diff --git a/base-helm-configs/prometheus/alerting_rules.yaml b/base-helm-configs/prometheus/alerting_rules.yaml
index f63aad63..6117bd8a 100644
--- a/base-helm-configs/prometheus/alerting_rules.yaml
+++ b/base-helm-configs/prometheus/alerting_rules.yaml
@@ -123,3 +123,21 @@ additionalPrometheusRulesMap:
         annotations:
           summary: OVN backup volume >= 90% disk usage
           description: "OVN backup volume >= 90% disk usage"
+    - name: MariaDB backup alerts
+      rules:
+      - alert: mariadbBackupWarning
+        expr: time() - kube_cronjob_status_last_successful_time{cronjob="mariadb-backup"} > 21600
+        for: 1h
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: Last MariaDB backup not successful within 1 hour of scheduled run
+          description: "Last MariaDB backup not successful within 1 hour of scheduled run"
+      - alert: mariadbBackupCritical
+        expr: time() - kube_cronjob_status_last_successful_time{cronjob="mariadb-backup"} > 43200
+        for: 1h
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: Second successive MariaDB backup not successful within 1 hour of scheduled run
+          description: "Second successive MariaDB backup not successful within 1 hour of scheduled run"
diff --git a/docs/alerting-info.md b/docs/alerting-info.md
index d783b52c..f2a78c13 100644
--- a/docs/alerting-info.md
+++ b/docs/alerting-info.md
@@ -80,3 +80,14 @@ The following list contains a few examples of these receivers as part of the [al
 * [Microsoft Teams Receiver](alertmanager-msteams.md)
 
 We can now take all this information and build out an alerting workflow that suits our needs!
+
+## Genestack alerts
+
+This section contains some information on individual Genestack alert.
+
+### MariaDB backup alert
+
+Based on a schedule of 6 hours by default, it allows 1 hour to upload and
+alerts when MySQL doesn't successfully complete a backup.
+
+It alerts at warning level the first time this happens, and at critical level the second time this happens.