diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20181024.drydock.01.commandprops.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20181024.drydock.01.commandprops.sql
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20181024.drydock.01.commandprops.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_drydock.drydock_command
+  ADD properties LONGTEXT NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT};
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20181024.drydock.02.commanddefaults.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20181024.drydock.02.commanddefaults.sql
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20181024.drydock.02.commanddefaults.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+UPDATE {$NAMESPACE}_drydock.drydock_command
+  SET properties = '{}' WHERE properties = '';
diff --git a/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockCommand.php b/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockCommand.php
--- a/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockCommand.php
+++ b/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockCommand.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   protected $targetPHID;
   protected $command;
   protected $isConsumed;
+  protected $properties = array();
 
   private $commandTarget = self::ATTACHABLE;
 
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@
 
   protected function getConfiguration() {
     return array(
+      self::CONFIG_SERIALIZATION => array(
+        'properties' => self::SERIALIZATION_JSON,
+      ),
       self::CONFIG_COLUMN_SCHEMA => array(
         'command' => 'text32',
         'isConsumed' => 'bool',
@@ -43,6 +47,14 @@
     return $this->assertAttached($this->commandTarget);
   }
 
+  public function setProperty($key, $value) {
+    $this->properties[$key] = $value;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function getProperty($key, $default = null) {
+    return idx($this->properties, $key, $default);
+  }
 
 /* -(  PhabricatorPolicyInterface  )----------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockResourceUpdateWorker.php b/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockResourceUpdateWorker.php
--- a/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockResourceUpdateWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockResourceUpdateWorker.php
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@
         $this->releaseResource($resource, $reclaimer_phid);
         break;
     }
+
+    // If the command specifies that other worker tasks should be awakened
+    // after it executes, awaken them now.
+    $awaken_ids = $command->getProperty('awakenTaskIDs');
+    if (is_array($awaken_ids) && $awaken_ids) {
+      PhabricatorWorker::awakenTaskIDs($awaken_ids);
+    }
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockWorker.php b/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockWorker.php
--- a/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockWorker.php
@@ -241,10 +241,15 @@
     DrydockLease $lease) {
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
 
+    // When the resource releases, we we want to reawaken this task since it
+    // should be able to start building a new resource right away.
+    $worker_task_id = $this->getCurrentWorkerTaskID();
+
     $command = DrydockCommand::initializeNewCommand($viewer)
       ->setTargetPHID($resource->getPHID())
       ->setAuthorPHID($lease->getPHID())
       ->setCommand(DrydockCommand::COMMAND_RECLAIM)
+      ->setProperty('awakenTaskIDs', array($worker_task_id))
       ->save();
 
     $resource->scheduleUpdate();