diff --git a/queue_job/__init__.py b/queue_job/__init__.py
index ce760dd194..34b2e85788 100644
--- a/queue_job/__init__.py
+++ b/queue_job/__init__.py
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 from . import fields
 from . import models
 from . import jobrunner
+from .hooks.post_init_hook import post_init_hook
diff --git a/queue_job/__manifest__.py b/queue_job/__manifest__.py
index 0f8a3d7374..20ddd08606 100644
--- a/queue_job/__manifest__.py
+++ b/queue_job/__manifest__.py
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
  'installable': True,
  'development_status': 'Mature',
  'maintainers': ['guewen'],
+ 'post_init_hook': 'post_init_hook'
  }
diff --git a/queue_job/hooks/post_init_hook.py b/queue_job/hooks/post_init_hook.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..598a40256c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/queue_job/hooks/post_init_hook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2020 ACSONE SA/NV
+# License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
+
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def post_init_hook(cr, registry):
+    # this is the trigger that sends notifications when jobs change
+    logger.info("Create queue_job_notify trigger")
+    cr.execute(
+        """
+            DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS queue_job_notify ON queue_job;
+
+            CREATE OR REPLACE
+                FUNCTION queue_job_notify() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+            BEGIN
+                IF TG_OP = 'DELETE' THEN
+                    IF OLD.state != 'done' THEN
+                        PERFORM pg_notify('queue_job', OLD.uuid);
+                    END IF;
+                ELSE
+                    PERFORM pg_notify('queue_job', NEW.uuid);
+                END IF;
+                RETURN NULL;
+            END;
+            $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+            CREATE TRIGGER queue_job_notify
+                AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE
+                ON queue_job
+                FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE queue_job_notify();
+        """
+    )
diff --git a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
index 8ecb7bc24c..9c5571d1fb 100644
--- a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
+++ b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
@@ -296,29 +296,6 @@ def _has_queue_job(self):
 
     def _initialize(self):
         with closing(self.conn.cursor()) as cr:
-            # this is the trigger that sends notifications when jobs change
-            cr.execute("""
-                DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS queue_job_notify ON queue_job;
-
-                CREATE OR REPLACE
-                    FUNCTION queue_job_notify() RETURNS trigger AS $$
-                BEGIN
-                    IF TG_OP = 'DELETE' THEN
-                        IF OLD.state != 'done' THEN
-                            PERFORM pg_notify('queue_job', OLD.uuid);
-                        END IF;
-                    ELSE
-                        PERFORM pg_notify('queue_job', NEW.uuid);
-                    END IF;
-                    RETURN NULL;
-                END;
-                $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
-
-                CREATE TRIGGER queue_job_notify
-                    AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE
-                    ON queue_job
-                    FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE queue_job_notify();
-            """)
             cr.execute("LISTEN queue_job")
 
     @contextmanager