diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
index 21e277a5dc..a437414469 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { MessageEventBus } from '@/eventbus/message-event-bus/message-event-bus'
 import { EventService } from '@/events/event.service';
 import { ExecutionService } from '@/executions/execution.service';
 import { License } from '@/license';
-import { SingleMainTaskManager } from '@/runners/task-managers/single-main-task-manager';
+import { LocalTaskManager } from '@/runners/task-managers/local-task-manager';
 import { TaskManager } from '@/runners/task-managers/task-manager';
 import { PubSubHandler } from '@/scaling/pubsub/pubsub-handler';
 import { Subscriber } from '@/scaling/pubsub/subscriber.service';
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 		}
 
 		if (!this.globalConfig.taskRunners.disabled) {
-			Container.set(TaskManager, new SingleMainTaskManager());
+			Container.set(TaskManager, new LocalTaskManager());
 			const { TaskRunnerServer } = await import('@/runners/task-runner-server');
 			const taskRunnerServer = Container.get(TaskRunnerServer);
 			await taskRunnerServer.start();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
index c86cf0936f..438ed9c8c8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { EventMessageGeneric } from '@/eventbus/event-message-classes/event-mess
 import { MessageEventBus } from '@/eventbus/message-event-bus/message-event-bus';
 import { LogStreamingEventRelay } from '@/events/relays/log-streaming.event-relay';
 import { Logger } from '@/logging/logger.service';
+import { LocalTaskManager } from '@/runners/task-managers/local-task-manager';
+import { TaskManager } from '@/runners/task-managers/task-manager';
 import { PubSubHandler } from '@/scaling/pubsub/pubsub-handler';
 import { Subscriber } from '@/scaling/pubsub/subscriber.service';
 import type { ScalingService } from '@/scaling/scaling.service';
@@ -113,6 +115,17 @@ export class Worker extends BaseCommand {
 				},
 			}),
 		);
+
+		if (!this.globalConfig.taskRunners.disabled) {
+			Container.set(TaskManager, new LocalTaskManager());
+			const { TaskRunnerServer } = await import('@/runners/task-runner-server');
+			const taskRunnerServer = Container.get(TaskRunnerServer);
+			await taskRunnerServer.start();
+
+			const { TaskRunnerProcess } = await import('@/runners/task-runner-process');
+			const runnerProcess = Container.get(TaskRunnerProcess);
+			await runnerProcess.start();
+		}
 	}
 
 	async initEventBus() {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/runners/task-managers/single-main-task-manager.ts b/packages/cli/src/runners/task-managers/local-task-manager.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/cli/src/runners/task-managers/single-main-task-manager.ts
rename to packages/cli/src/runners/task-managers/local-task-manager.ts
index b5b60df72b..a8fca01b2c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/runners/task-managers/single-main-task-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/runners/task-managers/local-task-manager.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { RequesterMessage } from '../runner-types';
 import type { RequesterMessageCallback } from '../task-broker.service';
 import { TaskBroker } from '../task-broker.service';
 
-export class SingleMainTaskManager extends TaskManager {
+export class LocalTaskManager extends TaskManager {
 	taskBroker: TaskBroker;
 
 	id: string = 'single-main';
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts
index 1840a9b170..8c33755fd7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/worker.cmd.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 process.argv[2] = 'worker';
 
+import { TaskRunnersConfig } from '@n8n/config';
 import { BinaryDataService } from 'n8n-core';
+import Container from 'typedi';
 
 import { Worker } from '@/commands/worker';
 import config from '@/config';
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ import { ExternalSecretsManager } from '@/external-secrets/external-secrets-mana
 import { License } from '@/license';
 import { LoadNodesAndCredentials } from '@/load-nodes-and-credentials';
 import { Push } from '@/push';
+import { TaskRunnerProcess } from '@/runners/task-runner-process';
+import { TaskRunnerServer } from '@/runners/task-runner-server';
 import { Publisher } from '@/scaling/pubsub/publisher.service';
 import { Subscriber } from '@/scaling/pubsub/subscriber.service';
 import { ScalingService } from '@/scaling/scaling.service';
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ import { mockInstance } from '../../shared/mocking';
 
 config.set('executions.mode', 'queue');
 config.set('binaryDataManager.availableModes', 'filesystem');
+Container.get(TaskRunnersConfig).disabled = false;
 mockInstance(LoadNodesAndCredentials);
 const binaryDataService = mockInstance(BinaryDataService);
 const externalHooks = mockInstance(ExternalHooks);
@@ -31,6 +36,8 @@ const messageEventBus = mockInstance(MessageEventBus);
 const logStreamingEventRelay = mockInstance(LogStreamingEventRelay);
 const scalingService = mockInstance(ScalingService);
 const orchestrationWorkerService = mockInstance(OrchestrationWorkerService);
+const taskRunnerServer = mockInstance(TaskRunnerServer);
+const taskRunnerProcess = mockInstance(TaskRunnerProcess);
 mockInstance(Publisher);
 mockInstance(Subscriber);
 mockInstance(Telemetry);
@@ -55,6 +62,8 @@ test('worker initializes all its components', async () => {
 	expect(logStreamingEventRelay.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	expect(orchestrationWorkerService.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	expect(messageEventBus.send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	expect(taskRunnerServer.start).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	expect(taskRunnerProcess.start).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 
 	expect(config.getEnv('executions.mode')).toBe('queue');
 });