diff --git a/contracts/tasks/index.ts b/contracts/tasks/index.ts
index 37d8529c8..6f4bfc5e2 100644
--- a/contracts/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/contracts/tasks/index.ts
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ import './fetchRound'
 import './mergeAllocations'
 import './setDurations'
 import './deploySponsor'
+import './loadUsers'
diff --git a/contracts/tasks/loadUsers.ts b/contracts/tasks/loadUsers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fb185d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/tasks/loadUsers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { task } from 'hardhat/config'
+import { Contract, utils, ContractReceipt } from 'ethers'
+import fs from 'fs'
+
+/*
+ * Script to bulkload users into the simple user registry.
+ * File path can be relative or absolute path.
+ * The script can only be run by the owner of the simple user registry
+ *
+ * Sample usage:
+ *
+ *  yarn hardhat load-users --file-path addresses.txt --user-registry <address> --network goerli
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Add a user to the Simple user registry
+ *
+ * @param registry Simple user registry contract
+ * @param address User wallet address
+ * @returns transaction receipt
+ */
+async function addUser(
+  registry: Contract,
+  address: string
+): Promise<ContractReceipt> {
+  const tx = await registry.addUser(address)
+  const receipt = await tx.wait()
+  return receipt
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load users in the file into the simple user registry
+ *
+ * @param registry Simple user registry contract
+ * @param filePath The path of the file containing the addresses
+ */
+async function loadFile(registry: Contract, filePath: string) {
+  let content: string | null = null
+  try {
+    content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Failed to read file', filePath, err)
+    return
+  }
+
+  const addresses: string[] = []
+  content.split(/\r?\n/).forEach(async (address) => {
+    addresses.push(address)
+  })
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < addresses.length; i++) {
+    const address = addresses[i]
+    const isValidAddress = Boolean(address) && utils.isAddress(address)
+    if (isValidAddress) {
+      console.log('Adding address', address)
+      try {
+        const result = await addUser(registry, address)
+        if (result.status !== 1) {
+          throw new Error(
+            `Transaction ${result.transactionHash} failed with status ${result.status}`
+          )
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('Failed to add address', address, err)
+        break
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.warn('Skipping invalid address', address)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+task('load-users', 'Bulkload recipients into the simple user registry')
+  .addParam('userRegistry', 'The simple user registry contract address')
+  .addParam(
+    'filePath',
+    'The path of the file containing addresses separated by newline'
+  )
+  .setAction(async ({ userRegistry, filePath }, { ethers }) => {
+    const registry = await ethers.getContractAt(
+      'SimpleUserRegistry',
+      userRegistry
+    )
+
+    await loadFile(registry, filePath)
+  })