diff --git a/Command/StartScheduledWorkerCommand.php b/Command/StartScheduledWorkerCommand.php
index acb6da5..30ef03f 100644
--- a/Command/StartScheduledWorkerCommand.php
+++ b/Command/StartScheduledWorkerCommand.php
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         }
 
         $env = array(
-            'APP_INCLUDE' => $this->getContainer()->getParameter('kernel.root_dir').'/bootstrap.php.cache',
+            'APP_INCLUDE' => $this->getContainer()->getParameter('bcc_resque.resque.app_include'),
             'VVERBOSE'    => 1,
             'RESQUE_PHP'  => $this->getContainer()->getParameter('bcc_resque.resque.vendor_dir').'/chrisboulton/php-resque/lib/Resque.php',
             'INTERVAL'    => $input->getOption('interval'),
         );
+        if (false !== getenv('APP_INCLUDE')) {
+            $env['APP_INCLUDE'] = getenv('APP_INCLUDE');
+        }
 
         $prefix = $this->getContainer()->getParameter('bcc_resque.prefix');
         if (!empty($prefix)) {
diff --git a/Command/StartWorkerCommand.php b/Command/StartWorkerCommand.php
index 916c519..ee1f454 100644
--- a/Command/StartWorkerCommand.php
+++ b/Command/StartWorkerCommand.php
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             );
         }
 
-        $env['APP_INCLUDE'] = $this->getContainer()->getParameter('kernel.root_dir').'/bootstrap.php.cache';
+        $env['APP_INCLUDE'] = $this->getContainer()->getParameter('bcc_resque.resque.app_include');
+        if (false !== getenv('APP_INCLUDE')) {
+            $env['APP_INCLUDE'] = getenv('APP_INCLUDE');
+        }
         $env['COUNT']       = $input->getOption('count');
         $env['INTERVAL']    = $input->getOption('interval');
         $env['QUEUE']       = $input->getArgument('queues');
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/BCCResqueExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/BCCResqueExtension.php
index 83cd12c..6cafb50 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/BCCResqueExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/BCCResqueExtension.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         $loader->load('services.xml');
 
         $container->setParameter('bcc_resque.resque.vendor_dir', $config['vendor_dir']);
+        $container->setParameter('bcc_resque.resque.app_include', $config['app_include']);
         $container->setParameter('bcc_resque.resque.class', $config['class']);
         $container->setParameter('bcc_resque.resque.redis.host', $config['redis']['host']);
         $container->setParameter('bcc_resque.resque.redis.port', $config['redis']['port']);
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 43bf74a..0ae512b 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                     ->cannotBeEmpty()
                     ->info('Set the vendor dir')
                 ->end()
+                ->scalarNode('app_include')
+                    ->defaultValue('%kernel.root_dir%/bootstrap.php.cache')
+                    ->cannotBeEmpty()
+                    ->info('Set the APP_INCLUDE for php-resque')
+                ->end()
                 ->scalarNode('prefix')
                     ->defaultNull()
                     ->end()
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index be3537b..ab95f42 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ You may want to add some configuration to your `config.yml`
 bcc_resque:
     class: BCC\ResqueBundle\Resque           # the resque class if different from default
     vendor_dir: %kernel.root_dir%/../vendor  # the vendor dir if different from default
+    app_include: /pathto/bootstrap.php.cache # app include file if different from default
     prefix: my-resque-prefix                 # optional prefix to separate Resque data per site/app
     redis:
         host: localhost                      # the redis host