diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 91bfeef8..0f170a88 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
 #   available, likely results in performance degradation due to I/O blocking and is not recommended in most cases. Modifying this parameter should
 #   be done incrementally with benchmarking at each step to determine an optimal value for your deployment.
 #
+# @param worker_ttl
+#   The number of seconds before a pulpcore worker should be considered lost.
+#
 # @param use_rq_tasking_system
 #   Use the older RQ workers tasking system instead of the newer PostgreSQL tasking system introduced in Pulpcore 3.14.
 #   Any benchmarking you did to optimize worker_count or other tasking related parameters will no longer be accurate after changing the tasking system.
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@
   Pulpcore::ChecksumTypes $allowed_content_checksums = ['sha224', 'sha256', 'sha384', 'sha512'],
   String[1] $remote_user_environ_name = 'HTTP_REMOTE_USER',
   Integer[0] $worker_count = min(8, $facts['processors']['count']),
+  Optional[Integer[0]] $worker_ttl = undef,
   Boolean $use_rq_tasking_system = false,
   Boolean $service_enable = true,
   Boolean $service_ensure = true,
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb
index c5d89c2e..28940cc0 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ class { 'pulpcore':
     its(:exit_status) { is_expected.to eq 0 }
   end
 
+  describe command("PULP_SETTINGS=/etc/pulp/settings.py pulpcore-manager diffsettings") do
+    its(:stdout) { is_expected.to match(/^WORKER_TTL = 30/) }
+    its(:exit_status) { is_expected.to eq 0 }
+  end
+
   describe command("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pulpcore.app.settings PULP_SETTINGS=/etc/pulp/settings.py rq info -c pulpcore.rqconfig") do
     its(:stdout) { is_expected.to match(/^0 workers, /) }
     its(:stdout) { is_expected.not_to match(/^resource-manager /) }
diff --git a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
index fe5f64b6..17d5d7bb 100644
--- a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
@@ -513,6 +513,19 @@
             .with_content(%r{\s'level': 'DEBUG',})
         end
       end
+
+      context 'can change the worker_ttl to 60' do
+        let :params do
+          {
+            worker_ttl: 60
+          }
+        end
+
+        it do
+          is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('base')
+            .with_content(%r{\sWORKER_TTL = 60})
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/templates/settings.py.erb b/templates/settings.py.erb
index db79d87e..bdf7dc96 100644
--- a/templates/settings.py.erb
+++ b/templates/settings.py.erb
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ REDIS_URL = "redis://localhost:<%= scope['redis::port'] %>/<%= scope['pulpcore::
 
 USE_NEW_WORKER_TYPE = <%= scope['pulpcore::use_rq_tasking_system'] ? "False" : "True" %>
 
+<% if scope['pulpcore::worker_ttl'] -%>
+WORKER_TTL = <%= scope['pulpcore::worker_ttl'] %>
+<% end -%>
+
 MEDIA_ROOT = "<%= scope['pulpcore::media_root'] %>"
 STATIC_ROOT = "<%= scope['pulpcore::static_root'] %>"
 STATIC_URL = "<%= scope['pulpcore::static_url'] %>"