diff --git a/aiida_workgraph/engine/workgraph.py b/aiida_workgraph/engine/workgraph.py
index bebe7086..f0975011 100644
--- a/aiida_workgraph/engine/workgraph.py
+++ b/aiida_workgraph/engine/workgraph.py
@@ -1032,6 +1032,13 @@ def run_tasks(self, names: t.List[str], continue_workgraph: bool = True) -> None
 
             self.report(f"Run task: {name}, type: {task['metadata']['node_type']}")
             executor, _ = get_executor(task["executor"])
+            # Add the executor to the globals so that it can be used in the task
+            # in the case of recursive workgraph
+            # We also need to rebuild the Task calss and attach it to the executor
+            if task["metadata"]["node_type"].upper() == "GRAPH_BUILDER":
+                task_class = Task.from_dict(self.ctx._tasks[name])
+                executor.node = executor.task = task_class.__class__
+                executor.__globals__[executor.__name__] = executor
             # print("executor: ", executor)
             args, kwargs, var_args, var_kwargs, args_dict = self.get_inputs(name)
             for i, key in enumerate(self.ctx._tasks[name]["args"]):