diff --git a/pillar/__init__.py b/pillar/__init__.py
index fb2c0344..9d282647 100644
--- a/pillar/__init__.py
+++ b/pillar/__init__.py
@@ -465,6 +465,13 @@ class PillarServer(Eve):
             result_expires=3600,
         )
 
+        # This configures the Celery task scheduler in such a way that we don't
+        # have to import the pillar.celery.XXX modules. Remember to run
+        # 'manage.py celery beat' too, otherwise those will never run.
+        beat_schedule = self.config.get('CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE')
+        if beat_schedule:
+            self.celery.conf.beat_schedule = beat_schedule
+
         self.log.info('Pinging Celery workers')
         self.log.info('Response: %s', self.celery.control.ping())
 
diff --git a/pillar/cli/celery.py b/pillar/cli/celery.py
index 85abe55f..8f5aa110 100644
--- a/pillar/cli/celery.py
+++ b/pillar/cli/celery.py
@@ -58,3 +58,12 @@ def purge():
 
     log.warning('Purging all pending Celery tasks.')
     current_app.celery.control.purge()
+
+
+@manager_celery.option('args', nargs='*')
+def beat(args):
+    """Runs the Celery beat."""
+
+    from celery.bin.beat import beat
+
+    return beat(app=current_app.celery).run_from_argv('je moeder', args, command='beat')
diff --git a/pillar/config.py b/pillar/config.py
index 057a5b5c..c1af2a18 100644
--- a/pillar/config.py
+++ b/pillar/config.py
@@ -178,6 +178,16 @@ TLS_CERT_FILE = requests.certs.where()
 CELERY_BACKEND = 'redis://redis/1'
 CELERY_BROKER = 'amqp://guest:guest@rabbit//'
 
+# This configures the Celery task scheduler in such a way that we don't
+# have to import the pillar.celery.XXX modules. Remember to run
+# 'manage.py celery beat' too, otherwise those will never run.
+CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE = {
+    'regenerate-expired-links': {
+        'task': 'pillar.celery.file_link_tasks.regenerate_all_expired_links',
+        'schedule': 600.0,
+        'args': ('gcs', 100)
+    },
+}
 
 # Mapping from user role to capabilities obtained by users with that role.
 USER_CAPABILITIES = defaultdict(**{