diff --git a/app/app/settings.py b/app/app/settings.py
index 53a6becbf75..c38fd57257a 100644
--- a/app/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/app/settings.py
@@ -514,6 +514,17 @@ def callback(request):
 CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = 'json'
 # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-result_backend
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = env('CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND', default=CACHEOPS_REDIS)
+# https://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std-setting-task_routes
+CELERY_ROUTES = [
+    ('grants.tasks.process_grant_contribution', {'queue': 'high_priority'}),
+    ('kudos.tasks.mint_token_request', {'queue': 'high_priority'}),
+    ('marketing.tasks.*', {'queue': 'marketing'}),
+    ('grants.tasks.*', {'queue': 'default'}),
+    ('chat.tasks.*', {'queue': 'default'}),
+    ('dashboard.tasks.*', {'queue': 'default'}),
+    ('townsquare.tasks.*', {'queue': 'default'}),
+    ('kudos.tasks.*', {'queue': 'default'}),
+    ]
 
 DJANGO_REDIS_IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS = env.bool('REDIS_IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS', default=True)
 DJANGO_REDIS_LOG_IGNORED_EXCEPTIONS = env.bool('REDIS_LOG_IGNORED_EXCEPTIONS', default=True)
diff --git a/app/taskapp/celery.py b/app/taskapp/celery.py
index a212dc9ba64..fd93ac0089a 100644
--- a/app/taskapp/celery.py
+++ b/app/taskapp/celery.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from celery import Celery
 from celery.signals import setup_logging
+from django.conf import settings
 
 os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'app.settings')
 
@@ -24,3 +25,4 @@ def ready(self):
         app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings', namespace='CELERY')
         installed_apps = [app_config.name for app_config in apps.get_app_configs()]
         app.autodiscover_tasks(lambda: installed_apps, force=True)
+        app.conf.task_routes = {ele[0]: ele[1] for ele in settings.CELERY_ROUTES}