diff --git a/ara/plugins/callback/ara_default.py b/ara/plugins/callback/ara_default.py
index 1fd0833b..aa5b04f0 100644
--- a/ara/plugins/callback/ara_default.py
+++ b/ara/plugins/callback/ara_default.py
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
         return self.play
 
+    def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
+        self.log.debug("v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start")
+        # TODO: Why doesn't `v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start` have is_conditional ?
+        self.v2_playbook_on_task_start(task, False, handler=True)
+
     def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional, handler=False):
         self.log.debug("v2_playbook_on_task_start")
         self._end_task()
diff --git a/tests/integration/roles/smoke-tests/handlers/main.yaml b/tests/integration/roles/smoke-tests/handlers/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d330befd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/roles/smoke-tests/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 The ARA Records Ansible authors
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+- name: handler
+  debug:
+    msg: hi, this is a handler task
+  register: _handler_run
diff --git a/tests/integration/roles/smoke-tests/tasks/test-ops.yaml b/tests/integration/roles/smoke-tests/tasks/test-ops.yaml
index 0f9c75ec..b6d84b3b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/roles/smoke-tests/tasks/test-ops.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/roles/smoke-tests/tasks/test-ops.yaml
@@ -49,3 +49,16 @@
 - name: Test for XSS
   command: echo "<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>"
   changed_when: False
+
+- name: Notify something for a handler task
+  command: /bin/true
+  notify:
+    - handler
+
+- name: Flush handlers
+  meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: Assert that handler task has run
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - _handler_run is success