diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/execution.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/execution.rb
index 2792ae5d..8f1c3748 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_queue/execution.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/execution.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class SolidQueue::Execution < ActiveRecord::Base
+class SolidQueue::Execution < SolidQueue::Record
   self.abstract_class = true
 
   belongs_to :job
diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/job.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/job.rb
index 39f07143..e1d889c5 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_queue/job.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/job.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class SolidQueue::Job < ActiveRecord::Base
+class SolidQueue::Job < SolidQueue::Record
   include Executable
 
   if Gem::Version.new(Rails.version) >= Gem::Version.new("7.1")
diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/pause.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/pause.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0530405c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/pause.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module SolidQueue
+  class Pause < Record
+    def self.all_queue_names
+      all.pluck(:queue_name)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb
index 22b07da5..f3083e01 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class SolidQueue::Process < ActiveRecord::Base
+class SolidQueue::Process < SolidQueue::Record
   include Prunable
 
   if Gem::Version.new(Rails.version) >= Gem::Version.new("7.1")
diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/queue.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/queue.rb
index fcb944f4..7eeb39eb 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_queue/queue.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/queue.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Queue
 
     class << self
       def all
-        SolidQueue::Job.select(:queue_name).distinct.collect do |job|
+        Job.select(:queue_name).distinct.collect do |job|
           new(job.queue_name)
         end
       end
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ def initialize(name)
     end
 
     def paused?
-      false
+      Pause.exists?(queue_name: name)
     end
 
     def pause
+      Pause.create_or_find_by!(queue_name: name)
     end
 
     def resume
+      Pause.where(queue_name: name).delete_all
     end
 
     def clear
diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/ready_execution.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/ready_execution.rb
index 8ce77303..2260989b 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_queue/ready_execution.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/ready_execution.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module SolidQueue
   class ReadyExecution < Execution
     scope :ordered, -> { order(priority: :asc) }
+    scope :not_paused, -> { where.not(queue_name: Pause.all_queue_names) }
 
     before_create :assume_attributes_from_job
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ def queued_as(queues)
 
       private
         def query_candidates(queues, limit)
-          queued_as(queues).ordered.limit(limit).lock("FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED").pluck(:job_id)
+          queued_as(queues).not_paused.ordered.limit(limit).lock("FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED").pluck(:job_id)
         end
 
         def lock(job_ids)
diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/record.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/record.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efee954c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/record.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module SolidQueue
+  class Record < ActiveRecord::Base
+    self.abstract_class = true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20231025165946_create_solid_queue_pauses.rb b/db/migrate/20231025165946_create_solid_queue_pauses.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..470a7c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20231025165946_create_solid_queue_pauses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class CreateSolidQueuePauses < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    create_table :solid_queue_pauses do |t|
+      t.string :queue_name, null: false, index: { unique: true }
+      t.datetime :created_at, null: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/dummy/app/models/job_result.rb b/test/dummy/app/models/job_result.rb
index 8737a16c..e0c915a6 100644
--- a/test/dummy/app/models/job_result.rb
+++ b/test/dummy/app/models/job_result.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-class JobResult < ActiveRecord::Base
+class JobResult < ApplicationRecord
 end
diff --git a/test/dummy/db/schema.rb b/test/dummy/db/schema.rb
index bab40015..342809bb 100644
--- a/test/dummy/db/schema.rb
+++ b/test/dummy/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_02_24_193733) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2023_10_25_165946) do
   create_table "job_results", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "queue_name"
     t.string "status"
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
     t.index ["queue_name", "scheduled_at", "finished_at"], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_for_alerting"
   end
 
+  create_table "solid_queue_pauses", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "queue_name", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.index ["queue_name"], name: "index_solid_queue_pauses_on_queue_name", unique: true
+  end
+
   create_table "solid_queue_processes", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "metadata"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
diff --git a/test/models/solid_queue/ready_execution_test.rb b/test/models/solid_queue/ready_execution_test.rb
index aaf390c8..4d2abd50 100644
--- a/test/models/solid_queue/ready_execution_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/solid_queue/ready_execution_test.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ class SolidQueue::ReadyExecutionTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  test "claim jobs using a wildcard and having paused queues" do
+    other_jobs = SolidQueue::Job.all - @jobs
+    other_jobs.each(&:prepare_for_execution)
+
+    SolidQueue::Queue.find_by_name("fixtures").pause
+
+    assert_claimed_jobs(other_jobs.count) do
+      SolidQueue::ReadyExecution.claim("*", SolidQueue::Job.count + 1)
+    end
+  end
+
   test "claim jobs using queue prefixes" do
     assert_claimed_jobs(2) do
       SolidQueue::ReadyExecution.claim("fix*", 2)
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index eb7974f6..7b2617ef 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 # Load fixtures from the engine
 if ActiveSupport::TestCase.respond_to?(:fixture_path=)
-  ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path = File.expand_path("fixtures", __dir__)
-  ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest.fixture_path = ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path
-  ActiveSupport::TestCase.file_fixture_path = ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path + "/files"
+  ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_paths = [ File.expand_path("fixtures", __dir__) ]
+  ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest.fixture_paths = ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_paths
+  ActiveSupport::TestCase.file_fixture_path = ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_paths.first + "/files"
   ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixtures :all
 end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/queue_test.rb b/test/unit/queue_test.rb
index 849f1eaa..9a3bc2c3 100644
--- a/test/unit/queue_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/queue_test.rb
@@ -31,4 +31,14 @@ class QueueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   test "all existing queues" do
     assert_equal [ @background_queue ], SolidQueue::Queue.all
   end
+
+  test "pause and resume queue" do
+    assert_changes -> { @default_queue.paused? }, from: false, to: true do
+      @default_queue.pause
+    end
+
+    assert_changes -> { @default_queue.paused? }, from: true, to: false do
+      @default_queue.resume
+    end
+  end
 end