diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Bus/DatabaseBatchRepository.php b/src/Illuminate/Bus/DatabaseBatchRepository.php
index 03d7a3dab3cb..ee544b04223d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Bus/DatabaseBatchRepository.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Bus/DatabaseBatchRepository.php
@@ -255,6 +255,29 @@ public function prune(DateTimeInterface $before)
         return $totalDeleted;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Prune all of the unfinished entries older than the given date.
+     *
+     * @param  \DateTimeInterface  $before
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function pruneUnfinished(DateTimeInterface $before)
+    {
+        $query = $this->connection->table($this->table)
+            ->whereNull('finished_at')
+            ->where('created_at', '<', $before->getTimestamp());
+
+        $totalDeleted = 0;
+
+        do {
+            $deleted = $query->take(1000)->delete();
+
+            $totalDeleted += $deleted;
+        } while ($deleted !== 0);
+
+        return $totalDeleted;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Execute the given Closure within a storage specific transaction.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/PruneBatchesCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/PruneBatchesCommand.php
index cc25bc53cfb9..59ea3887b8ab 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/PruneBatchesCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/PruneBatchesCommand.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Bus\BatchRepository;
+use Illuminate\Bus\DatabaseBatchRepository;
 use Illuminate\Bus\PrunableBatchRepository;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ class PruneBatchesCommand extends Command
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    protected $signature = 'queue:prune-batches {--hours=24 : The number of hours to retain batch data}';
+    protected $signature = 'queue:prune-batches
+                {--hours=24 : The number of hours to retain batch data}
+                {--unfinished= : The number of hours to retain unfinished batch data }';
 
     /**
      * The console command description.
@@ -30,14 +33,24 @@ class PruneBatchesCommand extends Command
      */
     public function handle()
     {
-        $count = 0;
-
         $repository = $this->laravel[BatchRepository::class];
 
+        $count = 0;
+
         if ($repository instanceof PrunableBatchRepository) {
             $count = $repository->prune(Carbon::now()->subHours($this->option('hours')));
         }
 
         $this->info("{$count} entries deleted!");
+
+        if ($unfinished = $this->option('unfinished')) {
+            $count = 0;
+
+            if ($repository instanceof DatabaseBatchRepository) {
+                $count = $repository->pruneUnfinished(Carbon::now()->subHours($this->option('unfinished')));
+            }
+
+            $this->info("{$count} unfinished entries deleted!");
+        }
     }
 }