diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php
index ff092197f53a..da9176be4063 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class WorkCommand extends Command
                             {--force : Force the worker to run even in maintenance mode}
                             {--memory=128 : The memory limit in megabytes}
                             {--sleep=3 : Number of seconds to sleep when no job is available}
+                            {--rest=0 : Number of seconds to rest between jobs}
                             {--timeout=60 : The number of seconds a child process can run}
                             {--tries=1 : Number of times to attempt a job before logging it failed}';
 
@@ -134,7 +135,8 @@ protected function gatherWorkerOptions()
             $this->option('force'),
             $this->option('stop-when-empty'),
             $this->option('max-jobs'),
-            $this->option('max-time')
+            $this->option('max-time'),
+            $this->option('rest')
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
index f2ba7b1a01ad..4fcacb26d009 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ public function daemon($connectionName, $queue, WorkerOptions $options)
                 $jobsProcessed++;
 
                 $this->runJob($job, $connectionName, $options);
+
+                $this->sleep($options->rest);
             } else {
                 $this->sleep($options->sleep);
             }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/WorkerOptions.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/WorkerOptions.php
index 766f4676029a..7e99457e70d1 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/WorkerOptions.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/WorkerOptions.php
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ class WorkerOptions
      */
     public $maxTime;
 
+    /**
+     * The number of seconds to rest between jobs.
+     *
+     * @var int
+     */
+    public $rest;
+
     /**
      * Create a new worker options instance.
      *
@@ -87,10 +94,11 @@ class WorkerOptions
      * @param  bool  $stopWhenEmpty
      * @param  int  $maxJobs
      * @param  int  $maxTime
+     * @param  int  $rest
      * @return void
      */
     public function __construct($name = 'default', $backoff = 0, $memory = 128, $timeout = 60, $sleep = 3, $maxTries = 1,
-                                $force = false, $stopWhenEmpty = false, $maxJobs = 0, $maxTime = 0)
+                                $force = false, $stopWhenEmpty = false, $maxJobs = 0, $maxTime = 0, $rest = 0)
     {
         $this->name = $name;
         $this->backoff = $backoff;
@@ -102,5 +110,6 @@ public function __construct($name = 'default', $backoff = 0, $memory = 128, $tim
         $this->stopWhenEmpty = $stopWhenEmpty;
         $this->maxJobs = $maxJobs;
         $this->maxTime = $maxTime;
+        $this->rest = $rest;
     }
 }