diff --git a/swh/scheduler/sql/50-swh-data.sql b/swh/scheduler/sql/50-swh-data.sql
--- a/swh/scheduler/sql/50-swh-data.sql
+++ b/swh/scheduler/sql/50-swh-data.sql
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@
        '1 day', '1 day', '1 day', 1,
        1000);
 
+insert into task_type(
+       type,
+       description,
+       backend_name,
+       default_interval, min_interval, max_interval, backoff_factor,
+       num_retries, max_queue_length)
+values (
+       'load-deposit',
+       'Loading deposit archive into swh through swh-loader-tar',
+       'swh.loader.package.deposit.tasks.LoadDeposit',
+       '1 day', '1 day', '1 day', 1, 3, 1000);
+
 insert into task_type(
        type,
        description,