diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 49dea9e..7af856a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ matrix:
   - rvm: "2.5.3"
     gemfile: "gemfiles/delayed_job_3.gemfile"
 before_install:
-  # Travis bundler versions are quite out of date and can cause install errors
-  # see: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/issues/1419
-  - "gem install bundler"
+  - gem uninstall -v '>= 2' -i $(rvm gemdir)@global -ax bundler || true
+  - gem install bundler -v '< 2'
diff --git a/delayed_job_recurring.gemspec b/delayed_job_recurring.gemspec
index acaea5f..3f7457e 100644
--- a/delayed_job_recurring.gemspec
+++ b/delayed_job_recurring.gemspec
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'delayed_job', '>= 3.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'delayed_job_active_record'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'fugit', '~> 1.2.1'
 end
diff --git a/lib/delayed/recurring_job.rb b/lib/delayed/recurring_job.rb
index e87cb9a..740d648 100644
--- a/lib/delayed/recurring_job.rb
+++ b/lib/delayed/recurring_job.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 module Delayed
   module RecurringJob
     def self.included(base)
+      require 'fugit' unless defined?(Fugit)
       base.extend(ClassMethods)
       base.class_eval do
         @@logger = Delayed::Worker.logger
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ def schedule! options = {}
       end
 
       @schedule_options = options.reverse_merge(@schedule_options || {}).reverse_merge(
+        cron: self.class.cron,
         run_at: self.class.run_at,
         timezone: self.class.timezone,
         run_interval: serialize_duration(self.class.run_every),
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ def schedule! options = {}
     end
 
     def next_run_time
+      return @schedule_options[:cron].next_time.to_s if @schedule_options[:cron].respond_to?(:next_time)
+
       times = @schedule_options[:run_at]
       times = [times] unless times.is_a? Array
       times = times.map{|time| parse_time(time, @schedule_options[:timezone])}
@@ -114,6 +118,19 @@ def next_future_time(times)
     end
 
     module ClassMethods
+
+      def cron(cronline = false)
+        return @cron if defined?(@cron) && cronline == false
+        return (@cron = nil) if cronline.nil?
+
+        if cronline
+          @cron = Fugit.parse(cronline)
+          raise ArgumentError, 'Only cron and "natural language" syntax supported' unless @cron.is_a?(Fugit::Cron)
+        end
+
+        @cron
+      end
+
       def run_at(*times)
         if times.length == 0
           @run_at || run_every.from_now
@@ -198,7 +215,7 @@ def scheduled?(options = {})
       end
 
       def inherited(subclass)
-        [:@run_at, :@run_interval, :@tz, :@priority].each do |var|
+        [:@run_at, :@run_interval, :@tz, :@priority, :@cron].each do |var|
           next unless instance_variable_defined? var
           subclass.instance_variable_set var, self.instance_variable_get(var)
           subclass.instance_variable_set "#{var}_inherited", true