diff --git a/init b/init
index 1506a45..6b89f38 100755
--- a/init
+++ b/init
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ php=${PHP_DIR:-/var/www/html}
 composer=${COMPOSER_DIR:-/var/www/.composer}
 NO_NGINX=${NO_NGINX:-TRUE}
 SSH_START=${SSH_START:-FALSE}
+LOCAL_QUEUE=${LOCAL_QUEUE:-FALSE}
 
 function mp() {
 	set +e
@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@ if [ "${role}" = "app" -a -e artisan ]; then
 	fi
 
 	nginx_start
+	if [ "${LOCAL_QUEUE}" = "TRUE" ]; then
+		echo "* Starting local queue ..."
+		su www-data -s /bin/sh -c "
+		(while true; do php ${PHP_OPTIONS} artisan queue:work --verbose --tries=${WORK_TRIES:-1} --timeout=${WORK_TIMEOUT:-90} --queue=$(hostname) ${WORK_MEMORY:+--memory=${WORK_MEMORY}} ${WORK_ONCE:+--once}; done) &
+		"
+	fi
 
 	exec /usr/local/bin/docker-php-entrypoint "$@"