diff --git a/ansible/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_recv.bash b/ansible/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_recv.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c33a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_recv.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# A zfs-send alias that creates a perfect clone with good defaults.
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# -s if the stream is interrupted, save the partial stream. The stream can then be resumed by doing a zfs send -t token where token is the receive_resume_token prop on the dataset we received into.
+# -u Do not mount the filesystem we are receiving. We can always mount afterwards but this avoids issues with streams with mountpoints to places like /
+zfs recv -s -u
+
+# To delete an interrupted recv, run `zfs receive -A dataset`
diff --git a/ansible/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_send.bash b/ansible/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_send.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2de904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/zfs/files/zfs_clone_send.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# A zfs-send alias that creates a perfect clone with good defaults.
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# TODO: Do we want --backup ?
+# We get --props automatically from --replicate
+zfs send --compressed --replicate --large-block --embed --verbose "${@}"
+
+# On zfs recv side, may want to pass `-s` to make the stream resumable.
+
+# If the data is encrypted and you DONT want to decrypt it, pass the --raw flag on the send side
+# You may need to remove --embed above for encrypted datasets (maybe only with --raw flag? very unsure)
+# For unencrypted datasets, --raw will be equivalent to -Lec (large block, embed, compressed)
diff --git a/ansible/roles/zfs/tasks/common.yaml b/ansible/roles/zfs/tasks/common.yaml
index fef1101..5952dc2 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/zfs/tasks/common.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/zfs/tasks/common.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+- name: Install scripts
+  copy:
+    src: "files/{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: root
+    group: wheel
+  loop:
+    - src: "zfs_clone_send.bash"
+      dest: /usr/local/bin/zfs_clone_send
+    - src: "zfs_clone_recv.bash"
+      dest: /usr/local/bin/zfs_clone_recv
+
 - import_tasks: tasks/freebsd.yaml
   when: 'os_flavor == "freebsd"'