diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0c98e2a64..e241f02af 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ gem "rubyzip", "~> 2.3" # Rubyzip is a ruby library for reading and writing zip
 gem "s3_direct_upload", "~> 0.1" # Direct Upload to Amazon S3
 gem "sassc-rails", "~> 2.1.2" # Integrate SassC-Ruby into Rails
 gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.1.1" # Sidekiq is used to process background jobs with the help of Redis
+gem "sidekiq-cron", "~> 1.1" # Allows execution of scheduled cron jobs as specific times
 gem "sidekiq-unique-jobs", "~> 6.0.22" # Ensures that Sidekiq jobs are unique when enqueued
 gem "simpleidn", "~> 0.1" # Convert IDN domains to Punycode
 gem "sitemap_generator", "~> 6.1" # SitemapGenerator is a framework-agnostic XML Sitemap generator
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3b2ecb9ec..b1282bc2a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ GEM
       smart_properties
     errbase (0.2.0)
     erubi (1.9.0)
+    et-orbi (1.2.4)
+      tzinfo
     eventmachine (1.2.5)
     excon (0.75.0)
     execjs (2.7.0)
@@ -345,6 +347,9 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.11, < 2.0.0)
     formatador (0.2.5)
     front_matter_parser (0.2.1)
+    fugit (1.3.8)
+      et-orbi (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.8)
+      raabro (~> 1.3)
     gemoji (4.0.0.rc2)
     geocoder (1.6.3)
     get_process_mem (0.2.5)
@@ -549,6 +554,7 @@ GEM
       jwt (~> 2.1, >= 2.1.0)
       rest-client (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.2)
     pusher-signature (0.1.8)
+    raabro (1.3.1)
     rack (2.2.3)
     rack-attack (6.3.1)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
@@ -728,6 +734,9 @@ GEM
       connection_pool (>= 2.2.2)
       rack (~> 2.0)
       redis (>= 4.2.0)
+    sidekiq-cron (1.2.0)
+      fugit (~> 1.1)
+      sidekiq (>= 4.2.1)
     sidekiq-unique-jobs (6.0.22)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
       sidekiq (>= 4.0, < 7.0)
@@ -968,6 +977,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sdoc (~> 1.1)
   shoulda-matchers (~> 4.3.0)
   sidekiq (~> 6.1.1)
+  sidekiq-cron (~> 1.1)
   sidekiq-unique-jobs (~> 6.0.22)
   simplecov (= 0.17.1)
   simpleidn (~> 0.1)
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index c3839de77..3960df437 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ Rails.application.config.to_prepare do
 end
 
 Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+  schedule_file = "config/schedule.yml"
+
+  if File.exist?(schedule_file)
+    Sidekiq::Cron::Job.load_from_hash(YAML.load_file(schedule_file))
+  end
+
   sidekiq_url = ApplicationConfig["REDIS_SIDEKIQ_URL"] || ApplicationConfig["REDIS_URL"]
   # On Heroku this configuration is overridden and Sidekiq will point at the redis
   # instance given by the ENV variable REDIS_PROVIDER
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f655e2c11..311d61268 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
   require "sidekiq/web"
   require "sidekiq_unique_jobs/web"
+  require "sidekiq/cron/web"
 
   authenticated :user, ->(user) { user.tech_admin? } do
     Sidekiq::Web.set :session_secret, Rails.application.secrets[:secret_key_base]
diff --git a/config/schedule.yml b/config/schedule.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01d6ad4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/schedule.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+log_worker_queue_stats:
+  cron: "*/10 * * * *"
+  class: "Metrics::RecordBackgroundQueueStatsWorker"
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