \
    ovski/borgbackup-cron
 ```
 
+### Sending an email on failure
+
+```bash
+docker run \
+   # ... other options
+   -e SMTP_USER=smtpuser@gmail.com \
+   -e SMTP_PASSWORD=smtppassword \
+   -e SMTP_PORT=465 \
+   -e SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com \
+   -e MAIL_TO=user@recipient.com \
+   -e MAIL_BODY="Email content" \
+   -e MAIL_SUBJECT="Email subject" \
+   ovski/borgbackup-cron
+```
+
 You can also use secrets in a stack to store sensitive information.
 Instead of specifiying environment variables, create the following secrets in /var/secrets (default location):
 
 ```
 /run/secrets/borg_passphrase instead of BORG_PASSPHRASE
 /run/secrets/db_password instead of MYSQL_PASSWORD
+/run/secrets/smtp_password instead of SMTP_PASSWORD
 ```
diff --git a/backup_script.sh b/backup_script.sh
index 86006af..ca34341 100644
--- a/backup_script.sh
+++ b/backup_script.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+send_email() {
+    ansible-playbook /var/smtp-email-playbook/main.yml \
+        -e "smtp_user=$SMTP_USER" \
+        -e "smtp_password=$SMTP_PASSWORD" \
+        -e "smtp_port=$SMTP_PORT" \
+        -e "smtp_host=$SMTP_HOST" \
+        -e "mail_to='$MAIL_TO'" \
+        -e "mail_body='$MAIL_BODY'" \
+        -e "mail_subject='$MAIL_SUBJECT'"
+}
+
+if [[ ! -z "$SMTP_USER" && ! -z "$SMTP_PASSWORD" && ! -z "$SMTP_PORT" && ! -z "$SMTP_HOST" && ! -z "$MAIL_TO" && ! -z "$MAIL_BODY" && ! -z "$MAIL_SUBJECT" ]]; then
+    set -o errexit -o errtrace
+    trap send_email ERR
+fi
+
 if [[ ! -z "$MYSQL_USER" && ! -z "$MYSQL_DATABASE" && ! -z "$MYSQL_PASSWORD" && ! -z "$MYSQL_HOST" ]]; then
     ansible-playbook /var/mysql-dump-playbook/main.yml \
         -e "mysql_dumps_target_folder=$LOCAL_FOLDER" \
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 359eb60..b7ba5b3 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ if [[ -f /run/secrets/db_password ]]; then
     export MYSQL_PASSWORD=$(cat /run/secrets/db_password)
 fi
 
+
+if [[ -f /run/secrets/smtp_password ]]; then
+    echo "Setting SMTP_PASSWORD env variable from secret"
+    export SMTP_PASSWORD=$(cat /run/secrets/smtp_password)
+fi
+
 # Make env variables accessible in crontab
 declare -p | grep -Ev 'BASHOPTS|BASH_VERSINFO|EUID|PPID|SHELLOPTS|UID' > /container.env