diff --git a/frappe/commands/scheduler.py b/frappe/commands/scheduler.py
index be16450c54..ad1635cb57 100755
--- a/frappe/commands/scheduler.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/scheduler.py
@@ -187,11 +187,25 @@ def start_scheduler():
 @click.option("-u", "--rq-username", default=None, help="Redis ACL user")
 @click.option("-p", "--rq-password", default=None, help="Redis ACL user password")
 @click.option("--burst", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Run Worker in Burst mode.")
-def start_worker(queue, quiet=False, rq_username=None, rq_password=None, burst=False):
-	"""Site is used to find redis credentials."""
+@click.option(
+	"--strategy",
+	required=False,
+	type=click.Choice(["round_robbin", "random"]),
+	help="dequeuing strategy to use.",
+)
+def start_worker(
+	queue, quiet=False, rq_username=None, rq_password=None, burst=False, strategy=None
+):
 	from frappe.utils.background_jobs import start_worker
 
-	start_worker(queue, quiet=quiet, rq_username=rq_username, rq_password=rq_password, burst=burst)
+	start_worker(
+		queue,
+		quiet=quiet,
+		rq_username=rq_username,
+		rq_password=rq_password,
+		burst=burst,
+		strategy=strategy,
+	)
 
 
 @click.command("ready-for-migration")
diff --git a/frappe/commands/site.py b/frappe/commands/site.py
index 13f642ea76..37b1a36c6c 100644
--- a/frappe/commands/site.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/site.py
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ def build_search_index(context):
 
 
 @click.command("clear-log-table")
-@click.option("--doctype", default="text", type=click.Choice(LOG_DOCTYPES), help="Log DocType")
+@click.option("--doctype", required=True, type=click.Choice(LOG_DOCTYPES), help="Log DocType")
 @click.option("--days", type=int, help="Keep records for days")
 @click.option("--no-backup", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Do not backup the table")
 @pass_context
diff --git a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
index 1457a821ec..3d1c33d258 100755
--- a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ import socket
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NoReturn, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, NoReturn, Union
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import redis
 from redis.exceptions import BusyLoadingError, ConnectionError
 from rq import Connection, Queue, Worker
 from rq.logutils import setup_loghandlers
+from rq.worker import RandomWorker, RoundRobinWorker
 from tenacity import retry, retry_if_exception_type, stop_after_attempt, wait_fixed
 
 import frappe
@@ -217,8 +218,11 @@ def start_worker(
 	rq_username: str | None = None,
 	rq_password: str | None = None,
 	burst: bool = False,
+	strategy: Literal["round_robbin", "random"] | None = None,
 ) -> NoReturn | None:
 	"""Wrapper to start rq worker. Connects to redis and monitors these queues."""
+	DEQUEUE_STRATEGIES = {"round_robbin": RoundRobinWorker, "random": RandomWorker}
+
 	with frappe.init_site():
 		# empty init is required to get redis_queue from common_site_config.json
 		redis_connection = get_redis_conn(username=rq_username, password=rq_password)
@@ -231,11 +235,16 @@ def start_worker(
 	if os.environ.get("CI"):
 		setup_loghandlers("ERROR")
 
+	WorkerKlass = Worker
+	if strategy and strategy in DEQUEUE_STRATEGIES:
+		WorkerKlass = DEQUEUE_STRATEGIES[strategy]
+
 	with Connection(redis_connection):
 		logging_level = "INFO"
 		if quiet:
 			logging_level = "WARNING"
-		Worker(queues, name=get_worker_name(queue_name)).work(logging_level=logging_level, burst=burst)
+		worker = WorkerKlass(queues, name=get_worker_name(queue_name))
+		worker.work(logging_level=logging_level, burst=burst)
 
 
 def get_worker_name(queue):