diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index e1144ca77be..15aab315649 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -794,4 +794,9 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     Gitlab::SQL::Union.new([personal_projects.select(:id), groups.select(:id),
                             other.select(:id)])
   end
+
+  # Added according to https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/blob/7df57d5081f9884849ca15e4fde179ef164a575f/README.md#activejob-integration
+  def send_devise_notification(notification, *args)
+    devise_mailer.send(notification, self, *args).deliver_later
+  end
 end