diff --git a/client/status.go b/client/status.go
index c72ca10..2ac80ca 100644
--- a/client/status.go
+++ b/client/status.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (t *tui) draw() {
 			t.setIndent(1)
 			t.newline()
 
-			if v.Type != job.TypePush {
+			if v.Type != job.TypePush && v.Type != job.TypePull {
 				t.printf("No status representation for job type '%s', dumping as YAML", v.Type)
 				t.newline()
 				asYaml, err := yaml.Marshal(v.JobSpecific)
diff --git a/daemon/job/active.go b/daemon/job/active.go
index 5d20f65..a03871e 100644
--- a/daemon/job/active.go
+++ b/daemon/job/active.go
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/pruner"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/endpoint"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/replication"
+	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/zfs"
 	"sync"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/logging"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/snapper"
+	"time"
 )
 
 type ActiveSide struct {
@@ -71,6 +73,57 @@ func modePushFromConfig(g *config.Global, in *config.PushJob) (*modePush, error)
 	return m, nil
 }
 
+type modePull struct {
+	rootDataset *zfs.DatasetPath
+	interval time.Duration
+}
+
+func (m *modePull) SenderReceiver(client *streamrpc.Client) (replication.Sender, replication.Receiver, error) {
+	sender := endpoint.NewRemote(client)
+	receiver, err := endpoint.NewReceiver(m.rootDataset)
+	return sender, receiver, err
+}
+
+func (*modePull) Type() Type { return TypePull }
+
+func (m *modePull) RunPeriodic(ctx context.Context, wakeUpCommon chan<- struct{}) {
+	t := time.NewTicker(m.interval)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-t.C:
+			select {
+			case wakeUpCommon <- struct{}{}:
+			default:
+				GetLogger(ctx).
+					WithField("pull_interval", m.interval).
+					Warn("pull job took longer than pull interval")
+				wakeUpCommon <- struct{}{} // block anyways, to queue up the wakeup
+			}
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func modePullFromConfig(g *config.Global, in *config.PullJob) (m *modePull, err error) {
+	m = &modePull{}
+	if in.Interval <= 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("interval must be positive")
+	}
+	m.interval = in.Interval
+
+	m.rootDataset, err = zfs.NewDatasetPath(in.RootDataset)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("root dataset is not a valid zfs filesystem path")
+	}
+	if m.rootDataset.Length() <= 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("root dataset must not be empty") // duplicates error check of receiver
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
 func activeSide(g *config.Global, in *config.ActiveJob, mode activeMode) (j *ActiveSide, err error) {
 
 	j = &ActiveSide{mode: mode}
diff --git a/daemon/job/build_jobs.go b/daemon/job/build_jobs.go
index 368d9bf..372f51a 100644
--- a/daemon/job/build_jobs.go
+++ b/daemon/job/build_jobs.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func buildJob(c *config.Global, in config.JobEnum) (j Job, err error) {
 	cannotBuildJob := func(e error, name string) (Job, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot build job %q", name)
 	}
+	// FIXME prettify this
 	switch v := in.Ret.(type) {
 	case *config.SinkJob:
 		m, err := modeSinkFromConfig(c, v)
@@ -32,6 +33,15 @@ func buildJob(c *config.Global, in config.JobEnum) (j Job, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return cannotBuildJob(err, v.Name)
 		}
+	case *config.SourceJob:
+		m, err := modeSourceFromConfig(c, v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cannotBuildJob(err, v.Name)
+		}
+		j, err = passiveSideFromConfig(c, &v.PassiveJob, m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cannotBuildJob(err, v.Name)
+		}
 	case *config.PushJob:
 		m, err := modePushFromConfig(c, v)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -41,6 +51,15 @@ func buildJob(c *config.Global, in config.JobEnum) (j Job, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return cannotBuildJob(err, v.Name)
 		}
+	case *config.PullJob:
+		m, err := modePullFromConfig(c, v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cannotBuildJob(err, v.Name)
+		}
+		j, err = activeSide(c, &v.ActiveJob, m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cannotBuildJob(err, v.Name)
+		}
 	default:
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("implementation error: unknown job type %T", v))
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/job/job.go b/daemon/job/job.go
index 1cac343..85334a5 100644
--- a/daemon/job/job.go
+++ b/daemon/job/job.go
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ func (s *Status) UnmarshalJSON(in []byte) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("field '%s', not found", key)
 	}
 	switch s.Type {
+	case TypePull: fallthrough
 	case TypePush:
 		var st ActiveSideStatus
 		err = json.Unmarshal(jobJSON, &st)
 		s.JobSpecific = &st
+	case TypeSource: fallthrough
 	case TypeSink:
 		var st PassiveStatus
 		err = json.Unmarshal(jobJSON, &st)
diff --git a/daemon/job/passive.go b/daemon/job/passive.go
index 4326562..6e5cbb4 100644
--- a/daemon/job/passive.go
+++ b/daemon/job/passive.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/problame/go-streamrpc"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/config"
+	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/filters"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/logging"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/serve"
+	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/snapper"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/endpoint"
-	"path"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/zfs"
+	"path"
 )
 
 type PassiveSide struct {
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ type PassiveSide struct {
 
 type passiveMode interface {
 	ConnHandleFunc(ctx context.Context, conn serve.AuthenticatedConn) streamrpc.HandlerFunc
+	RunPeriodic(ctx context.Context)
 	Type() Type
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ func (m *modeSink) ConnHandleFunc(ctx context.Context, conn serve.AuthenticatedC
 	return h.Handle
 }
 
+func (m *modeSink) RunPeriodic(_ context.Context) {}
+
 func modeSinkFromConfig(g *config.Global, in *config.SinkJob) (m *modeSink, err error) {
 	m = &modeSink{}
 	m.rootDataset, err = zfs.NewDatasetPath(in.RootDataset)
@@ -65,6 +70,39 @@ func modeSinkFromConfig(g *config.Global, in *config.SinkJob) (m *modeSink, err
 	return m, nil
 }
 
+type modeSource struct {
+	fsfilter zfs.DatasetFilter
+	snapper *snapper.Snapper
+}
+
+func modeSourceFromConfig(g *config.Global, in *config.SourceJob) (m *modeSource, err error) {
+	// FIXME exact dedup of modePush
+	m = &modeSource{}
+	fsf, err := filters.DatasetMapFilterFromConfig(in.Filesystems)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "cannnot build filesystem filter")
+	}
+	m.fsfilter = fsf
+
+	if m.snapper, err = snapper.FromConfig(g, fsf, &in.Snapshotting); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "cannot build snapper")
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func (m *modeSource) Type() Type { return TypeSource }
+
+func (m *modeSource) ConnHandleFunc(ctx context.Context, conn serve.AuthenticatedConn) streamrpc.HandlerFunc {
+	sender := endpoint.NewSender(m.fsfilter)
+	h := endpoint.NewHandler(sender)
+	return h.Handle
+}
+
+func (m *modeSource) RunPeriodic(ctx context.Context) {
+	m.snapper.Run(ctx, nil)
+}
+
 func passiveSideFromConfig(g *config.Global, in *config.PassiveJob, mode passiveMode) (s *PassiveSide, err error) {
 
 	s = &PassiveSide{mode: mode, name: in.Name}
@@ -97,10 +135,14 @@ func (j *PassiveSide) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 	defer l.Close()
 
+	{
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(logging.WithSubsystemLoggers(ctx, log)) // shadowing
+		defer cancel()
+		go j.mode.RunPeriodic(ctx)
+	}
+
 	log.WithField("addr", l.Addr()).Debug("accepting connections")
-
 	var connId int
-
 outer:
 	for {