diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff9c616..25a046e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@
 /build
 .tox
 .vagrant
-Vagrantfile
\ No newline at end of file
+Vagrantfile
+
+# PyCharm
+.idea
diff --git a/rq/queue.py b/rq/queue.py
index 1694268..ff5f860 100644
--- a/rq/queue.py
+++ b/rq/queue.py
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ class Queue(object):
         # If WatchError is raised in the process, that means something else is
         # modifying the dependency. In this case we simply retry
         if depends_on is not None:
+            if not isinstance(depends_on, self.job_class):
+                depends_on = Job.fetch(id=depends_on, connection=self.connection)
             with self.connection.pipeline() as pipe:
                 while True:
                     try:
diff --git a/tests/test_queue.py b/tests/test_queue.py
index e61568e..8990e35 100644
--- a/tests/test_queue.py
+++ b/tests/test_queue.py
@@ -352,6 +352,23 @@ class TestQueue(RQTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(q.job_ids, [job.id])
         self.assertEqual(job.timeout, Queue.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
 
+    def test_enqueue_job_with_dependency_by_id(self):
+        """Enqueueing jobs should work as expected by id as well as job-objects."""
+        parent_job = Job.create(func=say_hello)
+        # We need to save the job for the ID to exist in redis
+        parent_job.save()
+        
+        q = Queue()
+        q.enqueue_call(say_hello, depends_on=parent_job.id)
+        self.assertEqual(q.job_ids, [])
+
+        # Jobs dependent on finished jobs are immediately enqueued
+        parent_job.set_status(Status.FINISHED)
+        parent_job.save()
+        job = q.enqueue_call(say_hello, depends_on=parent_job.id)
+        self.assertEqual(q.job_ids, [job.id])
+        self.assertEqual(job.timeout, Queue.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+
     def test_enqueue_job_with_dependency_and_timeout(self):
         """Jobs still know their specified timeout after being scheduled as a dependency."""
         # Job with unfinished dependency is not immediately enqueued