diff --git a/lib/resque/failure/hoptoad.rb b/lib/resque/failure/hoptoad.rb
index a65c61789..e6e9c1b5a 100644
--- a/lib/resque/failure/hoptoad.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/failure/hoptoad.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ module Failure
     # end
     # For more information see https://github.com/thoughtbot/hoptoad_notifier
     class Hoptoad < Base
+      def self.configure
+        Resque::Failure.backend = self
+        HoptoadNotifier.configure
+      end
 
       def self.count
         # We can't get the total # of errors from Hoptoad so we fake it