diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a26f7bc..0bae1d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2.1.0
+=====
+
+* (feature) Add `task-manager:run-worker` command as wrapper for Symfony messengers `consume` command.
+* (improvement) Default to limit of 5 messages in run worker command, if no other limit is given.
+
+
 2.0.3
 =====
 
diff --git a/src/Command/RunWorkerCommand.php b/src/Command/RunWorkerCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6982e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Command/RunWorkerCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Torr\TaskManager\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Torr\Cli\Console\Style\TorrStyle;
+use Torr\TaskManager\Transport\TransportsHelper;
+
+/**
+ * @final
+ */
+#[AsCommand("task-manager:run-worker")]
+class RunWorkerCommand extends Command
+{
+	/**
+	 */
+	public function __construct (
+		private readonly TransportsHelper $transportsHelper,
+	) {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 */
+	#[\Override]
+	protected function configure () : void
+	{
+		$this
+			->addOption(
+				'limit',
+				'l',
+				InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
+				'Limit the number of received messages',
+			)
+			->addOption(
+				'time-limit',
+				't',
+				InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
+				'The time limit in seconds the worker can handle new messages',
+			)
+			->addOption(
+				'failure-limit',
+				'f',
+				InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
+				'The number of failed messages the worker can consume',
+			)
+			->addOption(
+				'memory-limit',
+				'm',
+				InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
+				'The memory limit the worker can consume',
+			);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 */
+	public function execute (InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) : int
+	{
+		$io = new TorrStyle($input, $output);
+		$io->title("Task Manager: Run Worker");
+		$io->comment("Starting task workers for all registered queues.");
+
+		if ($this->transportsHelper->hasSyncTransport())
+		{
+			$io->caution("The app is using sync transports: that means that registered tasks are directly worked on and not in this worker. These queues are automatically filtered in this worker by Symfony.");
+		}
+
+		$limits = array_filter([
+			'--limit' => $input->getOption("limit"),
+			'--time-limit' => $input->getOption("time-limit"),
+			'--failure-limit' => $input->getOption("failure-limit"),
+			'--memory-limit' => $input->getOption("memory-limit"),
+		]);
+
+		// if no limits are set, default to 5 messages
+		if (empty($limits))
+		{
+			$limits["--limit"] = 5;
+		}
+
+		$messengerConsumeArguments = new ArrayInput(array_filter([
+			'command' => 'messenger:consume',
+			'receivers' => $this->transportsHelper->getOrderedQueueNames(),
+			...$limits,
+		]));
+
+		// disable interactive behavior for the greet command
+		$messengerConsumeArguments->setInteractive(false);
+
+		$application = $this->getApplication();
+		\assert(null !== $application);
+
+		return $application->doRun($messengerConsumeArguments, $output);
+	}
+}