diff --git a/superset/utils.py b/superset/utils.py
index 56a893607aa46..f92d5fa4dd747 100644
--- a/superset/utils.py
+++ b/superset/utils.py
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ def get_celery_app(config):
         return _celery_app
     _celery_app = celery.Celery()
     _celery_app.config_from_object(config.get('CELERY_CONFIG'))
+    _celery_app.set_default()
     return _celery_app