diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/api.rb b/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
index 7bf6cf02..591946fb 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ module Sidekiq
       @parent.delete(score, jid)
     end
 
+    def reschedule(at)
+      @parent.delete(score, jid)
+      @parent.schedule(at, item)
+    end
+
     def retry
       raise "Retry not available on jobs not in the Retry queue." unless item["failed_at"]
       Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
@@ -235,6 +240,12 @@ module Sidekiq
       Sidekiq.redis {|c| c.zcard(@zset) }
     end
 
+    def schedule(timestamp, message)
+      Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
+        conn.zadd(@zset, timestamp.to_s, Sidekiq.dump_json(message))
+      end
+    end
+
     def each(&block)
       # page thru the sorted set backwards so deleting entries doesn't screw up indexing
       page = -1
diff --git a/test/test_api.rb b/test/test_api.rb
index d4ad08d7..3459e273 100644
--- a/test/test_api.rb
+++ b/test/test_api.rb
@@ -292,6 +292,22 @@ class TestApi < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
 
+    it 'can reschedule jobs' do
+      add_retry('foo1')
+      add_retry('foo2')
+
+      retries = Sidekiq::RetrySet.new
+      assert_equal 2, retries.size
+      refute(retries.map { |r| r.score > (Time.now.to_f + 9) }.any?)
+
+      retries.each do |retri|
+        retri.reschedule(Time.now.to_f + 10) if retri.jid == 'foo2'
+      end
+
+      assert_equal 2, retries.size
+      assert(retries.map { |r| r.score > (Time.now.to_f + 9) }.any?)
+    end
+
     def add_retry(jid = 'bob', at = Time.now.to_f)
       payload = Sidekiq.dump_json('class' => 'ApiWorker', 'args' => [1, 'mike'], 'queue' => 'default', 'jid' => jid, 'retry_count' => 2, 'failed_at' => Time.now.utc)
       Sidekiq.redis do |conn|