diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 5c8afe1e..2d6a4d00 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -530,7 +530,13 @@ Jobs data and search indexes eat up redis memory space, so you will need some jo
 queue.create( ... ).removeOnComplete( true ).save()
 ```
 
-But if you eventually/temporally need completed job data, you can setup an on-demand job removal script like below to remove top `n` completed jobs:
+You can set jobs to be automatically removed after a set amount of time after completion (like 30 seconds):
+
+```javascript
+queue.create( ... ).removeOnComplete( 30000 ).save()
+```
+
+You can instead remove jobs by setting up an on-demand job removal script like below to remove top `n` completed jobs:
 
 ```js
 kue.Job.rangeByState( 'complete', 0, n, 'asc', function( err, jobs ) {
diff --git a/lib/kue.js b/lib/kue.js
index 533bf20c..3b7b836f 100755
--- a/lib/kue.js
+++ b/lib/kue.js
@@ -222,34 +222,43 @@ Queue.prototype.checkActiveJobTtl = function( ttlOptions ) {
       if( typeof unlock === 'function' ) {
         // If the lock is set successfully by this process, an unlock function is passed to our callback.
         // filter only jobs set with a ttl (timestamped) between a large number and current time
-        client.zrangebyscore(client.getKey('jobs:active'), 100000, Date.now(), 'LIMIT', 0, limit, function( err, ids ) {
-          if( err || !ids.length ) return unlock();
-
-          var idsRemaining = ids.slice();
-          var doUnlock = _.after(ids.length, function(){
-            self.removeAllListeners( 'job ttl exceeded ack' );
-            waitForAcks && clearTimeout( waitForAcks );
-            unlock && unlock();
-          });
-
-          self.on( 'job ttl exceeded ack', function( id ) {
-            idsRemaining.splice( idsRemaining.indexOf( id ), 1 );
-            doUnlock();
+        client.zrangebyscore(client.getKey('jobs:complete'), 100000, Date.now(), 'LIMIT', 0, limit, function( err, ids ) {
+          ids.forEach( function ( id ) {
+            id = client.stripFIFO(id);
+            Job.get(id, function( err, job ) {
+              if (job.completeTtl())
+                job.remove();
+            })
           });
-
-          var waitForAcks = setTimeout( function(){
-            idsRemaining.forEach( function( id ){
-              id = client.stripFIFO(id);
-              Job.get(id, function( err, job ) {
-                if( err ) return doUnlock();
-                job.failedAttempt( { error: true, message: 'TTL exceeded' }, doUnlock );
-              });
+          client.zrangebyscore(client.getKey('jobs:active'), 100000, Date.now(), 'LIMIT', 0, limit, function( err, ids ) {
+            if( err || !ids.length ) return unlock();
+            
+            var idsRemaining = ids.slice();
+            var doUnlock = _.after(ids.length, function(){
+              self.removeAllListeners( 'job ttl exceeded ack' );
+              waitForAcks && clearTimeout( waitForAcks );
+              unlock && unlock();
+            });
+            
+            self.on( 'job ttl exceeded ack', function( id ) {
+              idsRemaining.splice( idsRemaining.indexOf( id ), 1 );
+              doUnlock();
             });
+            
+            var waitForAcks = setTimeout( function(){
+              idsRemaining.forEach( function( id ){
+                id = client.stripFIFO(id);
+                Job.get(id, function( err, job ) {
+                  if( err ) return doUnlock();
+                  job.failedAttempt( { error: true, message: 'TTL exceeded' }, doUnlock );
+                });
+              });
           }, 1000 );
-
-          ids.forEach(function( id ) {
-            id = client.stripFIFO(id);
-            events.emit(id, 'ttl exceeded');
+            
+            ids.forEach(function( id ) {
+              id = client.stripFIFO(id);
+              events.emit(id, 'ttl exceeded');
+            });
           });
         });
       } else {
diff --git a/lib/queue/job.js b/lib/queue/job.js
index 204aff27..521fb953 100644
--- a/lib/queue/job.js
+++ b/lib/queue/job.js
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ exports.get = function( id, jobType, fn ) {
     // TODO: really lame, change some methods so
     // we can just merge these
     job.type              = hash.type;
-    job._ttl              = hash.ttl;
     job._delay            = hash.delay;
     job.priority(Number(hash.priority));
     job._progress         = hash.progress;
@@ -201,6 +200,8 @@ exports.get = function( id, jobType, fn ) {
     job.workerId          = hash.workerId;
     job._removeOnComplete = hash.removeOnComplete;
     try {
+      if( hash.completeTtl ) job._completeTtl = Number(hash.completeTtl);
+      if( hash.ttl ) job._ttl = Number(hash.ttl);
       if( hash.data ) job.data = JSON.parse(hash.data);
       if( hash.result ) job.result = JSON.parse(hash.result);
       if( hash.progress_data ) job.progress_data = JSON.parse(hash.progress_data);
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@ Job.prototype.toJSON = function() {
     , delay: this._delay
     , workerId: this.workerId
     , ttl: this._ttl
+    , completeTtl: this._completeTtl
     , attempts: {
       made: Number(this._attempts) || 0
       , remaining: this._attempts > 0 ? this._max_attempts - this._attempts : Number(this._max_attempts) || 1
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ Job.prototype.toJSON = function() {
 
 
 Job.prototype.refreshTtl = function() {
-  ('active' === this.state() && this._ttl > 0)
+  (('active' === this.state() || 'complete' === this.state()) && this._ttl > 0)
     ?
     this.client.zadd(this.client.getKey('jobs:' + this.state()), Date.now() + parseInt(this._ttl), this.zid, noop)
     :
@@ -470,6 +472,10 @@ Job.prototype.events = function (events) {
 
 Job.prototype.removeOnComplete = function( param ) {
   if( 0 == arguments.length ) return this._removeOnComplete;
+  if( 'number' === typeof param ) {
+    this.completeTtl(param);
+    param = true;
+  }
   this._removeOnComplete = param;
   return this;
 };
@@ -493,6 +499,19 @@ Job.prototype.ttl = function( param ) {
   return this;
 };
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @param param
+ * @returns {*}
+ */
+Job.prototype.completeTtl = function( param ) {
+  if( 0 == arguments.length ) return this._completeTtl;
+  if( param > 0 ) {
+    this._completeTtl = param;
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
 Job.prototype._getBackoffImpl = function() {
   var self = this
   var supported_backoffs = {
@@ -848,6 +867,9 @@ Job.prototype.update = function( fn ) {
   if( this._ttl ) {
     this.set('ttl', this._ttl);
   }
+  if( this._completeTtl ) {
+    this.set('completeTtl', this._completeTtl);
+  }
   if( this._removeOnComplete ) this.set('removeOnComplete', this._removeOnComplete);
   if( this._backoff ) {
     if( _.isPlainObject(this._backoff) ) this.set('backoff', JSON.stringify(this._backoff));
diff --git a/lib/queue/worker.js b/lib/queue/worker.js
index 2213dfcf..d84d1661 100644
--- a/lib/queue/worker.js
+++ b/lib/queue/worker.js
@@ -186,8 +186,13 @@ Worker.prototype.process = function( job, fn ) {
       }
       job.complete(function() {
         job.attempt(function() {
-          if( job.removeOnComplete() ) {
-            job.remove();
+          if( job.removeOnComplete()) {
+            if (job.completeTtl()) {
+              job.ttl(job.completeTtl());
+              job.refreshTtl();
+            } else {
+              job.remove();
+            }
           }
           self.emitJobEvent('complete', job, result);
           self.start(fn);
diff --git a/test/tdd/kue.spec.js b/test/tdd/kue.spec.js
index 2a3cb054..bcfa09f3 100644
--- a/test/tdd/kue.spec.js
+++ b/test/tdd/kue.spec.js
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ describe('Kue', function () {
         stripFIFO: sinon.stub().returnsArg(0)
       };
       job = {
-        failedAttempt: sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
+        failedAttempt: sinon.stub().callsArg(1),
+        completeTtl: sinon.stub()
       };
 
       queue = kue.createQueue();
diff --git a/test/test.coffee b/test/test.coffee
index 03202314..6e3f94a2 100755
--- a/test/test.coffee
+++ b/test/test.coffee
@@ -394,6 +394,14 @@ describe 'Kue Tests', ->
           done()
         .save()
 
+    it 'should remove a job a removeOnCompleted ttl', (done) ->
+      jobs.process 'test-job-with-completed-ttl', (job, jdone) -> jdone()
+      job = jobs.create('test-job-with-completed-ttl', title: 'a ttl job').removeOnComplete(500).save()
+      jobs.on 'job remove', (id, type) ->
+        if type == 'test-job-with-completed-ttl'
+          id.should.be.equal job.id
+          done()
+
 
   describe 'Kue Job Concurrency', ->