diff --git a/lib/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper.rb b/lib/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper.rb
index 7e39e22..60ec63f 100644
--- a/lib/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@ class ResqueWrapper
 
     def self.perform(job_data)
       klass = Object.const_get job_data['job_class']
+      named_args = job_data.delete('named_args') || false
 
       if job_data.has_key? 'arguments'
-        klass.perform_later *job_data['arguments']
+        if named_args
+          args = job_data['arguments'].first.symbolize_keys
+        else
+          args = job_data['arguments']
+        end
+
+        named_args ? klass.perform_later(**args) : klass.perform_later(*args)
       else
         klass.perform_later
       end
@@ -21,6 +28,7 @@ def self.wrap(schedule)
 
         queue = opts[:queue] || 'default'
         args = opts[:args]
+        named_args = opts[:named_args] || false
 
         if !args && opts.has_key?(:arguments)
           warn 'active_scheduler: [DEPRECATION] using the `arguments` key in ' \
@@ -35,10 +43,12 @@ def self.wrap(schedule)
           args: [{
             job_class:  class_name,
             queue_name: queue,
-            arguments:  args
+            arguments:  args,
           }]
         }
 
+        schedule[job][:args].first.merge!({ named_args: named_args }) if named_args
+
         schedule[job][:description] = opts.fetch(:description, nil) if opts.fetch(:description, nil)
         schedule[job][:every]       = opts.fetch(:every, nil)       if opts.fetch(:every, nil)
         schedule[job][:cron]        = opts.fetch(:cron, nil)        if opts.fetch(:cron, nil)
diff --git a/spec/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper_spec.rb b/spec/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper_spec.rb
index b416319..754eab8 100644
--- a/spec/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/active_scheduler/resque_wrapper_spec.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,26 @@
         )
       end
     end
+
+    context "when the schedule is for a job with named arguments" do
+      let(:schedule) { YAML.load_file 'spec/fixtures/named_args_job.yaml' }
+
+      it "queues up a job, specifing that there are named args in the job" do
+        stub_jobs("NamedArgsJob")
+        expect(wrapped['named_args_job']).to eq(
+          "class"       => "ActiveScheduler::ResqueWrapper",
+          "queue"       => "simple",
+          "description" => "It's a named args job.",
+          "every"       => "30s",
+          "args"        => [{
+            "job_class"  => "NamedArgsJob",
+            "queue_name" => "simple",
+            "arguments"  => [{'foo' => 1, 'bar' => 2}],
+            "named_args" => true
+          }]
+        )
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".perform" do
@@ -124,5 +144,19 @@ class TestKlass
         expect(TestKlass).to receive(:perform_later).with 1, 2
       end
     end
+
+    context "with named_arguments specified" do
+      let(:job_data) do
+        {
+          'job_class' => 'TestKlass',
+          'arguments' => [{ 'foo' => 1, 'bar' => 2 }],
+          'named_args' => true
+        }
+      end
+
+      it "passed the arguments as Named args" do
+        expect(TestKlass).to receive(:perform_later).with(foo: 1, bar: 2)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/named_args_job.yaml b/spec/fixtures/named_args_job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4d4546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/named_args_job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+named_args_job:
+  every: "30s"
+  queue: "simple"
+  class: "NamedArgsJob"
+  args:
+    - foo: 1
+      bar: 2
+  description: "It's a named args job."
+  named_args: true