diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index e911b91..8032263 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 Dockerfile
 README.md
 db.sqlite3
+docker-compose.yml
 env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0cdc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+
+services:
+  broker:
+    container_name: shiftregister_broker
+    image: rabbitmq:3-alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:5672:5672
+
+  result_backend:
+    container_name: shiftregister_result_backend
+    image: redis:6-alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:6379:6379
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7bc49f3..71131e0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
+amqp==5.1.1
 asgiref==3.5.0
+async-timeout==4.0.2
+billiard==3.6.4.0
+celery==5.2.6
+click==8.1.2
+click-didyoumean==0.3.0
+click-plugins==1.1.1
+click-repl==0.2.0
+Deprecated==1.2.13
 Django==4.0.4
+kombu==5.2.4
+librabbitmq==2.0.0
+packaging==21.3
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.29
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
+pyparsing==3.0.8
+pytz==2022.1
+redis==4.2.2
+six==1.16.0
 sqlparse==0.4.2
+vine==5.0.0
+wcwidth==0.2.5
+wrapt==1.14.0
diff --git a/shiftregister/__init__.py b/shiftregister/__init__.py
index e69de29..53f4ccb 100644
--- a/shiftregister/__init__.py
+++ b/shiftregister/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .celery import app as celery_app
+
+__all__ = ("celery_app",)
diff --git a/shiftregister/app/tasks.py b/shiftregister/app/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b368d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shiftregister/app/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from celery import shared_task
+
+@shared_task
+def test():
+    return 'Hello, Celery!'
diff --git a/shiftregister/celery.py b/shiftregister/celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e3f1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shiftregister/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import os
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "shiftregister.settings")
+
+app = Celery("shiftregister")
+
+app.config_from_object("django.conf:settings", namespace='CELERY')
+
+app.autodiscover_tasks()
diff --git a/shiftregister/settings.py b/shiftregister/settings.py
index 44405cf..acc3930 100644
--- a/shiftregister/settings.py
+++ b/shiftregister/settings.py
@@ -137,3 +137,7 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = getenv("CELERY_BROKER_URL", "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//")
+
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = getenv("CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND", "redis://")