diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/__init__.py b/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/__init__.py
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class SshWrapper(object):
         extras = {
             'detect_force_push': detect_force_push,
             'check_branch_perms': check_branch_perms,
+            'config': self.ini_path
         }
 
         if vcs == 'hg':
diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py b/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/ssh_support/lib/backends/base.py
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ class VcsServer(object):
 
         callback_daemon, extras = prepare_callback_daemon(
             extras, protocol=vcs_settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL,
-            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST,
-            use_direct_calls=False)
+            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST)
 
         with callback_daemon:
             try:
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/utils.py b/rhodecode/config/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/utils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def configure_vcs(config):
 
     conf.settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL = config['vcs.hooks.protocol']
     conf.settings.HOOKS_HOST = config['vcs.hooks.host']
-    conf.settings.HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS = config['vcs.hooks.direct_calls']
     conf.settings.DEFAULT_ENCODINGS = config['default_encoding']
     conf.settings.ALIASES[:] = config['vcs.backends']
     conf.settings.SVN_COMPATIBLE_VERSION = config['vcs.svn.compatible_version']
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/tasks.py b/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/tasks.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/tasks.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/tasks.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import rhodecode
 from rhodecode.lib import audit_logger
 from rhodecode.lib.celerylib import get_logger, async_task, RequestContextTask, run_task
 from rhodecode.lib import hooks_base
+from rhodecode.lib.utils import adopt_for_celery
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_int, str2bool, aslist
 from rhodecode.lib.statsd_client import StatsdClient
 from rhodecode.model.db import (
@@ -410,3 +411,38 @@ def beat_check(*args, **kwargs):
     log = get_logger(beat_check)
     log.info('%r: Got args: %r and kwargs %r', beat_check, args, kwargs)
     return time.time()
+
+
+@async_task
+@adopt_for_celery
+def repo_size(extras):
+    from rhodecode.lib.hooks_base import repo_size
+    return repo_size(extras)
+
+
+@async_task
+@adopt_for_celery
+def pre_pull(extras):
+    from rhodecode.lib.hooks_base import pre_pull
+    return pre_pull(extras)
+
+
+@async_task
+@adopt_for_celery
+def post_pull(extras):
+    from rhodecode.lib.hooks_base import post_pull
+    return post_pull(extras)
+
+
+@async_task
+@adopt_for_celery
+def pre_push(extras):
+    from rhodecode.lib.hooks_base import pre_push
+    return pre_push(extras)
+
+
+@async_task
+@adopt_for_celery
+def post_push(extras):
+    from rhodecode.lib.hooks_base import post_push
+    return post_push(extras)
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/hooks_base.py b/rhodecode/lib/hooks_base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/hooks_base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/hooks_base.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class HookResponse(object):
     def __bool__(self):
         return self.status == 0
 
+    def to_json(self):
+        return {'status': self.status, 'output': self.output}
+
 
 def is_shadow_repo(extras):
     """
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py b/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/hooks_daemon.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from rhodecode.lib.exceptions import HTT
 from rhodecode.model import meta
 from rhodecode.lib import hooks_base
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import AttributeDict
+from rhodecode.lib.pyramid_utils import get_config
 from rhodecode.lib.ext_json import json
 from rhodecode.lib import rc_cache
 
@@ -135,9 +136,10 @@ class HooksHttpHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHa
             self.log_date_time_string(), message)
 
 
-class DummyHooksCallbackDaemon(object):
-    hooks_uri = ''
-
+class BaseHooksCallbackDaemon:
+    """
+    Basic context manager for actions that don't require some extra
+    """
     def __init__(self):
         self.hooks_module = Hooks.__module__
 
@@ -149,6 +151,16 @@ class DummyHooksCallbackDaemon(object):
         log.debug('Exiting `%s` callback daemon', self.__class__.__name__)
 
 
+class CeleryHooksCallbackDaemon(BaseHooksCallbackDaemon):
+    """
+    Context manger for achieving a compatibility with celery backend
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        self.task_queue = config.get('app:main', 'celery.broker_url')
+        self.task_backend = config.get('app:main', 'celery.result_backend')
+
+
 class ThreadedHookCallbackDaemon(object):
 
     _callback_thread = None
@@ -334,28 +346,31 @@ def get_txn_id_from_store(txn_id):
         return {}
 
 
-def prepare_callback_daemon(extras, protocol, host, use_direct_calls, txn_id=None):
+def prepare_callback_daemon(extras, protocol, host, txn_id=None):
     txn_details = get_txn_id_from_store(txn_id)
     port = txn_details.get('port', 0)
-    if use_direct_calls:
-        callback_daemon = DummyHooksCallbackDaemon()
-        extras['hooks_module'] = callback_daemon.hooks_module
-    else:
-        if protocol == 'http':
+    match protocol:
+        case 'http':
             callback_daemon = HttpHooksCallbackDaemon(
                 txn_id=txn_id, host=host, port=port)
-        else:
+        case 'celery':
+            callback_daemon = CeleryHooksCallbackDaemon(get_config(extras['config']))
+        case 'local':
+            callback_daemon = BaseHooksCallbackDaemon()
+        case _:
             log.error('Unsupported callback daemon protocol "%s"', protocol)
             raise Exception('Unsupported callback daemon protocol.')
 
-    extras['hooks_uri'] = callback_daemon.hooks_uri
+    extras['hooks_uri'] = getattr(callback_daemon, 'hooks_uri', '')
+    extras['task_queue'] = getattr(callback_daemon, 'task_queue', '')
+    extras['task_backend'] = getattr(callback_daemon, 'task_backend', '')
     extras['hooks_protocol'] = protocol
     extras['time'] = time.time()
 
     # register txn_id
     extras['txn_id'] = txn_id
-    log.debug('Prepared a callback daemon: %s at url `%s`',
-              callback_daemon.__class__.__name__, callback_daemon.hooks_uri)
+    log.debug('Prepared a callback daemon: %s',
+              callback_daemon.__class__.__name__)
     return callback_daemon, extras
 
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/simplevcs.py
@@ -683,14 +683,14 @@ class SimpleVCS(object):
         return True
 
     def _prepare_callback_daemon(self, extras, environ, action, txn_id=None):
-        direct_calls = vcs_settings.HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS
+        protocol = vcs_settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL
         if not self._should_use_callback_daemon(extras, environ, action):
             # disable callback daemon for actions that don't require it
-            direct_calls = True
+            protocol = 'local'
 
         return prepare_callback_daemon(
-            extras, protocol=vcs_settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL,
-            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST, use_direct_calls=direct_calls, txn_id=txn_id)
+            extras, protocol=protocol,
+            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST, txn_id=txn_id)
 
 
 def _should_check_locking(query_string):
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import tempfile
 import traceback
 import tarfile
 import warnings
+from functools import wraps
 from os.path import join as jn
 
 import paste
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ from webhelpers2.text import collapse, s
 from mako import exceptions
 
 from rhodecode.lib.hash_utils import sha256_safe, md5, sha1
+from rhodecode.lib.type_utils import AttributeDict
 from rhodecode.lib.str_utils import safe_bytes, safe_str
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import Config
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import VCSError
@@ -73,6 +75,19 @@ SLUG_RE = re.compile(r'[^{}]+'.format(SL
 _license_cache = None
 
 
+def adopt_for_celery(func):
+    """
+    Decorator designed to adopt hooks (from rhodecode.lib.hooks_base)
+    for further usage as a celery tasks.
+    """
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(extras):
+        extras = AttributeDict(extras)
+        # HooksResponse implements to_json method which must be used there.
+        return func(extras).to_json()
+    return wrapper
+
+
 def repo_name_slug(value):
     """
     Return slug of name of repository
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ ARCHIVE_SPECS = [
 ]
 
 HOOKS_PROTOCOL = None
-HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS = False
 HOOKS_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py b/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
@@ -982,8 +982,7 @@ class PullRequestModel(BaseModel):
 
         callback_daemon, extras = prepare_callback_daemon(
             extras, protocol=vcs_settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL,
-            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST,
-            use_direct_calls=vcs_settings.HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS)
+            host=vcs_settings.HOOKS_HOST)
 
         with callback_daemon:
             # TODO: johbo: Implement a clean way to run a config_override
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/middleware/test_simplevcs.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import Attribu
 from rhodecode.tests.utils import CustomTestApp
 
 from rhodecode.lib.caching_query import FromCache
-from rhodecode.lib.hooks_daemon import DummyHooksCallbackDaemon
 from rhodecode.lib.middleware import simplevcs
 from rhodecode.lib.middleware.https_fixup import HttpsFixup
 from rhodecode.lib.middleware.utils import scm_app_http
@@ -397,18 +396,6 @@ class TestGenerateVcsResponse(object):
         with pytest.raises(Exception):
             list(result)
 
-    def test_prepare_callback_daemon_is_called(self):
-        def side_effect(extras, environ, action, txn_id=None):
-            return DummyHooksCallbackDaemon(), extras
-
-        prepare_patcher = mock.patch.object(
-            StubVCSController, '_prepare_callback_daemon')
-        with prepare_patcher as prepare_mock:
-            prepare_mock.side_effect = side_effect
-            self.call_controller_with_response_body(iter(['a', 'b']))
-        assert prepare_mock.called
-        assert prepare_mock.call_count == 1
-
     def call_controller_with_response_body(self, response_body):
         settings = {
             'base_path': 'fake_base_path',
@@ -462,26 +449,3 @@ class TestInitializeGenerator(object):
     def factory(self, iterable):
         for elem in iterable:
             yield elem
-
-
-class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
-    def test_calls_imported_prepare_callback_daemon(self, app_settings, request_stub):
-        expected_extras = {'extra1': 'value1'}
-        daemon = DummyHooksCallbackDaemon()
-
-        controller = StubVCSController(app_settings, request_stub.registry)
-        prepare_patcher = mock.patch.object(
-            simplevcs, 'prepare_callback_daemon',
-            return_value=(daemon, expected_extras))
-        with prepare_patcher as prepare_mock:
-            callback_daemon, extras = controller._prepare_callback_daemon(
-                expected_extras.copy(), {}, 'push')
-        prepare_mock.assert_called_once_with(
-            expected_extras,
-            protocol=app_settings['vcs.hooks.protocol'],
-            host=app_settings['vcs.hooks.host'],
-            txn_id=None,
-            use_direct_calls=app_settings['vcs.hooks.direct_calls'])
-
-        assert callback_daemon == daemon
-        assert extras == extras
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_hooks_daemon.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import io
 import mock
 import msgpack
 import pytest
+import tempfile
 
 from rhodecode.lib import hooks_daemon
 from rhodecode.lib.str_utils import safe_bytes
@@ -32,28 +33,6 @@ from rhodecode.lib.ext_json import json
 test_proto = hooks_daemon.HooksHttpHandler.MSGPACK_HOOKS_PROTO
 
 
-class TestDummyHooksCallbackDaemon(object):
-    def test_hooks_module_path_set_properly(self):
-        daemon = hooks_daemon.DummyHooksCallbackDaemon()
-        assert daemon.hooks_module == 'rhodecode.lib.hooks_daemon'
-
-    def test_logs_entering_the_hook(self):
-        daemon = hooks_daemon.DummyHooksCallbackDaemon()
-        with mock.patch.object(hooks_daemon.log, 'debug') as log_mock:
-            with daemon as return_value:
-                log_mock.assert_called_once_with(
-                    'Running `%s` callback daemon', 'DummyHooksCallbackDaemon')
-        assert return_value == daemon
-
-    def test_logs_exiting_the_hook(self):
-        daemon = hooks_daemon.DummyHooksCallbackDaemon()
-        with mock.patch.object(hooks_daemon.log, 'debug') as log_mock:
-            with daemon:
-                pass
-        log_mock.assert_called_with(
-            'Exiting `%s` callback daemon', 'DummyHooksCallbackDaemon')
-
-
 class TestHooks(object):
     def test_hooks_can_be_used_as_a_context_processor(self):
         hooks = hooks_daemon.Hooks()
@@ -299,17 +278,17 @@ class TestHttpHooksCallbackDaemon(object
 
 
 class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('protocol', ('http',))
-    def test_returns_dummy_hooks_callback_daemon_when_using_direct_calls(
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('protocol', ('celery',))
+    def test_returns_celery_hooks_callback_daemon_when_celery_protocol_specified(
             self, protocol):
-        expected_extras = {'extra1': 'value1'}
-        callback, extras = hooks_daemon.prepare_callback_daemon(
-            expected_extras.copy(), protocol=protocol,
-            host='127.0.0.1', use_direct_calls=True)
-        assert isinstance(callback, hooks_daemon.DummyHooksCallbackDaemon)
-        expected_extras['hooks_module'] = 'rhodecode.lib.hooks_daemon'
-        expected_extras['time'] = extras['time']
-        assert 'extra1' in extras
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w') as temp_file:
+            temp_file.write("[app:main]\ncelery.broker_url = redis://redis/0\n"
+                            "celery.result_backend = redis://redis/0")
+            temp_file.flush()
+            expected_extras = {'config': temp_file.name}
+            callback, extras = hooks_daemon.prepare_callback_daemon(
+                expected_extras, protocol=protocol, host='')
+            assert isinstance(callback, hooks_daemon.CeleryHooksCallbackDaemon)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('protocol, expected_class', (
         ('http', hooks_daemon.HttpHooksCallbackDaemon),
@@ -319,11 +298,12 @@ class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
         expected_extras = {
             'extra1': 'value1',
             'txn_id': 'txnid2',
-            'hooks_protocol': protocol.lower()
+            'hooks_protocol': protocol.lower(),
+            'task_backend': '',
+            'task_queue': ''
         }
         callback, extras = hooks_daemon.prepare_callback_daemon(
             expected_extras.copy(), protocol=protocol, host='127.0.0.1',
-            use_direct_calls=False,
             txn_id='txnid2')
         assert isinstance(callback, expected_class)
         extras.pop('hooks_uri')
@@ -343,8 +323,7 @@ class TestPrepareHooksDaemon(object):
         with pytest.raises(Exception):
             callback, extras = hooks_daemon.prepare_callback_daemon(
                 expected_extras.copy(),
-                protocol=protocol, host='127.0.0.1',
-                use_direct_calls=False)
+                protocol=protocol, host='127.0.0.1')
 
 
 class MockRequest(object):