diff --git a/.backportrc.json b/.backportrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60f5f11fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.backportrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "upstream": "elastic/elasticsearch-js",
+  "branches": [
+    { "name": "15.x", "checked": true },
+    "14.x"
+  ],
+  "labels": ["backport"]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70a809aab..b4111dc3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "async": "~0.8.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^8.2.2",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.0-beta",
+    "backport": "^3.0.2",
     "blanket": "^1.2.3",
     "bluebird": "^2.9.14",
     "browserify": "^16.1.1",
@@ -123,4 +124,4 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/scripts/backport.js b/scripts/backport.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52546548a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backport.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require('backport');