diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fb67f301f72..a5ac9acc8b2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ gem "pg", group: :postgres
 
 # Auth
 gem "devise", '~> 2.2'
+gem "devise-async"
 gem 'omniauth', "~> 1.1.3"
 gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2'
 gem 'omniauth-twitter'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ce3aeb7994b..667ea9f1299 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ GEM
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
       railties (~> 3.1)
       warden (~> 1.2.1)
+    devise-async (0.8.0)
+      devise (>= 2.2, < 3.2)
     diff-lcs (1.2.4)
     dotenv (0.8.0)
     email_spec (1.4.0)
@@ -564,6 +566,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   d3_rails (~> 3.1.4)
   database_cleaner
   devise (~> 2.2)
+  devise-async
   email_spec
   enumerize
   factory_girl_rails
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 5d742578c42..29c53b88331 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 require 'file_size_validator'
 
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
-  devise :database_authenticatable, :token_authenticatable, :lockable,
+  devise :database_authenticatable, :token_authenticatable, :lockable, :async,
          :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable, :omniauthable, :registerable
 
   attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :bio, :name, :username,
@@ -398,4 +398,4 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     self
   end
-end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/initializers/devise_async.rb b/config/initializers/devise_async.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05a1852cdbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/devise_async.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Devise::Async.backend = :sidekiq