diff --git a/lib/resque/tasks.rb b/lib/resque/tasks.rb
index dfa8c92a1..d69ce4ba7 100644
--- a/lib/resque/tasks.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/tasks.rb
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@
     threads.each { |thread| thread.join }
   end
 end
+
+# Preload app files
+task :environment do
+  Dir['app/**/*.rb'].each do |file|
+    require file
+  end
+end