diff --git a/app/extend/context.js b/app/extend/context.js
index 1597e842bf..5a82c4585b 100644
--- a/app/extend/context.js
+++ b/app/extend/context.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const delegate = require('delegates');
 const { assign } = require('utility');
+const eggUtils = require('egg-core').utils;
 
 const HELPER = Symbol('Context#helper');
 const LOCALS = Symbol('Context#locals');
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ const COOKIES = Symbol('Context#cookies');
 const CONTEXT_LOGGERS = Symbol('Context#logger');
 const CONTEXT_HTTPCLIENT = Symbol('Context#httpclient');
 
+
 const proto = module.exports = {
   get cookies() {
     if (!this[COOKIES]) {
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ const proto = module.exports = {
     const ctx = this;
     const start = Date.now();
     /* istanbul ignore next */
-    const taskName = scope.name || '-';
+    const taskName = scope.name || scope._name || eggUtils.getCalleeFromStack(true);
     // use app.toAsyncFunction to support both generator function and async function
     ctx.app.toAsyncFunction(scope)(ctx)
       .then(() => {
diff --git a/lib/application.js b/lib/application.js
index b58304dd31..59d46b045a 100644
--- a/lib/application.js
+++ b/lib/application.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const EggApplication = require('./egg');
 const AppWorkerLoader = require('./loader').AppWorkerLoader;
 const cluster = require('cluster-client');
 const { assign } = require('utility');
+const eggUtils = require('egg-core').utils;
 
 const KEYS = Symbol('Application#keys');
 const HELPER = Symbol('Application#Helper');
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ class Application extends EggApplication {
    */
   runInBackground(scope) {
     const ctx = this.createAnonymousContext();
+    if (!scope.name) scope._name = eggUtils.getCalleeFromStack(true);
     ctx.runInBackground(scope);
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 802b4ca0c1..1b610f987e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/accepts": "^1.3.3",
     "@types/koa": "^2.0.40",
-    "@types/koa-router": "^7.0.24",
+    "@types/koa-router": "^7.0.25",
     "accepts": "^1.3.4",
     "agentkeepalive": "^3.3.0",
     "cluster-client": "^1.7.1",
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "delegates": "^1.0.0",
-    "egg-cluster": "^1.12.4",
+    "egg-cluster": "^1.12.5",
     "egg-cookies": "^2.2.1",
-    "egg-core": "^4.0.0",
+    "egg-core": "^4.1.0",
     "egg-development": "^2.0.0",
     "egg-i18n": "^2.0.0",
     "egg-jsonp": "^2.0.0",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "egg-logrotator": "^3.0.0",
     "egg-multipart": "^2.0.0",
     "egg-onerror": "^2.0.0",
-    "egg-schedule": "^3.0.0",
+    "egg-schedule": "^3.1.0",
     "egg-security": "^2.0.0",
     "egg-session": "^3.0.0",
     "egg-static": "^2.0.0",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "address": "^1.0.3",
-    "autod": "^3.0.0",
+    "autod": "^3.0.1",
     "autod-egg": "^1.0.0",
     "coffee": "^4.1.0",
     "egg-alinode": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/test/app/extend/application.test.js b/test/app/extend/application.test.js
index 9c79eb3b10..870c14ac0f 100644
--- a/test/app/extend/application.test.js
+++ b/test/app/extend/application.test.js
@@ -166,8 +166,9 @@ describe('test/app/extend/application.test.js', () => {
       const logdir = app.config.logger.dir;
       const log = fs.readFileSync(path.join(logdir, 'ctx-background-web.log'), 'utf8');
       assert(/mock background run at app result file size: \d+/.test(log));
+      assert(/mock background run at app anonymous result file size: \d+/.test(log));
       assert(
-        /\[egg:background] task:saveUserInfo success \(\d+ms\)/.test(fs.readFileSync(path.join(logdir, 'egg-web.log'), 'utf8'))
+        /\[egg:background] task:.*?app[\/\\]controller[\/\\]app\.js:\d+:\d+ success \(\d+ms\)/.test(fs.readFileSync(path.join(logdir, 'egg-web.log'), 'utf8'))
       );
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/app/extend/context.test.js b/test/app/extend/context.test.js
index 57005a9c3c..b66ba43d16 100644
--- a/test/app/extend/context.test.js
+++ b/test/app/extend/context.test.js
@@ -241,9 +241,13 @@ describe('test/app/extend/context.test.js', () => {
       const logdir = app.config.logger.dir;
       const log = fs.readFileSync(path.join(logdir, 'ctx-background-web.log'), 'utf8');
       assert(/background run result file size: \d+/.test(log));
+      assert(/background run anonymous result file size: \d+/.test(log));
       assert(
         /\[egg:background] task:saveUserInfo success \(\d+ms\)/.test(fs.readFileSync(path.join(logdir, 'egg-web.log'), 'utf8'))
       );
+      assert(
+        /\[egg:background] task:.*?app[\/\\]controller[\/\\]home\.js:\d+:\d+ success \(\d+ms\)/.test(fs.readFileSync(path.join(logdir, 'egg-web.log'), 'utf8'))
+      );
     });
 
     it('should run background task error', function* () {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/app.js b/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/app.js
index 9ae45184b4..ffedc8c4de 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/app.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/app.js
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ module.exports = function* () {
     const buf = yield fs.readFile(__filename);
     ctx.logger.warn('mock background run at app result file size: %s', buf.length);
   });
+
+  this.app.runInBackground(async ctx => {
+    const buf = await fs.readFile(__filename);
+    ctx.logger.warn('mock background run at app anonymous result file size: %s', buf.length);
+  });
 };
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/home.js b/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/home.js
index 6855af7126..f9b35f0d1b 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/home.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/apps/ctx-background/app/controller/home.js
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ module.exports = function* () {
     const buf = yield fs.readFile(__filename);
     ctx.logger.warn('background run result file size: %s', buf.length);
   });
+  this.runInBackground(async ctx => {
+    const buf = await fs.readFile(__filename);
+    ctx.logger.warn('mock background run anonymous result file size: %s', buf.length);
+  });
 };