diff --git a/worker.go b/worker.go
index 06863cb7..913d5fc8 100644
--- a/worker.go
+++ b/worker.go
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ import (
 const fetchKeysPerJobType = 6
 
 type worker struct {
-	workerID    string
-	poolID      string
-	namespace   string
-	pool        *redis.Pool
-	jobTypes    map[string]*jobType
-	middleware  []*middlewareHandler
-	contextType reflect.Type
+	workerID      string
+	poolID        string
+	namespace     string
+	pool          *redis.Pool
+	jobTypes      map[string]*jobType
+	sleepBackoffs []int64
+	middleware    []*middlewareHandler
+	contextType   reflect.Type
 
 	redisFetchScript *redis.Script
 	sampler          prioritySampler
@@ -31,16 +32,21 @@ type worker struct {
 	doneDrainingChan chan struct{}
 }
 
-func newWorker(namespace string, poolID string, pool *redis.Pool, contextType reflect.Type, middleware []*middlewareHandler, jobTypes map[string]*jobType) *worker {
+func newWorker(namespace string, poolID string, pool *redis.Pool, contextType reflect.Type, middleware []*middlewareHandler, jobTypes map[string]*jobType, sleepBackoffs []int64) *worker {
 	workerID := makeIdentifier()
 	ob := newObserver(namespace, pool, workerID)
 
+	if len(sleepBackoffs) == 0 {
+		sleepBackoffs = sleepBackoffsInMilliseconds
+	}
+
 	w := &worker{
-		workerID:    workerID,
-		poolID:      poolID,
-		namespace:   namespace,
-		pool:        pool,
-		contextType: contextType,
+		workerID:      workerID,
+		poolID:        poolID,
+		namespace:     namespace,
+		pool:          pool,
+		contextType:   contextType,
+		sleepBackoffs: sleepBackoffs,
 
 		observer: ob,
 
@@ -126,10 +132,10 @@ func (w *worker) loop() {
 				}
 				consequtiveNoJobs++
 				idx := consequtiveNoJobs
-				if idx >= int64(len(sleepBackoffsInMilliseconds)) {
-					idx = int64(len(sleepBackoffsInMilliseconds)) - 1
+				if idx >= int64(len(w.sleepBackoffs)) {
+					idx = int64(len(w.sleepBackoffs)) - 1
 				}
-				timer.Reset(time.Duration(sleepBackoffsInMilliseconds[idx]) * time.Millisecond)
+				timer.Reset(time.Duration(w.sleepBackoffs[idx]) * time.Millisecond)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/worker_pool.go b/worker_pool.go
index 702922ac..a1a383d4 100644
--- a/worker_pool.go
+++ b/worker_pool.go
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import (
 
 // WorkerPool represents a pool of workers. It forms the primary API of gocraft/work. WorkerPools provide the public API of gocraft/work. You can attach jobs and middlware to them. You can start and stop them. Based on their concurrency setting, they'll spin up N worker goroutines.
 type WorkerPool struct {
-	workerPoolID string
-	concurrency  uint
-	namespace    string // eg, "myapp-work"
-	pool         *redis.Pool
+	workerPoolID  string
+	concurrency   uint
+	namespace     string // eg, "myapp-work"
+	pool          *redis.Pool
+	sleepBackoffs []int64
 
 	contextType  reflect.Type
 	jobTypes     map[string]*jobType
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ type JobOptions struct {
 	Backoff        BackoffCalculator // If not set, uses the default backoff algorithm
 }
 
+// WorkerPoolOptions can be passed to NewWorkerPoolWithOptions.
+type WorkerPoolOptions struct {
+	SleepBackoffs []int64 // Sleep backoffs in milliseconds
+}
+
 // GenericHandler is a job handler without any custom context.
 type GenericHandler func(*Job) error
 
@@ -80,6 +86,12 @@ type middlewareHandler struct {
 // NewWorkerPool creates a new worker pool. ctx should be a struct literal whose type will be used for middleware and handlers.
 // concurrency specifies how many workers to spin up - each worker can process jobs concurrently.
 func NewWorkerPool(ctx interface{}, concurrency uint, namespace string, pool *redis.Pool) *WorkerPool {
+	return NewWorkerPoolWithOptions(ctx, concurrency, namespace, pool, WorkerPoolOptions{})
+}
+
+// NewWorkerPoolWithOptions creates a new worker pool as per the NewWorkerPool function, but permits you to specify
+// additional options such as sleep backoffs.
+func NewWorkerPoolWithOptions(ctx interface{}, concurrency uint, namespace string, pool *redis.Pool, workerPoolOpts WorkerPoolOptions) *WorkerPool {
 	if pool == nil {
 		panic("NewWorkerPool needs a non-nil *redis.Pool")
 	}
@@ -87,16 +99,17 @@ func NewWorkerPool(ctx interface{}, concurrency uint, namespace string, pool *re
 	ctxType := reflect.TypeOf(ctx)
 	validateContextType(ctxType)
 	wp := &WorkerPool{
-		workerPoolID: makeIdentifier(),
-		concurrency:  concurrency,
-		namespace:    namespace,
-		pool:         pool,
-		contextType:  ctxType,
-		jobTypes:     make(map[string]*jobType),
+		workerPoolID:  makeIdentifier(),
+		concurrency:   concurrency,
+		namespace:     namespace,
+		pool:          pool,
+		sleepBackoffs: workerPoolOpts.SleepBackoffs,
+		contextType:   ctxType,
+		jobTypes:      make(map[string]*jobType),
 	}
 
 	for i := uint(0); i < wp.concurrency; i++ {
-		w := newWorker(wp.namespace, wp.workerPoolID, wp.pool, wp.contextType, nil, wp.jobTypes)
+		w := newWorker(wp.namespace, wp.workerPoolID, wp.pool, wp.contextType, nil, wp.jobTypes, wp.sleepBackoffs)
 		wp.workers = append(wp.workers, w)
 	}