diff --git a/roles/mayan_edms/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mayan_edms/defaults/main.yml
index ba62453..7180ee5 100644
--- a/roles/mayan_edms/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mayan_edms/defaults/main.yml
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ mayan_ldap_debug: False
 #     'is_superuser': 'CN=Role_Infra_Admin,OU=Roles,DC=example,DC=org',
 # }
 
+# This is a list of indexes to expose as FUSE filesystem in {{ mayan_root_dir }}/fuse
+# when running the pre-backup hook
+mayan_index_as_fuse:
+  - creation_date
diff --git a/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/directories.yml b/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/directories.yml
index df269df..b448a2b 100644
--- a/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/directories.yml
+++ b/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/directories.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@
     - path: "{{ mayan_root_dir }}/config"
       group: "{{ mayan_user }}"
       mode: 750
+    - path: "{{ mayan_root_dir }}/fuse"
+      mode: 700
   tags: mayan
diff --git a/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/install.yml b/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/install.yml
index 1c12cad..1aef398 100644
--- a/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/mayan_edms/tasks/install.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     name:
       - postgresql-devel
       - postgresql13
-      - python-psocopg2
+      - python-psycopg2
   when: mayan_db_engine == 'postgresql'
   tags: mayan
 
diff --git a/roles/mayan_edms/templates/post_backup.sh.j2 b/roles/mayan_edms/templates/post_backup.sh.j2
index 93b2285..1b2b574 100644
--- a/roles/mayan_edms/templates/post_backup.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/mayan_edms/templates/post_backup.sh.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
 rm -f {{ mayan_root_dir }}/backup/*
+{% for index in mayan_index_as_fuse %}
+umount {{ mayan_root_dir }}/fuse/{{ index }}
+rmdir {{ mayan_root_dir }}/fuse/{{ index }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/mayan_edms/templates/pre_backup.sh.j2 b/roles/mayan_edms/templates/pre_backup.sh.j2
index e0a05d9..c9a332e 100644
--- a/roles/mayan_edms/templates/pre_backup.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/mayan_edms/templates/pre_backup.sh.j2
@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ PGPASSWORD='{{ mayan_db_pass }}' /usr/pgsql-13/bin/pg_dump \
   {{ mayan_db_name | quote }} | \
   zstd -c > "{{ mayan_root_dir }}/backup/{{ mayan_db_name }}.sql.zst"
 {% endif %}
+
+# Use FUSE to export indexes as a file tree
+set -o allexport
+. /opt/mayan-edms/config/.env
+set +o allexport
+{% for index in mayan_index_as_fuse %}
+mkdir -p {{ mayan_root_dir }}/fuse/{{ index }}
+{{ mayan_root_dir }}/venv/bin/python {{ mayan_root_dir }}/venv/bin/mayan-edms.py mountindex {{ index }} {{ mayan_root_dir }}/fuse/{{ index }} &
+{% endfor %}
+