diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler.pp
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler.pp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   $runner_service_name = 'swh-scheduler-runner'
   $runner_priority_service_name = 'swh-scheduler-runner-priority'
 
+  $schedule_recurrent_service_name = 'swh-scheduler-schedule-recurrent'
+
   $packages = lookup('swh::deploy::scheduler::packages')
   $services = [
     $listener_service_name,
@@ -83,6 +85,17 @@
     priority           => true,
   }
 
+  ::profile::swh::deploy::scheduler::runner {$schedule_recurrent_service_name:
+    user               => $user,
+    group              => $group,
+    packages           => $packages,
+    config_file        => $config_file,
+    sentry_dsn         => $sentry_dsn,
+    sentry_environment => $sentry_environment,
+    sentry_swh_package => $sentry_swh_package,
+    default_runner     => false,
+  }
+
   # scheduler rpc server
 
   ::profile::swh::deploy::rpc_server {'scheduler':
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler/runner.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler/runner.pp
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler/runner.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/scheduler/runner.pp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   $group              = undef,
   $packages           = undef,
   $config_file        = undef,
+  $default_runner     = true,
   $priority           = false,
   $sentry_dsn         = undef,
   $sentry_environment = undef,
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@
     "--log-level ${runner_log_level}",
     "scheduler",
     "--config-file ${config_file}",
-    "start-runner",
-    "--period 10",
+    ($default_runner ? {
+      true  => "start-runner --period 10",
+      false => "schedule-recurrent",
+    }),
   ], $priority ? {
     true => [ "--with-priority" ],
     false => [],