diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7da3826..826a9ab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "Flask>=0.10",
         "rq>=0.13.0",
-        "redis>=3.0.0",
+        "redis>=2.10.6",
         "rq-scheduler>=0.9.0",
     ],
     extras_require={
diff --git a/src/flask_rq2/cli.py b/src/flask_rq2/cli.py
index ab5d2c3..500e4e0 100644
--- a/src/flask_rq2/cli.py
+++ b/src/flask_rq2/cli.py
@@ -128,13 +128,14 @@ def info(rq, ctx, path, interval, raw, only_queues, only_workers, by_queue,
 @click.option('--sentry-dsn', default=None, help='Sentry DSN address')
 @click.option('--exception-handler', help='Exception handler(s) to use',
               multiple=True)
+@click.option('--max-jobs', type=int, default=None, help='Maximum number of jobs to execute')
 @click.option('--pid',
               help='Write the process ID number to a file at '
                    'the specified path')
 @click.argument('queues', nargs=-1)
 @rq_command()
 def worker(rq, ctx, burst, logging_level, name, path, results_ttl,
-           worker_ttl, verbose, quiet, sentry_dsn, exception_handler, pid,
+           worker_ttl, verbose, quiet, max_jobs, sentry_dsn, exception_handler, pid,
            queues):
     "Starts an RQ worker."
     ctx.invoke(
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ def worker(rq, ctx, burst, logging_level, name, path, results_ttl,
         worker_ttl=worker_ttl,
         verbose=verbose,
         quiet=quiet,
+        max_jobs=max_jobs,
         sentry_dsn=sentry_dsn,
         exception_handler=exception_handler or rq._exception_handlers,
         pid=pid,