diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Shared/Plugin/Gru.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Shared/Plugin/Gru.pm
index 27229eb87cfc..9f4b4b2eab84 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/Shared/Plugin/Gru.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Shared/Plugin/Gru.pm
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ sub register_tasks {
         qw(OpenQA::Task::Job::Limit),
         qw(OpenQA::Task::Job::ArchiveResults),
         qw(OpenQA::Task::Job::FinalizeResults),
+        qw(OpenQA::Task::Job::HookScript),
         qw(OpenQA::Task::Iso::Schedule),
         qw(OpenQA::Task::Bug::Limit),
       );
diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Task/Job/FinalizeResults.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Task/Job/FinalizeResults.pm
index 6202e232d377..3d6c2086808b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/Task/Job/FinalizeResults.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Task/Job/FinalizeResults.pm
@@ -43,24 +43,24 @@ sub _finalize_results {
 
 sub _run_hook_script ($minion_job, $openqa_job, $app, $guard) {
     my $trigger_hook = $openqa_job->settings_hash->{_TRIGGER_JOB_DONE_HOOK};
+
     return undef if defined $trigger_hook && !$trigger_hook;
     return undef unless my $result = $openqa_job->result;
+
     my $hooks = $app->config->{hooks};
     my $key = "job_done_hook_$result";
     my $hook = $ENV{'OPENQA_' . uc $key} // $hooks->{lc $key};
     $hook = $hooks->{job_done_hook} if !$hook && ($trigger_hook || $hooks->{"job_done_hook_enable_$result"});
     return undef unless $hook;
+
     my $timeout = $ENV{OPENQA_JOB_DONE_HOOK_TIMEOUT} // '5m';
     my $kill_timeout = $ENV{OPENQA_JOB_DONE_HOOK_KILL_TIMEOUT} // '30s';
+
     $guard->abort(1);
-    my ($rc, $out) = _done_hook_new_issue($openqa_job, $hook, $timeout, $kill_timeout);
-    $minion_job->note(hook_cmd => $hook, hook_result => $out, hook_rc => $rc);
-}
 
-sub _done_hook_new_issue ($openqa_job, $hook, $timeout, $kill_timeout) {
-    my $id = $openqa_job->id;
-    my $out = qx{timeout -v --kill-after="$kill_timeout" "$timeout" $hook $id};
-    return ($?, $out);
+    my $id = $app->minion->enqueue(
+        hook_script => [$hook, $openqa_job->id, {timeout => $timeout, kill_timeout => $kill_timeout}]);
+    $minion_job->note(hook_job => $id);
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Task/Job/HookScript.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Task/Job/HookScript.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c49273678e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Task/Job/HookScript.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2022 SUSE LLC
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+package OpenQA::Task::Job::HookScript;
+use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Plugin', -signatures;
+
+sub register ($self, $app, $config) {
+    $app->minion->add_task(hook_script => \&_hook_script);
+}
+
+sub _hook_script ($job, $hook, $openqa_job_id, $options) {
+    my $timeout = $options->{timeout};
+    my $kill_timeout = $options->{kill_timeout};
+    my ($rc, $out) = _done_hook_new_issue($openqa_job_id, $hook, $timeout, $kill_timeout);
+    $job->note(hook_cmd => $hook, hook_result => $out, hook_rc => $rc);
+}
+
+sub _done_hook_new_issue ($openqa_job_id, $hook, $timeout, $kill_timeout) {
+    my $out = qx{timeout -v --kill-after="$kill_timeout" "$timeout" $hook $openqa_job_id};
+    return ($?, $out);
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/t/10-jobs.t b/t/10-jobs.t
index 60bea8508a2a..ab97e5c9edb2 100644
--- a/t/10-jobs.t
+++ b/t/10-jobs.t
@@ -495,9 +495,10 @@ subtest 'carry over, including soft-fails' => sub {
     };
 
     subtest 'external hook is called on done job if specified' => sub {
-        my $task_mock = Test::MockModule->new('OpenQA::Task::Job::FinalizeResults', no_auto => 1);
+        my $task_mock = Test::MockModule->new('OpenQA::Task::Job::HookScript', no_auto => 1);
         $task_mock->redefine(
-            _done_hook_new_issue => sub ($openqa_job, $hook, $timeout, $kill_timeout) {
+            _done_hook_new_issue => sub ($openqa_job_id, $hook, $timeout, $kill_timeout) {
+                my $openqa_job = $t->app->schema->resultset('Jobs')->find($openqa_job_id);
                 $openqa_job->update({reason => "timeout --kill-after=$kill_timeout $timeout $hook"}) if $hook;
             });
         $job->done;