diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ec2699867..d88ba639e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ group :test do
   if ENV['RAILS_VERSION'] == 'edge'
     gem 'actionmailer', :github => 'rails/rails'
     gem 'activerecord', :github => 'rails/rails'
+    gem 'activejob',    :github => 'rails/rails'
   elsif ENV['RAILS_VERSION']
     gem 'actionmailer', "~> #{ENV['RAILS_VERSION']}"
     gem 'activerecord', "~> #{ENV['RAILS_VERSION']}"
+
     if ENV['RAILS_VERSION'] < '5.1'
       gem 'loofah', '2.3.1'
       gem 'nokogiri', '< 1.11.0'
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ group :test do
   if ENV['RAILS_VERSION'].nil? || ENV['RAILS_VERSION'] >= '6.0.0'
     gem 'zeitwerk', :require => false
   end
+  gem 'concurrent-ruby'
 end
 
 group :rubocop do
diff --git a/lib/active_job/queue_adapters/delayed_job_adapter.rb b/lib/active_job/queue_adapters/delayed_job_adapter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ff6d2efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_job/queue_adapters/delayed_job_adapter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+module ActiveJob
+  module QueueAdapters
+    # Explicitly remove the implementation existing in older rails'.
+    remove_const(:DelayedJobAdapter) if defined?(:DelayedJobAdapter)
+
+    # = Delayed Job adapter for Active Job
+    #
+    # To use Delayed Job, set the queue_adapter config to +:delayed_job+.
+    #
+    #   Rails.application.config.active_job.queue_adapter = :delayed_job
+    class DelayedJobAdapter < ::ActiveJob::QueueAdapters::AbstractAdapter
+      def initialize(enqueue_after_transaction_commit: false)
+        @enqueue_after_transaction_commit = enqueue_after_transaction_commit
+      end
+
+      def enqueue_after_transaction_commit? # :nodoc:
+        @enqueue_after_transaction_commit
+      end
+
+      def enqueue(job)
+        delayed_job = Delayed::Job.enqueue(JobWrapper.new(job.serialize), queue: job.queue_name, priority: job.priority)
+        job.provider_job_id = delayed_job.id
+        delayed_job
+      end
+
+      def enqueue_at(job, timestamp)
+        delayed_job = Delayed::Job.enqueue(JobWrapper.new(job.serialize), queue: job.queue_name, priority: job.priority, run_at: Time.at(timestamp))
+        job.provider_job_id = delayed_job.id
+        delayed_job
+      end
+
+      class JobWrapper
+        attr_accessor :job_data
+
+        def initialize(job_data)
+          @job_data = job_data
+        end
+
+        def display_name
+          base_name = "#{job_data["job_class"]} [#{job_data["job_id"]}] from DelayedJob(#{job_data["queue_name"]})"
+
+          return base_name unless log_arguments?
+
+          "#{base_name} with arguments: #{job_data["arguments"]}"
+        end
+
+        def perform
+          Base.execute(job_data)
+        end
+
+        private
+          def log_arguments?
+            job_data["job_class"].constantize.log_arguments?
+          rescue NameError
+            false
+          end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/delayed/railtie.rb b/lib/delayed/railtie.rb
index a50ca1b4b..c25f7dde7 100644
--- a/lib/delayed/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/delayed/railtie.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'delayed_job'
 require 'rails'
+require 'active_job/queue_adapters/delayed_job_adapter'
 
 module Delayed
   class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
diff --git a/spec/active_job_adapter_spec.rb b/spec/active_job_adapter_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4bb94e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/active_job_adapter_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+require 'helper'
+require 'active_job'
+require 'concurrent'
+
+describe 'a Rails active job backend' do
+  module JobBuffer
+    @values = Concurrent::Array.new
+
+    class << self
+      def clear
+        @values.clear
+      end
+
+      def add(value)
+        @values << value
+      end
+
+      def values
+        @values.dup
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  class TestJob < ActiveJob::Base
+    queue_as :integration_tests
+
+    def perform(message)
+      JobBuffer.add(message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  let(:worker) { Delayed::Worker.new(sleep_delay: 0.5, queues: %w[integration_tests]) }
+
+  before do
+    JobBuffer.clear
+    Delayed::Job.delete_all
+    ActiveJob::Base.queue_adapter = :delayed_job
+    ActiveJob::Base.logger = nil
+  end
+
+  it "should supply a wrapped class name to DelayedJob" do
+    TestJob.perform_later
+    job = Delayed::Job.all.last
+    expect(job.name).to match(/TestJob \[[0-9a-f-]+\] from DelayedJob\(integration_tests\) with arguments: \[\]/)
+  end
+
+  it 'enqueus and executes the job' do
+    start_worker do
+      TestJob.perform_later('Rails')
+      sleep 2
+      expect(JobBuffer.values).to eq(['Rails'])
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "should not run jobs queued on a non-listening queue" do
+    start_worker do
+      old_queue = TestJob.queue_name
+
+      begin
+        TestJob.queue_as :some_other_queue
+        TestJob.perform_later "Rails"
+        sleep 2
+        expect(JobBuffer.values.empty?).to eq true
+      ensure
+        TestJob.queue_name = old_queue
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'runs multiple queued jobs' do
+    start_worker do
+      ActiveJob.perform_all_later(TestJob.new('Rails'), TestJob.new('World'))
+      sleep 2
+      expect(JobBuffer.values).to eq(['Rails', 'World'])
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'should not run job enqueued in the future' do
+    start_worker do
+      TestJob.set(wait: 5.seconds).perform_later('Rails')
+      sleep 2
+      expect(JobBuffer.values.empty?).to eq true
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'should run job enqueued in the future at the specified time' do
+    start_worker do
+      TestJob.set(wait: 5.seconds).perform_later('Rails')
+      sleep 10
+      expect(JobBuffer.values).to eq(['Rails'])
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "should run job bulk enqueued in the future at the specified time" do
+    start_worker do
+      ActiveJob.perform_all_later([TestJob.new("Rails").set(wait: 5.seconds)])
+      sleep 10
+      expect(JobBuffer.values).to eq(['Rails'])
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "should run job with higher priority first" do
+    start_worker do
+      wait_until = Time.now + 3.seconds
+      TestJob.set(wait_until: wait_until, priority: 20).perform_later "1"
+      TestJob.set(wait_until: wait_until, priority: 10).perform_later "2"
+      sleep 10
+
+      expect(JobBuffer.values).to eq(['2', '1'])
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+    def start_worker(&)
+      thread = Thread.new { worker.start }
+      yield
+    ensure
+      worker.stop
+      thread.join
+    end
+end