diff --git a/app/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php
index ee67f771414..352cce44a3d 100644
--- a/app/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ public function boot()
     {
         Broadcast::routes();
 
-        /*
-         * Authenticate the user's personal channel...
-         */
-        Broadcast::channel('App.User.{userId}', function ($user, $userId) {
-            return (int) $user->id === (int) $userId;
-        });
+        require base_path('routes/channels.php');
     }
 }
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index b3f0991aa8a..3036ac7cb4a 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
         'Artisan' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::class,
         'Auth' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth::class,
         'Blade' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade::class,
+        'Broadcast' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Broadcast::class,
         'Bus' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus::class,
         'Cache' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache::class,
         'Config' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config::class,
diff --git a/routes/channels.php b/routes/channels.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f16a20b9bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/channels.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Broadcast Channels
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Here you may register all of the event broadcasting channels that your
+| application supports. The given channel authorization callbacks are
+| used to check if an authenticated user can listen to the channel.
+|
+*/
+
+Broadcast::channel('App.User.{id}', function ($user, $id) {
+    return (int) $user->id === (int) $id;
+});