diff --git a/gvafile/gvafile/celery.py b/gvafile/gvafile/celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8285f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvafile/gvafile/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""
+This module defines the Celery_ app for gvafile.
+
+.. _Celery: http://www.celeryproject.org/
+
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import os
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE',
+                      'gvafile.settings.production')
+
+
+#: The Celery application
+app = Celery('gvafile')
+
+app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings')
+app.autodiscover_tasks(lambda: settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index ea93520..776286d 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ celery==3.1.17
 kombu==3.0.24
 pytz==2014.10
 wsgiref==0.1.2
+PyYAML==3.11