diff --git a/swh/scheduler/sql/50-data.sql b/swh/scheduler/sql/50-data.sql
--- a/swh/scheduler/sql/50-data.sql
+++ b/swh/scheduler/sql/50-data.sql
@@ -180,3 +180,16 @@
        'swh.indexer.tasks.OriginMetadata',
        '1 day', '12:00:00', '1 days', 2,
        20000);
+
+insert into task_type(
+       type,
+       description,
+       backend_name,
+       default_interval, min_interval, max_interval, backoff_factor,
+       max_queue_length)
+values (
+       'load-cvs',
+       'Load CVS repository',
+       'swh.loader.cvs.tasks.LoadCvsRepository',
+       '1 day', '1 day', '1 day', 1,
+       1000);