diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index dd1cfe3a..4504a6a1 100755
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ openwisp2_celery_firmware_upgrader_concurrency: 1
 openwisp2_celery_firmware_upgrader_autoscale:
 openwisp2_celery_firmware_upgrader_prefetch_multiplier: 1
 openwisp2_celery_firmware_upgrader_optimization: fair
+openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_check_pending_period_minutes: 10
+openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_reminder_scan_period_days: 7
 openwisp2_celery_monitoring: true
 openwisp2_celery_monitoring_concurrency: 2
 openwisp2_celery_monitoring_autoscale:
@@ -234,5 +236,6 @@ openwisp2_usage_metric_collection: true
 openwisp2_monitoring_periodic_tasks: true
 openwisp2_radius_periodic_tasks: true
 openwisp2_usage_metric_collection_periodic_tasks: true
+openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_periodic_tasks: true
 # point {{ inventory_name }} to localhost in /etc/hosts
 openwisp2_inventory_hostname_localhost: true
diff --git a/docs/user/role-variables.rst b/docs/user/role-variables.rst
index c840d8f8..7bdb2fba 100644
--- a/docs/user/role-variables.rst
+++ b/docs/user/role-variables.rst
@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ take a look at `the default values of these variables
         openwisp2_monitoring_periodic_tasks: true
         openwisp2_radius_periodic_tasks: true
         openwisp2_usage_metric_collection_periodic_tasks: true
+        openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_periodic_tasks: true
+        openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_check_pending_period_minutes: 10
+        openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_reminder_scan_period_days: 7
         # point {{ inventory_name }} to localhost in /etc/hosts
         openwisp2_inventory_hostname_localhost: true
         # this role provides a default configuration of freeradius
diff --git a/molecule/resources/converge.yml b/molecule/resources/converge.yml
index a5dad8d3..45652e24 100644
--- a/molecule/resources/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/resources/converge.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   vars:
     openwisp2_network_topology: true
     openwisp2_firmware_upgrader: true
+    openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_version: "openwisp-firmware-upgrader @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-firmware-upgrader/tarball/issues/417-persistence-schema-fields"
     openwisp2_radius: true
     openwisp2_controller_subnet_division: true
     openwisp2_uwsgi_extra_conf: |
diff --git a/templates/openwisp2/settings.py b/templates/openwisp2/settings.py
index 10a75abd..e84b4eb4 100644
--- a/templates/openwisp2/settings.py
+++ b/templates/openwisp2/settings.py
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@
         "schedule": timedelta(minutes=5),
     },
 {% endif %}
+{% if openwisp2_firmware_upgrader and openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_periodic_tasks %}
+    "check_pending_upgrades": {
+        "task": "openwisp_firmware_upgrader.tasks.check_pending_upgrades",
+        "schedule": timedelta(minutes={{ openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_check_pending_period_minutes }}),
+    },
+    "send_pending_upgrade_reminders": {
+        "task": "openwisp_firmware_upgrader.tasks.send_pending_upgrade_reminders",
+        "schedule": timedelta(days={{ openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_reminder_scan_period_days }}),
+    },
+{% endif %}
 {% if openwisp2_radius and openwisp2_radius_periodic_tasks %}
     "delete_old_radiusbatch_users": {
         "task": "openwisp_radius.tasks.delete_old_radiusbatch_users",