diff --git a/scrapyd/app.py b/scrapyd/app.py
index 6c860e740..a6c7b558f 100644
--- a/scrapyd/app.py
+++ b/scrapyd/app.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from twisted.application.internet import TimerService, TCPServer
 from twisted.web import server
 from twisted.python import log
 
+from scrapy.utils.misc import load_object
+
 from .interfaces import IEggStorage, IPoller, ISpiderScheduler, IEnvironment
 from .launcher import Launcher
 from .eggstorage import FilesystemEggStorage
@@ -27,7 +29,10 @@ def application(config):
     app.setComponent(ISpiderScheduler, scheduler)
     app.setComponent(IEnvironment, environment)
 
-    launcher = Launcher(config, app)
+    laupath = config.get('launcher', 'scrapyd.launcher.Launcher')
+    laucls = load_object(laupath)
+    launcher = laucls(config, app)
+
     timer = TimerService(5, poller.poll)
     webservice = TCPServer(http_port, server.Site(Root(config, app)), interface=bind_address)
     log.msg("Scrapyd web console available at http://%s:%s/" % (bind_address, http_port))
diff --git a/scrapyd/default_scrapyd.conf b/scrapyd/default_scrapyd.conf
index de777e515..6e800803d 100644
--- a/scrapyd/default_scrapyd.conf
+++ b/scrapyd/default_scrapyd.conf
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ http_port   = 6800
 debug       = off
 runner      = scrapyd.runner
 application = scrapyd.app.application
+launcher    = scrapyd.launcher.Launcher