diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/InteractsWithQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/InteractsWithQueue.php
index 36a86aeacf33..9193b878f470 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/InteractsWithQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/InteractsWithQueue.php
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Queue;
 
+use DateTimeInterface;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Job as JobContract;
+use Illuminate\Support\InteractsWithTime;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Throwable;
 
 trait InteractsWithQueue
 {
+    use InteractsWithTime;
+
     /**
      * The underlying queue job instance.
      *
@@ -61,11 +65,15 @@ public function fail($exception = null)
     /**
      * Release the job back into the queue after (n) seconds.
      *
-     * @param  int  $delay
+     * @param  \DateTimeInterface|\DateInterval|int  $delay
      * @return void
      */
     public function release($delay = 0)
     {
+        $delay = $delay instanceof DateTimeInterface
+            ? $this->secondsUntil($delay) 
+            : $delay;
+
         if ($this->job) {
             return $this->job->release($delay);
         }