diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b814b61..968c6ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ coverage
 rdoc
 pkg
 .rvmrc
+.byebug_history
 
 ## PROJECT::SPECIFIC
 doc
diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8609172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Style/RescueStandardError:
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c8388af..1a23c6c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gem 'resque', '~>1.19'
 
 group :test do
+  gem 'byebug'
+  gem 'timecop'
   gem 'mocha', '~>0.9'
   gem 'minitest', '~> 5.5'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 69eaa04..fde6d85 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ GEM
   specs:
     addressable (2.3.5)
     builder (3.2.2)
+    byebug (11.1.3)
     faraday (0.7.6)
       addressable (~> 2.2)
       multipart-post (~> 1.1)
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ GEM
       rack-protection (~> 1.2)
       tilt (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.3)
     tilt (1.3.3)
+    timecop (0.9.1)
     vegas (0.1.11)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
 
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  byebug
   jeweler
   minitest (~> 5.5)
   mocha (~> 0.9)
   resque (~> 1.19)
+  timecop
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index b03a6ee..26b52d4 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -123,6 +123,54 @@ is raised if the job is killed.
 
   at(steps_completed, total_steps, "${steps_completed} of #{total_steps} steps completed!")
 
+=== Distributed job
+
+With Status you can create a destributed parent/child job, that will run some part of the processing,
+in multiple, potentially parallel child jobs and then do somthing when all child jobs will finish.
+To do this you first need to define <tt>perform_child</tt> method. This method will be called in child jobs
+instead of <tt>perform</tt>. Then, in the parent's <tt>perform</tt>, you need initiate parent using <tt>init_parent(total)</tt>,
+and finally queue children using <tt>enqueue_child(options)</tt>.
+The progress is tracked automatically using regular "num" and "total" fields. The "total" will be set to
+the "total" from <tt>init_parent</tt> and <tt>num</tt> will be incresed by 1 for each finished job, so DO NOT change them manually.
+When all child jobs will finish, the last one will call <tt>on_success</tt> in its own context.
+
+Example:
+
+    class VeryHeavyJob
+      include Resque::Plugins::Status
+
+      def perform
+        init_parent(options['items'].size)
+        options['items'].each do |item|
+          enqueue_child('item' => item)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def perform_child
+        process_item(options['item'])
+      end
+
+      def on_success
+        send_email "yey! all items finished"
+      end
+    end
+
+If you need to get status/options of the parent, you can use <tt>parent_status</tt> method.
+
+If you need to add something to the parent status you can use <tt>update_parent</tt> method.
+Note: do not override "num" and "total" fields, as they are responsible for tracking parent job progress.
+
+Example, assuming your child job loads some batch of data and wants to record in parent status total size of loaded data:
+
+    update_parent { |parent| parent["loaded"] = parent["loaded"].to_i + data.size }
+
+The statuses of child jobs will be deleted, unless it failed. In case of failure on child level, the parent will stay "working"
+forever, and child status will be preserved, so that you can investigate the issue and retry the child. Once it succeeds,
+it will mark the parent as completed.
+The child jobs will not call callbacks for each job, only once when all are finished.
+When parent job is killed using <tt>Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.kill</tt> it will skip all child jobs that didn't start yet,
+and once all child jobs are either finished or skipped, it will set the parent job's status to "killed" and call "on_killed"
+
 === Expiration
 
 Since Redis is RAM based, we probably don't want to keep these statuses around forever
diff --git a/lib/resque/plugins/status.rb b/lib/resque/plugins/status.rb
index bb41521..a41961e 100644
--- a/lib/resque/plugins/status.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/plugins/status.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 module Resque
   module Plugins
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ module Status
       class Killed < RuntimeError; end
       class NotANumber < RuntimeError; end
 
-      attr_reader :uuid, :options
+      attr_reader :uuid, :options, :parent_uuid
 
       def self.included(base)
         base.extend(ClassMethods)
@@ -131,10 +133,15 @@ def dequeue(klass, uuid)
         # options.
         #
         # You should not override this method, rahter the <tt>perform</tt> instance method.
-        def perform(uuid=nil, options = {})
-          uuid ||= Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.generate_uuid
+        def perform(uuid = nil, options = {})
+          if (!uuid || uuid.is_a?(::Hash)) && options == {}
+            options = uuid || {}
+            uuid = Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.generate_uuid
+            Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.create uuid, options: options
+          end
+
           instance = new(uuid, options)
-          instance.safe_perform!
+          instance.parent_uuid ? instance.child_safe_perform! : instance.safe_perform!
           instance
         end
 
@@ -150,6 +157,7 @@ def scheduled(queue, klass, *args)
       def initialize(uuid, options = {})
         @uuid    = uuid
         @options = options
+        @parent_uuid = options['_parent_uuid']
       end
 
       # Run by the Resque::Worker when processing this job. It wraps the <tt>perform</tt>
@@ -159,10 +167,13 @@ def initialize(uuid, options = {})
       def safe_perform!
         set_status({'status' => STATUS_WORKING})
         perform
-        if status && status.failed?
-          on_failure(status.message) if respond_to?(:on_failure)
+        job_status = status
+        if job_status&.failed?
+          on_failure(job_status.message) if respond_to?(:on_failure)
+          return
+        elsif @is_parent_job
           return
-        elsif status && !status.completed?
+        elsif job_status && !job_status.completed?
           completed
         end
         on_success if respond_to?(:on_success)
@@ -178,6 +189,16 @@ def safe_perform!
         end
       end
 
+      def child_safe_perform!
+        set_status('status' => STATUS_WORKING, 'started_at' => Time.now.to_i)
+        perform_child unless parent_should_kill?
+        completed if status&.working?
+        child_complete unless status&.failed?
+      rescue => e
+        failed("The task failed because of an error: #{e}")
+        raise e
+      end
+
       # Set the jobs status. Can take an array of strings or hashes that are merged
       # (in order) into a final status hash.
       def status=(new_status)
@@ -199,6 +220,10 @@ def should_kill?
         Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.should_kill?(uuid)
       end
 
+      def parent_should_kill?
+        Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.should_kill?(parent_uuid)
+      end
+
       # set the status of the job for the current itteration. <tt>num</tt> and
       # <tt>total</tt> are passed to the status as well as any messages.
       # This will kill the job if it has been added to the kill list with
@@ -244,7 +269,58 @@ def kill!
         raise Killed
       end
 
+      # Initiates parent once total number of child jobs is known
+      # This step is essential to prevent race condition of all currently queued children finish,
+      # while parent still plans to enqueue more.
+      # When child job completes, it increments the `num` of the parent job by 1.
+      # When `num` gets == `total` the parent job marked as complete and `on_success` is called on the last child job
+      # If parent is killed, all children are prevented from running
+      # Child job statuses are deleted when complete or killed to avoid garbage in redis. It's preserved on error.
+      def init_parent(total)
+        at(0, total, "Queuing #{total} subjobs")
+        @is_parent_job = true
+      end
+
+      # Enqueues the same class with `options` as a child of the current job
+      def enqueue_child(options)
+        raise 'Parent not initiated' unless @is_parent_job
+
+        Resque.enqueue(self.class, options.merge('_parent_uuid' => uuid))
+      end
+
       private
+
+      def parent_status
+        Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.get(parent_uuid)
+      end
+
+      def update_parent(&block)
+        Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.update(parent_uuid, &block)
+      end
+
+      def child_complete
+        parent = update_parent do |st|
+          st['num'] += 1
+          st['message'] = "Working #{st['num']}/#{st['total']}"
+          st['time'] = Time.now.to_i
+        end
+        Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.remove(uuid)
+        return if parent.num != parent.total
+
+        if parent_should_kill?
+          Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.set(parent_uuid, parent, 'status' => STATUS_KILLED)
+          on_killed if respond_to?(:on_killed)
+        else
+          begin
+            on_success if respond_to?(:on_success)
+            Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.set(parent_uuid, parent, 'status' => STATUS_COMPLETED, 'message' => "Finished in #{parent['num']} jobs")
+          rescue => e
+            Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.set(parent_uuid, parent, 'status' => STATUS_FAILED, 'message' => "on_success failed with #{e.class}/#{e}")
+            raise
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       def set_status(*args)
         self.status = [status, {'name'  => self.name}, args].flatten
       end
diff --git a/lib/resque/plugins/status/hash.rb b/lib/resque/plugins/status/hash.rb
index c0a3015..210127e 100644
--- a/lib/resque/plugins/status/hash.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/plugins/status/hash.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ def self.set(uuid, *messages)
           val
         end
 
+        # Atomically update the status in block. Example:
+        # status.update { |st| st['num'] += 1; st['message'] = "finished #{st['num']}" }
+        # Note: the updating on this UUID is locking using redis for 10s, so make sure the update is immediate
+        def self.update(uuid, &block)
+          sleep(0.01) until redis.set("lock:update:#{uuid}", 1, nx: true, ex: 10)
+          set(uuid, get(uuid).tap(&block))
+        ensure
+          redis.del("lock:update:#{uuid}")
+        end
+
         # clear statuses from redis passing an optional range. See `statuses` for info
         # about ranges
         def self.clear(range_start = nil, range_end = nil)
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 5ec5783..e4b074b 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 require 'minitest/autorun'
 require 'mocha/setup'
+require 'timecop'
 
 #
 # make sure we can run redis
@@ -50,6 +51,27 @@ def perform
 
 end
 
+class WorkingParentJob
+  include Resque::Plugins::Status
+
+  def perform
+    init_parent(3)
+    # This is a workaround to test killing job while it enqueues children with inline resque.
+    # The real use case would be that the `kill` would happen somewhere in the middle of subjob runs,
+    # long after the main job finished.
+    Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.kill(@uuid) if options['self_kill']
+    3.times { |i| enqueue_child('job_num' => i) }
+  end
+
+  def perform_child
+    Resque.redis.sadd('child_jobs_done', options['job_num'])
+  end
+
+  def on_success
+    Resque.redis.sadd('child_on_success', options['job_num'] || 'parent')
+  end
+end
+
 class ErrorJob
 
   include Resque::Plugins::Status
diff --git a/test/test_resque_plugins_status.rb b/test/test_resque_plugins_status.rb
index 5c14a79..94bdece 100644
--- a/test/test_resque_plugins_status.rb
+++ b/test/test_resque_plugins_status.rb
@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ class TestResquePluginsStatus < Minitest::Test
 
     describe "invoking killall jobs to kill a range" do
       before do
-        @uuid1    = KillableJob.create(:num => 100)
-        @uuid2    = KillableJob.create(:num => 100)
+        Timecop.travel(-1) do
+          @uuid1 = KillableJob.create(:num => 100)
+        end
+        @uuid2 = KillableJob.create(:num => 100)
 
         Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.killall(0,0) # only @uuid2 it be killed
 
@@ -353,6 +355,36 @@ class TestResquePluginsStatus < Minitest::Test
 
     end
 
-  end
+    describe 'with WorkingParentJob' do
+      before do
+        Resque.stubs(:inline?).returns(true)
+        @uuid = WorkingParentJob.create('num' => 100)
+      end
 
+      it 'should have ran all the children' do
+        assert_equal(%w[0 1 2], Resque.redis.smembers('child_jobs_done').sort)
+        onsuccess_jobs = Resque.redis.smembers('child_on_success')
+        assert_equal 1, onsuccess_jobs.size
+        assert_includes(%w[0 1 2], onsuccess_jobs[0])
+        status = Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.get(@uuid)
+        assert_equal 3, status.num
+        assert_equal 'completed', status.status
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'with self killing WorkingParentJob' do
+      before do
+        Resque.stubs(:inline?).returns(true)
+        @uuid = WorkingParentJob.create('num' => 100, 'self_kill' => true)
+      end
+
+      it 'should have ran all the children' do
+        assert_equal([], Resque.redis.smembers('child_jobs_done'))
+        assert_equal([], Resque.redis.smembers('child_on_success'))
+        status = Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.get(@uuid)
+        assert_equal 3, status.num
+        assert_equal 'killed', status.status
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_resque_plugins_status_hash.rb b/test/test_resque_plugins_status_hash.rb
index 70bc157..05f02e4 100644
--- a/test/test_resque_plugins_status_hash.rb
+++ b/test/test_resque_plugins_status_hash.rb
@@ -162,6 +162,25 @@ class TestResquePluginsStatusHash < Minitest::Test
       end
     end
 
+    describe '.update' do
+      before do
+        @uuid = Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.generate_uuid
+        Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.set(@uuid, 'num' => 10)
+      end
+
+      it 'updates the hash' do
+        Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.update(@uuid) { |h| h['num'] += 5; h['message'] = 'hello' }
+        hash = Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.get(@uuid)
+        assert_equal 15, hash.num
+        assert_equal 'hello', hash.message
+      end
+
+      it 'is threadsafe' do
+        20.times.map { Thread.new { Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.update(@uuid) { |h| h['num'] += 1 } } }.each(&:join)
+        assert_equal 30, Resque::Plugins::Status::Hash.get(@uuid).num
+      end
+    end
+
     describe ".status_ids" do
 
       before do