diff --git a/src/Console/ConsumeCommand.php b/src/Console/ConsumeCommand.php
index ab843f99..becd8e4d 100644
--- a/src/Console/ConsumeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/ConsumeCommand.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class ConsumeCommand extends WorkCommand
                             {--consumer-tag}
                             {--prefetch-size=0}
                             {--prefetch-count=1000}
+							{--non-blocking=true}
                            ';
 
     protected $description = 'Consume messages';
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public function handle(): void
         $consumer->setConsumerTag($this->consumerTag());
         $consumer->setPrefetchSize((int) $this->option('prefetch-size'));
         $consumer->setPrefetchCount((int) $this->option('prefetch-count'));
+        $consumer->setNonblocking((bool) $this->option('non-blocking') == 'false' ? false : true);
 
         parent::handle();
     }
diff --git a/src/Consumer.php b/src/Consumer.php
index 3690fcb4..65314ae1 100644
--- a/src/Consumer.php
+++ b/src/Consumer.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Queue\WorkerOptions;
 use PhpAmqpLib\Channel\AMQPChannel;
 use PhpAmqpLib\Exception\AMQPRuntimeException;
+use PhpAmqpLib\Exception\AMQPTimeoutException;
 use PhpAmqpLib\Message\AMQPMessage;
 use Throwable;
 use VladimirYuldashev\LaravelQueueRabbitMQ\Queue\RabbitMQQueue;
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ class Consumer extends Worker
     /** @var int */
     protected $prefetchCount;
 
+    /** @var bool */
+    protected $nonblocking = true;
+
     /** @var AMQPChannel */
     protected $channel;
 
@@ -52,6 +56,11 @@ public function setPrefetchCount(int $value): void
         $this->prefetchCount = $value;
     }
 
+    public function setNonblocking(bool $value): void
+    {
+        $this->nonblocking = $value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Listen to the given queue in a loop.
      *
@@ -127,7 +136,8 @@ function (AMQPMessage $message) use ($connection, $options, $connectionName, $qu
 
             // If the daemon should run (not in maintenance mode, etc.), then we can wait for a job.
             try {
-                $this->channel->wait(null, true, (int) $options->timeout);
+                $this->channel->wait(null, $this->nonblocking, (int) $options->timeout);
+            } catch (AMQPTimeoutException $exception) {
             } catch (AMQPRuntimeException $exception) {
                 $this->exceptions->report($exception);