diff --git a/lib/tasks/resque.rake b/lib/tasks/resque.rake
index 9c714ab5d..8b582cbfe 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/resque.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/resque.rake
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 require 'resque/tasks'
+
 task "resque:setup" do
   require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'config', 'environment')
   Rails.logger.info("event=resque_setup rails_env=#{Rails.env}")
 end
+
+desc "Alias for resque:work (To run workers on Heroku)"
+task "jobs:work" => "resque:work"