diff --git a/frappe/commands/scheduler.py b/frappe/commands/scheduler.py
index d998cc85fe..be16450c54 100755
--- a/frappe/commands/scheduler.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/scheduler.py
@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@ def start_scheduler():
 @click.option("--quiet", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Hide Log Outputs")
 @click.option("-u", "--rq-username", default=None, help="Redis ACL user")
 @click.option("-p", "--rq-password", default=None, help="Redis ACL user password")
-def start_worker(queue, quiet=False, rq_username=None, rq_password=None):
+@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."""
 	from frappe.utils.background_jobs import start_worker
 
-	start_worker(queue, quiet=quiet, rq_username=rq_username, rq_password=rq_password)
+	start_worker(queue, quiet=quiet, rq_username=rq_username, rq_password=rq_password, burst=burst)
 
 
 @click.command("ready-for-migration")
diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/rq_job/test_rq_job.py b/frappe/core/doctype/rq_job/test_rq_job.py
index 460aa08941..654cdcd21f 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/rq_job/test_rq_job.py
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/rq_job/test_rq_job.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from rq.job import Job
 import frappe
 from frappe.core.doctype.rq_job.rq_job import RQJob, remove_failed_jobs, stop_job
 from frappe.tests.utils import FrappeTestCase, timeout
+from frappe.utils import cstr, execute_in_shell
 from frappe.utils.background_jobs import is_job_queued
 
 
@@ -92,6 +93,15 @@ class TestRQJob(FrappeTestCase):
 		self.check_status(actual_job, "finished")
 		self.assertFalse(is_job_queued(job_name))
 
+	@timeout(20)
+	def test_multi_queue_burst_consumption(self):
+		for _ in range(3):
+			for q in ["default", "short"]:
+				frappe.enqueue(self.BG_JOB, sleep=1, queue=q)
+
+		_, stderr = execute_in_shell("bench worker --queue short,default --burst", check_exit_code=True)
+		self.assertIn("quitting", cstr(stderr))
+
 
 def test_func(fail=False, sleep=0):
 	if fail:
diff --git a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
index 873a91dd14..1457a821ec 100755
--- a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ def start_worker(
 	quiet: bool = False,
 	rq_username: str | None = None,
 	rq_password: str | None = None,
-) -> NoReturn:
+	burst: bool = False,
+) -> NoReturn | None:
 	"""Wrapper to start rq worker. Connects to redis and monitors these queues."""
 	with frappe.init_site():
 		# empty init is required to get redis_queue from common_site_config.json
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ def start_worker(
 		logging_level = "INFO"
 		if quiet:
 			logging_level = "WARNING"
-		Worker(queues, name=get_worker_name(queue_name)).work(logging_level=logging_level)
+		Worker(queues, name=get_worker_name(queue_name)).work(logging_level=logging_level, burst=burst)
 
 
 def get_worker_name(queue):