diff --git a/runworker.py b/runworker.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5aeef4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runworker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+# These two lines are needed to run on EL6
+__requires__ = ['SQLAlchemy >= 0.8', 'jinja2 >= 2.4']
+import pkg_resources
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    description='Run the Pagure worker')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--config', '-c', dest='config',
+    help='Configuration file to use for pagure.')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true',
+    default=False,
+    help='Expand the level of data returned.')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--noinfo', dest='noinfo', action='store_true',
+    default=False,
+    help='Reduce the log level.')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+env = {}
+if args.config:
+    config = args.config
+    if not config.startswith('/'):
+        here = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+        config = os.path.join(here, config)
+    env['PAGURE_CONFIG'] = config
+
+cmd = [
+    '/usr/bin/celery', 'worker', '-A', 'pagure.lib.tasks', '--autoreload'
+]
+
+if args.debug:
+    cmd.append('--loglevel=debug')
+elif args.noinfo:
+    pass
+else:
+    cmd.append('--loglevel=info')
+
+subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=env or None)