diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index abd2043..f57c58a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### Unreleased
+
+- Added `max_jobs` to `Worker.work` and `--max-jobs` to `rq worker` CLI.
+
 ### 1.0 (2019-04-06)
 Backward incompatible changes:
 
diff --git a/docs/docs/workers.md b/docs/docs/workers.md
index b84859e..77048e1 100644
--- a/docs/docs/workers.md
+++ b/docs/docs/workers.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ In addition to `--burst`, `rq worker` also accepts these arguments:
 * `--log-format`: Format for the worker logs, defaults to `'%(asctime)s %(message)s'`
 * `--date-format`: Datetime format for the worker logs, defaults to `'%H:%M:%S'`
 * `--disable-job-desc-logging`: Turn off job description logging.
+* `--max-jobs`: Maximum number of jobs to execute.
 
 ## Inside the worker
 
diff --git a/rq/cli/cli.py b/rq/cli/cli.py
index 7b22986..e621441 100755
--- a/rq/cli/cli.py
+++ b/rq/cli/cli.py
@@ -188,11 +188,12 @@ def info(cli_config, interval, raw, only_queues, only_workers, by_queue, queues,
 @click.option('--exception-handler', help='Exception handler(s) to use', multiple=True)
 @click.option('--pid', help='Write the process ID number to a file at the specified path')
 @click.option('--disable-default-exception-handler', '-d', is_flag=True, help='Disable RQ\'s default exception handler')
+@click.option('--max-jobs', type=int, default=None, help='Maximum number of jobs to execute')
 @click.argument('queues', nargs=-1)
 @pass_cli_config
 def worker(cli_config, burst, logging_level, name, results_ttl,
            worker_ttl, job_monitoring_interval, disable_job_desc_logging, verbose, quiet, sentry_dsn,
-           exception_handler, pid, disable_default_exception_handler, queues,
+           exception_handler, pid, disable_default_exception_handler, max_jobs, queues,
            log_format, date_format, **options):
     """Starts an RQ worker."""
     settings = read_config_file(cli_config.config) if cli_config.config else {}
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ def worker(cli_config, burst, logging_level, name, results_ttl,
             from rq.contrib.sentry import register_sentry
             register_sentry(sentry_dsn)
 
-        worker.work(burst=burst, logging_level=logging_level, date_format=date_format, log_format=log_format)
+        worker.work(burst=burst, logging_level=logging_level, date_format=date_format, log_format=log_format, max_jobs=max_jobs)
     except ConnectionError as e:
         print(e)
         sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/rq/worker.py b/rq/worker.py
index b5b141b..fcf32e9 100644
--- a/rq/worker.py
+++ b/rq/worker.py
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ class Worker(object):
             self.set_state(before_state)
 
     def work(self, burst=False, logging_level="INFO", date_format=DEFAULT_LOGGING_DATE_FORMAT,
-             log_format=DEFAULT_LOGGING_FORMAT):
+             log_format=DEFAULT_LOGGING_FORMAT, max_jobs=None):
         """Starts the work loop.
 
         Pops and performs all jobs on the current list of queues.  When all
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class Worker(object):
         """
         setup_loghandlers(logging_level, date_format, log_format)
         self._install_signal_handlers()
-        did_perform_work = False
+        completed_jobs = 0
         self.register_birth()
         self.log.info("RQ worker %r started, version %s", self.key, VERSION)
         self.set_state(WorkerStatus.STARTED)
@@ -477,7 +477,14 @@ class Worker(object):
                     self.execute_job(job, queue)
                     self.heartbeat()
 
-                    did_perform_work = True
+                    completed_jobs += 1
+                    if max_jobs is not None:
+                        if completed_jobs >= max_jobs:
+                            self.log.info(
+                                "RQ Worker %r finished executing %d jobs, quitting",
+                                self.key, completed_jobs
+                            )
+                            break
 
                 except StopRequested:
                     break
@@ -488,14 +495,14 @@ class Worker(object):
 
                 except:  # noqa
                     self.log.error(
-                        'Worker %s: found an unhandled exception, quitting...',
-                        self.name, exc_info=True
+                        'RQ Worker %r: found an unhandled exception, quitting...',
+                        self.key, exc_info=True
                     )
                     break
         finally:
             if not self.is_horse:
                 self.register_death()
-        return did_perform_work
+        return bool(completed_jobs)
 
     def dequeue_job_and_maintain_ttl(self, timeout):
         result = None
diff --git a/tests/test_worker.py b/tests/test_worker.py
index 91fa93b..1c17a76 100644
--- a/tests/test_worker.py
+++ b/tests/test_worker.py
@@ -340,6 +340,17 @@ class TestWorker(RQTestCase):
         # total_working_time should be around 0.05 seconds
         self.assertTrue(0.05 <= worker.total_working_time < 0.06)
 
+    def test_max_jobs(self):
+        """Worker exits after number of jobs complete."""
+        queue = Queue()
+        job1 = queue.enqueue(do_nothing)
+        job2 = queue.enqueue(do_nothing)
+        worker = Worker([queue])
+        worker.work(max_jobs=1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(JobStatus.FINISHED, job1.get_status())
+        self.assertEqual(JobStatus.QUEUED, job2.get_status())
+
     def test_disable_default_exception_handler(self):
         """
         Job is not moved to FailedJobRegistry when default custom exception
@@ -616,7 +627,7 @@ class TestWorker(RQTestCase):
         # Updates worker statuses
         self.assertEqual(worker.get_state(), 'busy')
         self.assertEqual(worker.get_current_job_id(), job.id)
-    
+
     def test_prepare_job_execution_inf_timeout(self):
         """Prepare job execution handles infinite job timeout"""
         queue = Queue(connection=self.testconn)
@@ -632,7 +643,7 @@ class TestWorker(RQTestCase):
 
         # Score in queue is +inf
         self.assertEqual(self.testconn.zscore(registry.key, job.id), float('Inf'))
-        
+
 
     def test_work_unicode_friendly(self):
         """Worker processes work with unicode description, then quits."""