diff --git a/Dockerfile.scheduler b/Dockerfile.scheduler
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ffed5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.scheduler
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM nginx:alpine
+
+COPY scripts/video-upload-crontab /etc/crontabs/root
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["crond", "-f", "-l", "2", "-L", "/dev/stdout"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8d05263..b68dd48 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ services:
     network_mode: "service:app"
     restart: unless-stopped
 
+  video-upload-scheduler:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.scheduler
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      - app
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+
   secret-scan:
     image: ghcr.io/gitleaks/gitleaks:v8.30.1
     profiles:
diff --git a/scripts/video-upload-crontab b/scripts/video-upload-crontab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..184fa0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/video-upload-crontab
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* * * * * wget -q -O /dev/null --header="Authorization: Bearer ${CRON_SECRET}" http://app:3000/api/cron/video-uploads || echo "Scheduled video upload processing failed." >&2