diff --git a/lms/envs/minimal.yml b/lms/envs/minimal.yml
index 003bc24376..21409fa61a 100644
--- a/lms/envs/minimal.yml
+++ b/lms/envs/minimal.yml
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ API_ACCESS_MANAGER_EMAIL: "api-access@example.com"
 
 # So that you can login to studio on bare-metal
 SOCIAL_AUTH_EDX_OAUTH2_URL_ROOT: 'http://localhost:18000'
+
+# The celery broker url needs to be set even if you're running in always eager mode.
+CELERY_BROKER_TRANSPORT: 'memory'
+CELERY_BROKER_HOSTNAME: 'localhost'