diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4b06ef7c..b702b7ec 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     <application
         android:name="app.fedilab.android.MainApplication"
         android:allowBackup="false"
+        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/extraction_rules"
+        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
         android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_bubbles"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46214eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<full-backup-content>
+    <include
+        domain="sharedpref"
+        path="."
+        requireFlags="clientSideEncryption,deviceToDeviceTransfer" />
+    <include
+        domain="database"
+        path="."
+        requireFlags="clientSideEncryption,deviceToDeviceTransfer" />
+</full-backup-content>
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/extraction_rules.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/extraction_rules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd95dd29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/extraction_rules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<data-extraction-rules>
+    <device-transfer>
+        <include
+            domain="sharedpref"
+            path="." />
+        <include
+            domain="database"
+            path="." />
+    </device-transfer>
+</data-extraction-rules>
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