diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/apt.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/apt.py
index 87732f2..e757394 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/apt.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/apt.py
@@ -2,9 +2,26 @@ from bootstrapvz.base import Task
 from .. import phases
 from ..tools import log_check_call
 import locale
+import logging
 import os
 
 
+class AddBackports(Task):
+	description = 'Adding backports to the apt sources'
+	phase = phases.preparation
+
+	@classmethod
+	def run(cls, info):
+		if info.source_lists.target_exists('{system.release}-backports'):
+			msg = ('{system.release}-backports target already exists').format(**info.manifest_vars)
+			logging.getLogger(__name__).info(msg)
+		elif info.release_codename == 'sid':
+			logging.getLogger(__name__).info('There are no backports for sid/unstable')
+		else:
+			info.source_lists.add('backports', 'deb     {apt_mirror} {system.release}-backports main')
+			info.source_lists.add('backports', 'deb-src {apt_mirror} {system.release}-backports main')
+
+
 class AddManifestSources(Task):
 	description = 'Adding sources from the manifest'
 	phase = phases.preparation
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py
index 0268d61..db3571f 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ def validate_manifest(data, validator, error):
 
 
 def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
-	import tasks
 	import bootstrapvz.providers.ec2.tasks.initd as initd_ec2
+	from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import apt
 	from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import initd
 	from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import ssh
 
 	from bootstrapvz.common.tools import get_codename
 	if get_codename(manifest.system['release']) == 'wheezy':
-		taskset.add(tasks.AddBackports)
+		taskset.add(apt.AddBackports)
 
 	taskset.update([tasks.SetMetadataSource,
 	                tasks.AddCloudInitPackages,
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/tasks.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/tasks.py
index 6f64c38..39bb7be 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/tasks.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/tasks.py
@@ -7,24 +7,10 @@ import logging
 import os.path
 
 
-class AddBackports(Task):
-	description = 'Adding backports to the apt sources'
-	phase = phases.preparation
-
-	@classmethod
-	def run(cls, info):
-		if info.source_lists.target_exists('{system.release}-backports'):
-			msg = ('{system.release}-backports target already exists').format(**info.manifest_vars)
-			logging.getLogger(__name__).info(msg)
-		else:
-			info.source_lists.add('backports', 'deb     {apt_mirror} {system.release}-backports main')
-			info.source_lists.add('backports', 'deb-src {apt_mirror} {system.release}-backports main')
-
-
 class AddCloudInitPackages(Task):
 	description = 'Adding cloud-init package and sudo'
 	phase = phases.preparation
-	predecessors = [apt.AddDefaultSources, AddBackports]
+	predecessors = [apt.AddDefaultSources, apt.AddBackports]
 
 	@classmethod
 	def run(cls, info):
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py
index b85e32f..ef3b320 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import tasks
 import os.path
+import tasks
+from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import apt
+from bootstrapvz.common.tools import get_codename
 
 
 def validate_manifest(data, validator, error):
 	schema_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'manifest-schema.yml'))
 	validator(data, schema_path)
-	from bootstrapvz.common.tools import get_codename
 	if get_codename(data['system']['release']) == 'wheezy':
 		# prefs is a generator of apt preferences across files in the manifest
 		prefs = (item for vals in data.get('packages', {}).get('preferences', {}).values() for item in vals)
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ def validate_manifest(data, validator, error):
 
 
 def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
+	if get_codename(manifest.system['release']) == 'wheezy':
+		taskset.add(apt.AddBackports)
 	taskset.add(tasks.AddDockerDeps)
 	taskset.add(tasks.AddDockerBinary)
 	taskset.add(tasks.AddDockerInit)
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/__init__.py
index bb90773..d138c68 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import tasks
 
 
 def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
+	from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import apt
 	from bootstrapvz.common.tools import get_codename
 	if get_codename(manifest.system['release']) == 'wheezy':
-		taskset.add(tasks.AddBackports)
+		taskset.add(apt.AddBackports)
 	taskset.update([tasks.AddONEContextPackage])
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/tasks.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/tasks.py
index 4e5c48b..d37e9be 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/tasks.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/opennebula/tasks.py
@@ -3,25 +3,10 @@ from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import apt
 from bootstrapvz.common import phases
 
 
-class AddBackports(Task):
-	description = 'Adding backports to the apt sources'
-	phase = phases.preparation
-
-	@classmethod
-	def run(cls, info):
-		if info.source_lists.target_exists('{system.release}-backports'):
-			import logging
-			msg = ('{system.release}-backports target already exists').format(**info.manifest_vars)
-			logging.getLogger(__name__).info(msg)
-		else:
-			info.source_lists.add('backports', 'deb     {apt_mirror} {system.release}-backports main')
-			info.source_lists.add('backports', 'deb-src {apt_mirror} {system.release}-backports main')
-
-
 class AddONEContextPackage(Task):
 	description = 'Adding the OpenNebula context package'
 	phase = phases.preparation
-	predecessors = [apt.AddDefaultSources, AddBackports]
+	predecessors = [apt.AddDefaultSources, apt.AddBackports]
 
 	@classmethod
 	def run(cls, info):
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
index 710e893..8278c72 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import tasks.configuration
 import tasks.image
 import tasks.host
 import tasks.packages
+from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import apt
 from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import loopback
 from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import initd
 from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import ssh
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def validate_manifest(data, validator, error):
 def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
 	taskset.update(task_groups.get_standard_groups(manifest))
 
-	taskset.update([bootstrapvz.plugins.cloud_init.tasks.AddBackports,
+	taskset.update([apt.AddBackports,
 	                loopback.AddRequiredCommands,
 	                loopback.Create,
 	                tasks.apt.SetPackageRepositories,