diff --git a/cmd/config/config.go b/cmd/config/config.go
index e45637a..38c9a38 100644
--- a/cmd/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config/config.go
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ type SourceJob struct {
 	Pruning      PruningLocal      `yaml:"pruning"`
 }
 
+type LocalJob struct {
+	Type        string                `yaml:"type"`
+	Name        string                `yaml:"name"`
+	Replication LocalReplication       `yaml:"replication"`
+	Snapshotting Snapshotting          `yaml:"snapshotting"`
+	Pruning     PruningSenderReceiver `yaml:"pruning"`
+}
+
 type PushReplication struct {
 	Connect     ConnectEnum     `yaml:"connect"`
 	Filesystems map[string]bool `yaml:"filesystems"`
@@ -69,6 +77,11 @@ type SourceReplication struct {
 	Filesystems map[string]bool `yaml:"filesystems"`
 }
 
+type LocalReplication struct {
+	Filesystems map[string]bool `yaml:"filesystems"`
+	RootDataset string    `yaml:"root_dataset"`
+}
+
 type Snapshotting struct {
 	SnapshotPrefix string        `yaml:"snapshot_prefix"`
 	Interval       time.Duration `yaml:"interval"`
@@ -220,6 +233,7 @@ func (t *JobEnum) UnmarshalYAML(u func(interface{}, bool) error) (err error) {
 		"sink":   &SinkJob{},
 		"pull":   &PullJob{},
 		"source": &SourceJob{},
+		"local": &LocalJob{},
 	})
 	return
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config/samples/local.yml b/cmd/config/samples/local.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5473b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/config/samples/local.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+
+jobs:
+- name: mirror_local
+  type: local
+  # snapshot the filesystems matched by the left-hand-side of the mapping
+  # every 10m with zrepl_ as prefix
+  replication:
+    filesystems: {
+      "pool1/var/db<": true,
+      "pool1/usr/home<": true,
+      "pool1/usr/home/paranoid": false, #don't backup paranoid user
+      "pool1/poudriere/ports<": false #don't backup the ports trees
+    }
+    # TODO FIXME enforce that the tree under root_dataset and the trees allowed (true) by filesystems are non-overlapping
+    root_dataset: "pool2/backups/pool1"
+
+  snapshotting:
+    snapshot_prefix: zrepl_
+    interval: 10m
+
+  pruning:
+    keep_sender:
+    - type: not_replicated
+    keep_receiver:
+    - type: grid
+      grid: 1x1h(keep=all) | 24x1h | 35x1d | 6x30d
+      keep_bookmarks: all
+
+global:
+  logging:
+  - type: "stdout"
+    time: true
+    level: "warn"
+    format: "human"
+  monitoring:
+  - type: "prometheus"
+    listen: ":9091"
+  control:
+    sockpath: /var/run/zrepl/control
+  serve:
+    stdinserver:
+      sockdir: /var/run/zrepl/stdinserver