diff --git a/rq/registry.py b/rq/registry.py
index 08798eb..1180d4f 100644
--- a/rq/registry.py
+++ b/rq/registry.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from .compat import as_text
 from .connections import resolve_connection
+from .exceptions import NoSuchJobError
+from .job import Job, JobStatus
 from .queue import FailedQueue
 from .utils import current_timestamp
 
@@ -80,9 +82,17 @@ class StartedJobRegistry(BaseRegistry):
 
         if job_ids:
             failed_queue = FailedQueue(connection=self.connection)
+
             with self.connection.pipeline() as pipeline:
                 for job_id in job_ids:
-                    failed_queue.push_job_id(job_id, pipeline=pipeline)
+                    try:
+                        job = Job.fetch(job_id, connection=self.connection)
+                        job.status = JobStatus.FAILED
+                        job.save(pipeline=pipeline)
+                        failed_queue.push_job_id(job_id, pipeline=pipeline)
+                    except NoSuchJobError:
+                        pass
+
                 pipeline.zremrangebyscore(self.key, 0, score)
                 pipeline.execute()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_registry.py b/tests/test_registry.py
index f54b315..628636a 100644
--- a/tests/test_registry.py
+++ b/tests/test_registry.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from rq.compat import as_text
-from rq.job import Job
+from rq.job import Job, JobStatus
 from rq.queue import FailedQueue, Queue
 from rq.utils import current_timestamp
 from rq.worker import Worker
@@ -60,15 +60,21 @@ class TestRegistry(RQTestCase):
         """Moving expired jobs to FailedQueue."""
         failed_queue = FailedQueue(connection=self.testconn)
         self.assertTrue(failed_queue.is_empty())
-        self.testconn.zadd(self.registry.key, 2, 'foo')
+
+        queue = Queue(connection=self.testconn)
+        job = queue.enqueue(say_hello)
+
+        self.testconn.zadd(self.registry.key, 2, job.id)
 
         self.registry.cleanup(1)
-        self.assertNotIn('foo', failed_queue.job_ids)
-        self.assertEqual(self.testconn.zscore(self.registry.key, 'foo'), 2)
+        self.assertNotIn(job.id, failed_queue.job_ids)
+        self.assertEqual(self.testconn.zscore(self.registry.key, job.id), 2)
 
         self.registry.cleanup()
-        self.assertIn('foo', failed_queue.job_ids)
-        self.assertEqual(self.testconn.zscore(self.registry.key, 'foo'), None)
+        self.assertIn(job.id, failed_queue.job_ids)
+        self.assertEqual(self.testconn.zscore(self.registry.key, job.id), None)
+        job.refresh()
+        self.assertEqual(job.status, JobStatus.FAILED)
 
     def test_job_execution(self):
         """Job is removed from StartedJobRegistry after execution."""