diff --git a/swh/loader/gnu/loader.py b/swh/loader/gnu/loader.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+
+from swh.loader.base.loader import BaseLoader
+from swh.loader.base.dowload import compare_field
+
+
+class GNULoader(BaseLoader, compare_field):
+    loader_name = 'gnu'
+    class_name = 'GNULoader'
+    compare_field = 'date'
+
+    def convert_to_standard_format(**kwargs):
+        return {
+            'name': kwargs['name'],
+            'origin_url': kwargs['origin_url'],
+            'tarballs': kwargs['tarballs'],
+        }
diff --git a/swh/loader/gnu/tasks.py b/swh/loader/gnu/tasks.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from celery import current_app as app
+from swh.loader.gnu.loader import GNULoader
+
+
+@app.task(name=__name__ + '.LoadGNU')
+def load_gnu(name, origin_url=None, tarballs=None):
+    return GNULoader().load(name, origin_url, tarballs)