diff --git a/activejob/lib/active_job/callbacks.rb b/activejob/lib/active_job/callbacks.rb
index ad6051f7b1..1bc20da630 100644
--- a/activejob/lib/active_job/callbacks.rb
+++ b/activejob/lib/active_job/callbacks.rb
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ module ActiveJob
       #     end
       #   end
       #
+      # You can access the return value of the job only if the execution wasn't halted.
+      #
+      #   class VideoProcessJob < ActiveJob::Base
+      #     around_perform do |job, block|
+      #       value = block.call
+      #       puts value # => "Hello World!"
+      #     end
+      #
+      #     def perform
+      #       "Hello World!"
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
       def around_perform(*filters, &blk)
         set_callback(:perform, :around, *filters, &blk)
       end
diff --git a/activejob/lib/active_job/execution.rb b/activejob/lib/active_job/execution.rb
index faba8589ef..f1114fbc10 100644
--- a/activejob/lib/active_job/execution.rb
+++ b/activejob/lib/active_job/execution.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,15 @@ module ActiveJob
 
     # Performs the job immediately. The job is not sent to the queuing adapter
     # but directly executed by blocking the execution of others until it's finished.
+    # `perform_now` returns the value of your job's `perform` method.
     #
-    #   MyJob.new(*args).perform_now
+    #   class MyJob < ActiveJob::Base
+    #     def perform
+    #       "Hello World!"
+    #     end
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   puts MyJob.new(*args).perform_now # => "Hello World!"
     def perform_now
       # Guard against jobs that were persisted before we started counting executions by zeroing out nil counters
       self.executions = (executions || 0) + 1
@@ -37,19 +44,18 @@ module ActiveJob
       deserialize_arguments_if_needed
       successfully_performed = false
 
-      run_callbacks :perform do
+      job = run_callbacks :perform do
         args = arguments
         options = args.extract_options!
         if options.empty?
           perform(*args)
         else
           perform(*args, **options)
-        end
-        successfully_performed = true
+        end.tap { successfully_performed = true }
       end
 
       warn_against_after_callbacks_execution_deprecation(_perform_callbacks) unless successfully_performed
-      successfully_performed
+      job
     rescue => exception
       rescue_with_handler(exception) || raise
     end
diff --git a/activejob/test/cases/callbacks_test.rb b/activejob/test/cases/callbacks_test.rb
index 3eee2a2cfd..3e56eb1ab7 100644
--- a/activejob/test/cases/callbacks_test.rb
+++ b/activejob/test/cases/callbacks_test.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,32 @@ class CallbacksTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert "CallbackJob ran around_perform_stop".in? performed_callback_job.history
   end
 
+  test "perform return value" do
+    job = Class.new(ActiveJob::Base) do
+      def perform
+        123
+      end
+    end
+
+    assert_equal(123, job.perform_now)
+  end
+
+  test "perform around_callbacks return value" do
+    value = nil
+
+    Class.new(ActiveJob::Base) do
+      around_perform do |_, block|
+        value = block.call
+      end
+
+      def perform
+        123
+      end
+    end.perform_now
+
+    assert_equal(123, value)
+  end
+
   test "enqueue callbacks" do
     enqueued_callback_job = CallbackJob.perform_later
     assert "CallbackJob ran before_enqueue".in? enqueued_callback_job.history