diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php
index 13c11ab1b2fe..c7d2eb687912 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Foundation\Bus;
 
+use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Bus\UniqueLock;
+use Illuminate\Cache\RateLimiting\Limit;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\Dispatcher;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository as Cache;
@@ -129,6 +131,24 @@ public function withoutDelay()
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Spread the job out by delaying dispatches respecting the rate limit.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Cache\RateLimiting\Limit|(\Closure(mixed $job): \Illuminate\Cache\RateLimiting\Limit)  $limit
+     * @param  int  $index
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function spreadWithDelay($limit, $index)
+    {
+        if ($limit instanceof Closure) {
+            $limit = $limit($this->job);
+        }
+
+        $delay = (int) (($index / $limit->maxAttempts) * $limit->decaySeconds);
+
+        return $this->delay($delay);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Indicate that the job should be dispatched after all database transactions have committed.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php b/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php
index 99c4065cb5c5..34a39d39a4d0 100644
--- a/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php
+++ b/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Bus;
 
+use Illuminate\Cache\RateLimiting\Limit;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\PendingDispatch;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter;
+use Illuminate\Support\Fluent;
 use Mockery as m;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ReflectionClass;
@@ -76,6 +79,24 @@ public function testWithoutDelay()
         $this->pendingDispatch->withoutDelay();
     }
 
+    public function testSpreadWithDelay()
+    {
+        $job = new Fluent;
+        $pendingDispatch = new PendingDispatchWithoutDestructor($job);
+        $limit = Limit::perSecond(1, 15);
+
+        $pendingDispatch->spreadWithDelay($limit, 0);
+        $this->assertSame(0, $job->delay);
+        $pendingDispatch->spreadWithDelay($limit, 1);
+        $this->assertSame(15, $job->delay);
+        $pendingDispatch->spreadWithDelay($limit, 2);
+        $this->assertSame(30, $job->delay);
+        $pendingDispatch->spreadWithDelay($limit, 3);
+        $this->assertSame(45, $job->delay);
+        $pendingDispatch->spreadWithDelay($limit, 4);
+        $this->assertSame(60, $job->delay);
+    }
+
     public function testAfterCommit()
     {
         $this->job->shouldReceive('afterCommit')->once();