diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/Dispatchable.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/Dispatchable.php
index 1fef9872f833..391d83fc993b 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/Dispatchable.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/Dispatchable.php
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ public static function dispatchAfterResponse(...$arguments)
         return self::dispatch(...$arguments)->afterResponse();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Defer dispatching a command to its appropriate handler.
+     */
+    public static function dispatchDefer(...$arguments)
+    {
+        return self::dispatch(...$arguments)->defer();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set the jobs that should run if this job is successful.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php
index 443eb5eddf5a..4ca29686843f 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/PendingDispatch.php
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ class PendingDispatch
      */
     protected $afterResponse = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates if the job dispatch should be deferred.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $defer = false;
+
     /**
      * Create a new pending job dispatch.
      *
@@ -163,6 +170,18 @@ public function afterResponse()
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Indicate that the job dispatch should be deferred.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function defer(): static
+    {
+        $this->defer = true;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine if the job should be dispatched.
      *
@@ -217,6 +236,8 @@ public function __destruct()
             return;
         } elseif ($this->afterResponse) {
             app(Dispatcher::class)->dispatchAfterResponse($this->job);
+        } elseif ($this->defer) {
+            defer(fn () => app(Dispatcher::class)->dispatch($this->job));
         } else {
             app(Dispatcher::class)->dispatch($this->job);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php b/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php
index 99c4065cb5c5..7f6b8c665543 100644
--- a/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php
+++ b/tests/Bus/BusPendingDispatchTest.php
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ public function testAfterResponse()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testDefer()
+    {
+        $this->pendingDispatch->defer();
+        $this->assertTrue(
+            (new ReflectionClass($this->pendingDispatch))->getProperty('defer')->getValue($this->pendingDispatch)
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testGetJob()
     {
         $this->assertSame($this->job, $this->pendingDispatch->getJob());
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Queue/JobDispatchingTest.php b/tests/Integration/Queue/JobDispatchingTest.php
index 441cb59dea97..e1dcb04c3a43 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Queue/JobDispatchingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Queue/JobDispatchingTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobQueued;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobQueueing;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Support\Defer\DeferredCallbackCollection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
 use Orchestra\Testbench\Attributes\WithMigration;
@@ -139,6 +140,21 @@ public function testUniqueJobLockIsReleasedForJobDispatchedAfterResponse()
         $this->assertFalse(UniqueJob::$ran);
     }
 
+    public function testDispatchDeferDelaysDispatchingUntilDeferredCallbacksAreRun()
+    {
+        Job::dispatchDefer('test');
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, $this->app[DeferredCallbackCollection::class]->count());
+        $this->assertFalse(Job::$ran);
+
+        $this->runQueueWorkerCommand(['--stop-when-empty' => true]);
+        $this->assertFalse(Job::$ran);
+
+        $this->app[DeferredCallbackCollection::class]->invoke();
+        $this->runQueueWorkerCommand(['--once' => true]);
+        $this->assertTrue(Job::$ran);
+    }
+
     public function testQueueMayBeNullForJobQueueingAndJobQueuedEvent()
     {
         Config::set('queue.default', 'database');