diff --git a/src/job.js b/src/job.js
index 49aeac0..6b44cd1 100644
--- a/src/job.js
+++ b/src/job.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
     this.index = index;
     this.jobtype = type;
     this.payload = payload;
+    this.created_by = options.created_by || null;
     this.timeout = options.timeout || 10000;
     this.maxAttempts = options.max_attempts || 3;
     this.priority = Math.max(Math.min(options.priority || 10, 20), -20);
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
           jobtype: this.jobtype,
           payload: this.payload,
           priority: this.priority,
+          created_by: this.created_by,
           timeout: this.timeout,
           process_expiration: new Date(0), // use epoch so the job query works
           created_at: new Date(),
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
       index: this.index,
       type: this.doctype,
       jobtype: this.jobtype,
+      created_by: this.created_by,
       payload: this.payload,
       timeout: this.timeout,
       max_attempts: this.maxAttempts,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/elasticsearch.js b/test/fixtures/elasticsearch.js
index 8112c20..c7df356 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/elasticsearch.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/elasticsearch.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Client.prototype.get = function (params = {}, source = {}) {
 
   const _source = Object.assign({
     jobtype: 'jobtype',
+    created_by: null,
     payload: {
       id: 'sample-job-1',
       now: 'Mon Apr 25 2016 14:13:04 GMT-0700 (MST)'
diff --git a/test/src/job.js b/test/src/job.js
index c0d6dea..b11e7f5 100644
--- a/test/src/job.js
+++ b/test/src/job.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const Job = module;
 const maxPriority = 20;
 const minPriority = -20;
 const defaultPriority = 10;
+const defaultCreatedBy = null;
 
 describe('Job Class', function () {
   let client;
@@ -90,6 +91,24 @@ describe('Job Class', function () {
       });
     });
 
+
+    it('should index the created_by value', function () {
+      const createdBy = 'user_identifier';
+      const job = new Job(client, index, type, payload, Object.assign({ created_by: createdBy }, options));
+      return job.ready.then(() => {
+        const newDoc = validateDoc(client.index);
+        expect(newDoc.body).to.have.property('created_by', createdBy);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should index default created_by value', function () {
+      const job = new Job(client, index, type, payload, options);
+      return job.ready.then(() => {
+        const newDoc = validateDoc(client.index);
+        expect(newDoc.body).to.have.property('created_by', defaultCreatedBy);
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should index timeout value from options', function () {
       const job = new Job(client, index, type, payload, options);
       return job.ready.then(() => {