diff --git a/delayed_job.gemspec b/delayed_job.gemspec
index 1ccd44ae7..fd2fddf46 100644
--- a/delayed_job.gemspec
+++ b/delayed_job.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     lib/delayed/worker.rb
     lib/delayed_job.rb
     tasks/jobs.rake
-    tasks/merbtasks.rb
+    tasks/tasks.rb
   ]
   s.test_files = %w[
     spec/database.rb
diff --git a/lib/delayed_job.rb b/lib/delayed_job.rb
index a90456376..9c9206cb0 100644
--- a/lib/delayed_job.rb
+++ b/lib/delayed_job.rb
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 Object.send(:include, Delayed::MessageSending)
 
 if defined?(Merb::Plugins)
-  Merb::Plugins.add_rakefiles File.dirname(__FILE__) / '..' / 'tasks' / 'merbtasks'
+  Merb::Plugins.add_rakefiles File.dirname(__FILE__) / '..' / 'tasks' / 'tasks'
 end
diff --git a/tasks/jobs.rake b/tasks/jobs.rake
index d7f0b8cea..9579ecdea 100644
--- a/tasks/jobs.rake
+++ b/tasks/jobs.rake
@@ -1,11 +1 @@
-namespace :jobs do
-  desc "Clear the delayed_job queue."
-  task :clear => :environment do
-    Delayed::Job.delete_all
-  end
-  
-  desc "Start a delayed_job worker."
-  task :work => :environment do 
-    Delayed::Worker.new(:min_priority => ENV['MIN_PRIORITY'], :max_priority => ENV['MAX_PRIORITY']).start
-  end
-end
+load 'tasks'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/merbtasks.rb b/tasks/tasks.rb
similarity index 58%
rename from tasks/merbtasks.rb
rename to tasks/tasks.rb
index 1e6490f08..b62fbd850 100644
--- a/tasks/merbtasks.rb
+++ b/tasks/tasks.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+# Re-definitions are appended to existing tasks
+task :environment
+task :merb_env
+
 namespace :jobs do
   desc "Clear the delayed_job queue."
-  task :clear => :merb_env do
+  task :clear => [:merb_env, :environment] do
     Delayed::Job.delete_all
   end
 
   desc "Start a delayed_job worker."
-  task :work => :merb_env do
+  task :work => [:merb_env, :environment] do
     Delayed::Worker.new(:min_priority => ENV['MIN_PRIORITY'], :max_priority => ENV['MAX_PRIORITY']).start
   end
 end