diff --git a/OJS.Workers.Common/Models/WorkerType.cs b/OJS.Workers.Common/Models/WorkerType.cs
index a72dec2a2a..bf7a234a26 100644
--- a/OJS.Workers.Common/Models/WorkerType.cs
+++ b/OJS.Workers.Common/Models/WorkerType.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 namespace OJS.Workers.Common.Models
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Subset of workers on which a submission is to be executed.
+    /// Stored in database, so be careful with changing values.
+    /// </summary>
     public enum WorkerType
     {
         Default = 0,
         Legacy = 1,
         Local = 2,
         Alpha = 3,
+        LegacyCloud = 4,
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OJS.Workers.Common/Settings.cs b/OJS.Workers.Common/Settings.cs
index 10ade3264f..970927dda5 100644
--- a/OJS.Workers.Common/Settings.cs
+++ b/OJS.Workers.Common/Settings.cs
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ public static class Settings
             .Where(x => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x))
             .Select(x => x.Trim());
 
+        public static IEnumerable<string> LegacyCloudWorkerEndpoints => SettingsHelper.GetSetting("LegacyCloudWorkerEndpoints")
+            .Split(';')
+            .Where(x => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x))
+            .Select(x => x.Trim());
+
         public static string PostgreSqlMasterDbConnectionString =>
             SettingsHelper.GetSetting("PostgreSqlMasterDbConnectionString");
 
diff --git a/OJS.Workers/LocalWorkerServiceBase.cs b/OJS.Workers/LocalWorkerServiceBase.cs
index c2d26286e0..94ff32e625 100644
--- a/OJS.Workers/LocalWorkerServiceBase.cs
+++ b/OJS.Workers/LocalWorkerServiceBase.cs
@@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ private void SpawnSubmissionProcessorsAndThreads()
             var localWorkerSubmissionsForProcessing = new ConcurrentQueue<TSubmission>();
             var legacyWorkersSubmissionsForProcessing = new ConcurrentQueue<TSubmission>();
             var alphaWorkersSubmissionsForProcessing = new ConcurrentQueue<TSubmission>();
+            var legacyCloudWorkersSubmissionsForProcessing = new ConcurrentQueue<TSubmission>();
             var sharedLockObject = new object();
 
             var legacyWorkerTypesList = new List<WorkerType> { WorkerType.Legacy };
             var alphaWorkerTypesList = new List<WorkerType> { WorkerType.Alpha };
             var localWorkerTypesList = new List<WorkerType> { WorkerType.Local };
+            var legacyCloudWorkerTypesList = new List<WorkerType> { WorkerType.LegacyCloud };
 
            var isEnumParsed = Enum.TryParse(Settings.DefaultWorkerType, false, out WorkerType defaultWorkerType);
            if (!isEnumParsed)
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ private void SpawnSubmissionProcessorsAndThreads()
                 case WorkerType.Local:
                     localWorkerTypesList.Add(WorkerType.Default);
                     break;
+                case WorkerType.LegacyCloud:
+                    legacyCloudWorkerTypesList.Add(WorkerType.Default);
+                    break;
                 default:
                     this.Logger.Fatal("Wrong default worker type");
                     throw new InvalidOperationException();
@@ -133,7 +138,8 @@ private void SpawnSubmissionProcessorsAndThreads()
             workerThreads.AddRange(this.GetRemoteWorkers(
                 Settings.RemoteWorkerEndpoints,
                 legacyWorkersSubmissionsForProcessing,
-                sharedLockObject, formatterServiceFactory,
+                sharedLockObject,
+                formatterServiceFactory,
                 remoteSubmissionsFilteringService,
                 legacyWorkerTypesList));
             
@@ -145,6 +151,14 @@ private void SpawnSubmissionProcessorsAndThreads()
                 remoteSubmissionsFilteringService,
                 alphaWorkerTypesList));
 
+            workerThreads.AddRange(this.GetRemoteWorkers(
+                Settings.LegacyCloudWorkerEndpoints,
+                legacyCloudWorkersSubmissionsForProcessing,
+                sharedLockObject,
+                formatterServiceFactory,
+                remoteSubmissionsFilteringService,
+                legacyCloudWorkerTypesList));
+
             workerThreads
                 .ToList()
                 .ForEach(workerThread =>