diff --git a/all_specs_test.go b/all_specs_test.go
index 2d01be8..4b0c0ef 100644
--- a/all_specs_test.go
+++ b/all_specs_test.go
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ func setupTestOptionsWithNamespace(namespace string) (Options, error) {
 
 func testOptionsWithNamespace(namespace string) Options {
 	return Options{
-		ServerAddr: "localhost:6379",
-		ProcessID:  "1",
-		Database:   15,
-		PoolSize:   1,
-		Namespace:  namespace,
+		ServerAddr:       "localhost:6379",
+		ProcessID:        "1",
+		Database:         15,
+		PoolSize:         1,
+		Namespace:        namespace,
+		FailoverStrategy: NoFailover,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fetcher.go b/fetcher.go
index 6ba92ff..0679d45 100644
--- a/fetcher.go
+++ b/fetcher.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/digitalocean/go-workers2/storage"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ type Fetcher interface {
 	Fetch()
 	Acknowledge(*Msg)
 	Ready() chan bool
+	SetActive(bool)
 	Messages() chan *Msg
 	Close()
 	Closed() bool
@@ -25,12 +27,15 @@ type simpleFetcher struct {
 	store     storage.Store
 	processID string
 	queue     string
+	active    bool
+	lock      sync.Mutex
 	ready     chan bool
-	messages  chan *Msg
-	stop      chan bool
-	exit      chan bool
-	closed    chan bool
-	logger    *log.Logger
+
+	messages chan *Msg
+	stop     chan bool
+	exit     chan bool
+	closed   chan bool
+	logger   *log.Logger
 }
 
 func newSimpleFetcher(queue string, opts Options) *simpleFetcher {
@@ -38,11 +43,14 @@ func newSimpleFetcher(queue string, opts Options) *simpleFetcher {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.New(os.Stdout, "go-workers2: ", log.Ldate|log.Lmicroseconds)
 	}
+	// always active if failover strategy is not active/passive failover
+	active := opts.FailoverStrategy != ActivePassiveFailover
 
 	return &simpleFetcher{
 		store:     opts.store,
 		processID: opts.ProcessID,
 		queue:     queue,
+		active:    active,
 		ready:     make(chan bool),
 		messages:  make(chan *Msg),
 		stop:      make(chan bool),
@@ -92,6 +100,12 @@ func (f *simpleFetcher) Fetch() {
 }
 
 func (f *simpleFetcher) tryFetchMessage() {
+	f.lock.Lock()
+	if !f.active {
+		f.lock.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+	f.lock.Unlock()
 	message, err := f.store.DequeueMessage(context.Background(), f.queue, f.inprogressQueue(), 1*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		// If redis returns null, the queue is empty.
@@ -127,6 +141,12 @@ func (f *simpleFetcher) Ready() chan bool {
 	return f.ready
 }
 
+func (f *simpleFetcher) SetActive(active bool) {
+	f.lock.Lock()
+	defer f.lock.Unlock()
+	f.active = active
+}
+
 func (f *simpleFetcher) Close() {
 	f.stop <- true
 	<-f.exit
@@ -142,6 +162,12 @@ func (f *simpleFetcher) Closed() bool {
 }
 
 func (f *simpleFetcher) inprogressMessages() []string {
+	f.lock.Lock()
+	if !f.active {
+		f.lock.Unlock()
+		return nil
+	}
+	f.lock.Unlock()
 	messages, err := f.store.ListMessages(context.Background(), f.inprogressQueue())
 	if err != nil {
 		f.logger.Println("ERR: ", err)
diff --git a/manager.go b/manager.go
index a0bda55..7df3436 100644
--- a/manager.go
+++ b/manager.go
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
+const (
+	updateActiveClusterInterval = 60 * time.Second
+	evictInterval               = -90 * time.Second
+)
+
 // Manager coordinates work, workers, and signaling needed for job processing
 type Manager struct {
 	uuid     string
@@ -19,6 +25,8 @@ type Manager struct {
 	lock     sync.Mutex
 	signal   chan os.Signal
 	running  bool
+	stop     chan bool
+	active   bool
 	logger   *log.Logger
 
 	beforeStartHooks []func()
@@ -126,6 +134,17 @@ func (m *Manager) Run() {
 		wg.Done()
 	}()
 
+	if m.opts.FailoverStrategy == ActivePassiveFailover {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			err := m.updateActiveClusterByTimeInterval()
+			if err != nil {
+				m.logger.Println("ERR: ", m.uuid, err)
+			}
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+
 	wg.Add(len(m.workers))
 	for i := range m.workers {
 		w := m.workers[i]
@@ -165,6 +184,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Stop() {
 	for _, h := range m.duringDrainHooks {
 		h()
 	}
+	m.stop <- true
 	m.stopSignalHandler()
 }
 
@@ -224,6 +244,57 @@ func (m *Manager) GetStats() (Stats, error) {
 	return stats, nil
 }
 
+func (m *Manager) updateActiveClusterByTimeInterval() error {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(updateActiveClusterInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-m.stop:
+			{
+				return nil
+			}
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			m.lock.Lock()
+			if !m.running {
+				m.lock.Unlock()
+				return nil
+			}
+			m.lock.Unlock()
+			err := m.UpdateActiveCluster()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) UpdateActiveCluster() error {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now, err := m.opts.store.GetTime(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = m.opts.store.EvictExpiredClusters(ctx, now.Add(evictInterval).Unix())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = m.opts.store.AddActiveCluster(ctx, m.uuid, m.opts.ClusterPriority)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	activeClusterUUID, err := m.opts.store.GetActiveClusterName(ctx)
+	activeManager := m.uuid == activeClusterUUID
+	m.lock.Lock()
+	if (m.active && !activeManager) || (!m.active && activeManager) {
+		m.active = activeManager
+		for _, worker := range m.workers {
+			worker.Active() <- activeManager
+		}
+	}
+	m.lock.Unlock()
+	return nil
+}
+
 // GetRetries returns the set of retry jobs for the manager
 func (m *Manager) GetRetries(page uint64, pageSize int64, match string) (Retries, error) {
 	// TODO: add back pagination and filtering
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index f814d87..03ae692 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 )
 
+type FailoverStrategy int
+
+const (
+	NoFailover FailoverStrategy = iota
+	ActivePassiveFailover
+	ActiveActiveFailover
+)
+
 // Options contains the set of configuration options for a manager and/or producer
 type Options struct {
 	ProcessID    string
@@ -30,6 +38,13 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Optional display name used when displaying manager stats
 	ManagerDisplayName string
 
+	FailoverStrategy FailoverStrategy
+
+	// One or more managers can belong to a cluster
+	// Active/passive failover will failover by cluster
+	ClusterName     string
+	ClusterPriority float64
+
 	// Log
 	Logger *log.Logger
 
diff --git a/storage/redis.go b/storage/redis.go
index 3e4b8f5..75c08cb 100644
--- a/storage/redis.go
+++ b/storage/redis.go
@@ -230,3 +230,48 @@ func (r *redisStore) IncrementStats(ctx context.Context, metric string) error {
 func (r *redisStore) getQueueName(queue string) string {
 	return r.namespace + "queue:" + queue
 }
+
+func (r *redisStore) GetTime(ctx context.Context) (time.Time, error) {
+	return r.client.Time(ctx).Result()
+}
+
+func (r *redisStore) AddActiveCluster(ctx context.Context, managerUUID string, managerPriority float64) error {
+	now, err := r.GetTime(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = r.client.ZAdd(ctx, r.namespace+"managers-active-ts", &redis.Z{Member: managerUUID, Score: float64(now.Unix())}).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = r.client.ZAdd(ctx, r.namespace+"managers-active", &redis.Z{Member: managerUUID, Score: managerPriority}).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// EvictExpiredManagers evicts managers that have a last active <= expireTS
+func (r *redisStore) EvictExpiredClusters(ctx context.Context, expireTS int64) error {
+	evictManagerUUIDs, err := r.client.ZRangeByScore(ctx, r.namespace+"managers-active-ts", &redis.ZRangeBy{Min: "-inf", Max: fmt.Sprintf("(%d", expireTS)}).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = r.client.ZRem(ctx, r.namespace+"managers-active", evictManagerUUIDs).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	r.client.ZRemRangeByScore(ctx, r.namespace+"managers-active-ts", "-inf", fmt.Sprintf("(%d", expireTS))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *redisStore) GetActiveClusterName(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	activeManagerUUIDs, err := r.client.ZRangeByScore(ctx, r.namespace+"managers-active-ts", &redis.ZRangeBy{Min: "-inf", Max: "+inf", Offset: 0, Count: 1}).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if len(activeManagerUUIDs) == 0 {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	return activeManagerUUIDs[1], nil
+}
diff --git a/storage/storage.go b/storage/storage.go
index 55bfaa7..1e3c981 100644
--- a/storage/storage.go
+++ b/storage/storage.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ type Retries struct {
 
 // Store is the interface for storing and retrieving data
 type Store interface {
+	// Worker manager cluster operations
+	AddActiveCluster(ctx context.Context, managerUUID string, managerPriority float64) error
+	EvictExpiredClusters(ctx context.Context, expireTS int64) error
+	GetActiveClusterName(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
 
 	// General queue operations
 	CreateQueue(ctx context.Context, queue string) error
@@ -59,4 +63,7 @@ type Store interface {
 
 	// Retries
 	GetAllRetries(ctx context.Context) (*Retries, error)
+
+	// Misc
+	GetTime(ctx context.Context) (time.Time, error)
 }
diff --git a/worker.go b/worker.go
index 2acd434..cc154b0 100644
--- a/worker.go
+++ b/worker.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type worker struct {
 	runnersLock sync.Mutex
 	stop        chan bool
 	running     bool
+	active      chan bool
 	logger      *log.Logger
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func newWorker(logger *log.Logger, queue string, concurrency int, handler JobFun
 		handler:     handler,
 		concurrency: concurrency,
 		stop:        make(chan bool),
+		active:      make(chan bool),
 		logger:      logger,
 	}
 	return w
@@ -84,12 +86,18 @@ func (w *worker) start(fetcher Fetcher) {
 				}
 				w.runnersLock.Unlock()
 			}
+		case active := <-w.Active():
+			fetcher.SetActive(active)
 		case <-exit:
 			return
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func (w *worker) Active() chan bool {
+	return w.active
+}
+
 func (w *worker) quit() {
 	w.runnersLock.Lock()
 	defer w.runnersLock.Unlock()
diff --git a/worker_test.go b/worker_test.go
index 13e5328..4ac1d0c 100644
--- a/worker_test.go
+++ b/worker_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 type dummyFetcher struct {
 	queue       func() string
 	fetch       func()
+	setActive   func(bool)
 	acknowledge func(*Msg)
 	ready       func() chan bool
 	messages    func() chan *Msg
@@ -19,13 +20,14 @@ type dummyFetcher struct {
 	closed      func() bool
 }
 
-func (d dummyFetcher) Queue() string       { return d.queue() }
-func (d dummyFetcher) Fetch()              { d.fetch() }
-func (d dummyFetcher) Acknowledge(m *Msg)  { d.acknowledge(m) }
-func (d dummyFetcher) Ready() chan bool    { return d.ready() }
-func (d dummyFetcher) Messages() chan *Msg { return d.messages() }
-func (d dummyFetcher) Close()              { d.close() }
-func (d dummyFetcher) Closed() bool        { return d.closed() }
+func (d dummyFetcher) Queue() string         { return d.queue() }
+func (d dummyFetcher) Fetch()                { d.fetch() }
+func (d dummyFetcher) Acknowledge(m *Msg)    { d.acknowledge(m) }
+func (d dummyFetcher) Ready() chan bool      { return d.ready() }
+func (d dummyFetcher) SetActive(active bool) { d.setActive(active) }
+func (d dummyFetcher) Messages() chan *Msg   { return d.messages() }
+func (d dummyFetcher) Close()                { d.close() }
+func (d dummyFetcher) Closed() bool          { return d.closed() }
 
 func TestNewWorker(t *testing.T) {
 	testLogger := log.New(os.Stdout, "test-go-workers2: ", log.Ldate|log.Lmicroseconds)