diff --git a/internal/base/base.go b/internal/base/base.go
index 690ee20..eed7f9b 100644
--- a/internal/base/base.go
+++ b/internal/base/base.go
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ type Broker interface {
 	ForwardIfReady(qnames ...string) error
 	DeleteExpiredCompletedTasks(qname string) error
 	ListLeaseExpired(cutoff time.Time, qnames ...string) ([]*TaskMessage, error)
+	ExtendLease(qname string, ids ...string) error
 	WriteServerState(info *ServerInfo, workers []*WorkerInfo, ttl time.Duration) error
 	ClearServerState(host string, pid int, serverID string) error
 	CancelationPubSub() (*redis.PubSub, error) // TODO: Need to decouple from redis to support other brokers
diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb.go b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
index 36a407e..715576b 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import (
 
 const statsTTL = 90 * 24 * time.Hour // 90 days
 
-const leaseDuration = 30 * time.Second
+// LeaseDuration is the duration used to initially create a lease and to extend it thereafter.
+const LeaseDuration = 30 * time.Second
 
 // RDB is a client interface to query and mutate task queues.
 type RDB struct {
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ func (r *RDB) Dequeue(qnames ...string) (msg *base.TaskMessage, err error) {
 			base.LeaseKey(qname),
 		}
 		argv := []interface{}{
-			r.clock.Now().Add(leaseDuration).Unix(),
+			r.clock.Now().Add(LeaseDuration).Unix(),
 			base.TaskKeyPrefix(qname),
 		}
 		res, err := dequeueCmd.Run(context.Background(), r.client, keys, argv...).Result()
@@ -957,6 +958,17 @@ func (r *RDB) ListLeaseExpired(cutoff time.Time, qnames ...string) ([]*base.Task
 	return msgs, nil
 }
 
+// ExtendLease extends the lease for the given tasks by LeaseDuration (30s).
+func (r *RDB) ExtendLease(qname string, ids ...string) error {
+	expireAt := r.clock.Now().Add(LeaseDuration)
+	var zs []redis.Z
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		zs = append(zs, redis.Z{Member: id, Score: float64(expireAt.Unix())})
+	}
+	// Use XX option to only update elements that already exist; Don't add new elements
+	return r.client.ZAddArgs(context.Background(), base.LeaseKey(qname), redis.ZAddArgs{XX: true, GT: true, Members: zs}).Err()
+}
+
 // KEYS[1]  -> asynq:servers:{<host:pid:sid>}
 // KEYS[2]  -> asynq:workers:{<host:pid:sid>}
 // ARGV[1]  -> TTL in seconds
diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go b/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
index 5f32012..ec6517a 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ func TestDequeue(t *testing.T) {
 				"default": {t1},
 			},
 			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
-				"default": {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(leaseDuration).Unix()}},
+				"default": {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func TestDequeue(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
 				"default":  {},
-				"critical": {{Message: t2, Score: now.Add(leaseDuration).Unix()}},
+				"critical": {{Message: t2, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()}},
 				"low":      {},
 			},
 		},
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func TestDequeue(t *testing.T) {
 				"low":      {},
 			},
 			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
-				"default":  {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(leaseDuration).Unix()}},
+				"default":  {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()}},
 				"critical": {},
 				"low":      {},
 			},
@@ -2292,6 +2292,120 @@ func TestListLeaseExpired(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExtendLease(t *testing.T) {
+	r := setup(t)
+	defer r.Close()
+	now := time.Now()
+	r.SetClock(timeutil.NewSimulatedClock(now))
+
+	t1 := h.NewTaskMessageWithQueue("task1", nil, "default")
+	t2 := h.NewTaskMessageWithQueue("task2", nil, "default")
+	t3 := h.NewTaskMessageWithQueue("task3", nil, "critical")
+	t4 := h.NewTaskMessageWithQueue("task4", nil, "default")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		desc      string
+		lease     map[string][]base.Z
+		qname     string
+		ids       []string
+		wantLease map[string][]base.Z
+	}{
+		{
+			desc: "Should extends lease for a single message in a queue",
+			lease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default":  {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+				"critical": {{Message: t3, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+			},
+			qname: "default",
+			ids:   []string{t1.ID},
+			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default":  {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()}},
+				"critical": {{Message: t3, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Should extends lease for multiple message in a queue",
+			lease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default":  {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}, {Message: t2, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+				"critical": {{Message: t3, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+			},
+			qname: "default",
+			ids:   []string{t1.ID, t2.ID},
+			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default":  {{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()}, {Message: t2, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()}},
+				"critical": {{Message: t3, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Should selectively extends lease for messages in a queue",
+			lease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default": {
+					{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()},
+					{Message: t2, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()},
+					{Message: t4, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()},
+				},
+				"critical": {{Message: t3, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+			},
+			qname: "default",
+			ids:   []string{t2.ID, t4.ID},
+			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default": {
+					{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()},
+					{Message: t2, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()},
+					{Message: t4, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()},
+				},
+				"critical": {{Message: t3, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()}},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Should not add a new entry in the lease set",
+			lease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default": {
+					{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()},
+				},
+			},
+			qname: "default",
+			ids:   []string{t1.ID, t2.ID},
+			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default": {
+					{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Unix()},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Should not add shorten the lease expiration time",
+			lease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default": {
+					{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()},
+				},
+			},
+			qname: "default",
+			ids:   []string{t1.ID},
+			wantLease: map[string][]base.Z{
+				"default": {
+					{Message: t1, Score: now.Add(LeaseDuration).Add(10 * time.Second).Unix()},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		h.FlushDB(t, r.client)
+		h.SeedAllLease(t, r.client, tc.lease)
+
+		if err := r.ExtendLease(tc.qname, tc.ids...); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: ExtendLease(%q, %v) returned error: %v", tc.desc, tc.qname, tc.ids, err)
+		}
+
+		for qname, want := range tc.wantLease {
+			gotLease := h.GetLeaseEntries(t, r.client, qname)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(want, gotLease, h.SortZSetEntryOpt); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("%s: mismatch found in %q: (-want,+got):\n%s", tc.desc, base.LeaseKey(qname), diff)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestWriteServerState(t *testing.T) {
 	r := setup(t)
 	defer r.Close()