diff --git a/pagure/default_config.py b/pagure/default_config.py
index 56bae2d..3e8f546 100644
--- a/pagure/default_config.py
+++ b/pagure/default_config.py
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 4 * 1024 * 1024  # 4 megabytes
 # IP addresses allowed to access the internal endpoints
 IP_ALLOWED_INTERNAL = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '::1']
 
+# Worker configuration
+CELERY_CONFIG = {}
+
 # Redis configuration
 EVENTSOURCE_SOURCE = None
 WEBHOOK = False
diff --git a/pagure/lib/tasks.py b/pagure/lib/tasks.py
index 01da2f0..cbdf53d 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/tasks.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/tasks.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 conn = Celery('tasks',
               broker='redis://%s' % APP.config['REDIS_HOST'],
               backend='redis://%s' % APP.config['REDIS_HOST'])
+conn.conf.update(APP.config['CELERY_CONFIG'])
 
 
 def get_result(uuid):
diff --git a/tests/test_config b/tests/test_config
index d52090c..f5f56dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_config
+++ b/tests/test_config
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 PAGURE_CI_SERVICES = ['jenkins']
+# Execute tasks without worker
+CELERY_CONFIG = {'CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER': True}