diff --git a/app/jobs/create_account_inline_job.rb b/app/jobs/create_account_inline_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d590b672f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/create_account_inline_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class CreateAccountInlineJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  def perform(account)
+    CreateSolrCollectionJob.perform_now(account)
+    CreateFcrepoEndpointJob.perform_now(account)
+    CreateRedisNamespaceJob.perform_now(account)
+    CreateDefaultAdminSetJob.perform_now
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/create_account.rb b/app/services/create_account.rb
index afe423621..e5649a5f4 100644
--- a/app/services/create_account.rb
+++ b/app/services/create_account.rb
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ def create_tenant
   # specifically Solr and Fedora, and creation of the default Admin
   # Set.
   def create_account_inline
-    CreateSolrCollectionJob.perform_now(account)
-    CreateFcrepoEndpointJob.perform_now(account)
-    CreateRedisNamespaceJob.perform_now(account)
-    CreateDefaultAdminSetJob.perform_now
+    CreateAccountInlineJob.perform_later(account)
   end
 
   def create_solr_collection
diff --git a/spec/jobs/create_account_inline_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/create_account_inline_job_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ea1abdbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/jobs/create_account_inline_job_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+RSpec.describe CreateAccountInlineJob do
+  let(:account) { FactoryGirl.create(:account) }
+
+  describe '#perform' do
+    it 'calls four other jobs synchronously' do
+      expect(CreateSolrCollectionJob).to receive(:perform_now).with(account)
+      expect(CreateFcrepoEndpointJob).to receive(:perform_now).with(account)
+      expect(CreateRedisNamespaceJob).to receive(:perform_now).with(account)
+      expect(CreateDefaultAdminSetJob).to receive(:perform_now)
+      described_class.perform_now(account)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/create_account_spec.rb b/spec/services/create_account_spec.rb
index 51a3eb206..e94143113 100644
--- a/spec/services/create_account_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/create_account_spec.rb
@@ -40,11 +40,8 @@
   end
 
   describe '#create_account_inline' do
-    it 'calls four jobs inline' do
-      expect(CreateSolrCollectionJob).to receive(:perform_now).with(account)
-      expect(CreateFcrepoEndpointJob).to receive(:perform_now).with(account)
-      expect(CreateRedisNamespaceJob).to receive(:perform_now).with(account)
-      expect(CreateDefaultAdminSetJob).to receive(:perform_now)
+    it 'queues a background job' do
+      expect(CreateAccountInlineJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(account)
       subject.create_account_inline
     end
   end