diff --git a/src/DatabaseManager.php b/src/DatabaseManager.php
index 05a8039b..e422674d 100644
--- a/src/DatabaseManager.php
+++ b/src/DatabaseManager.php
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy;
 
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager as BaseDatabaseManager;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Interfaces\DatabaseCreator;
 
 class DatabaseManager
 {
@@ -41,7 +47,11 @@ class DatabaseManager
             throw new \Exception("Database could not be created: no database creator for driver $driver is registered.");
         }
 
-        app($databaseCreators[$driver])->createDatabase($name);
+        if (config('tenancy.queue_database_creation', false)) {
+            QueuedDatabaseCreator::dispatch(app($databaseCreators[$driver], $name));
+        } else {
+            app($databaseCreators[$driver])->createDatabase($name);
+        }
     }
 
     public function getDriver(): ?string
@@ -62,3 +72,31 @@ class DatabaseManager
         config()->set(['database.connections.tenant.database' => $database_name]);
     }
 }
+
+class QueuedDatabaseCreator implements ShouldQueue
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new job instance.
+     *
+     * @param DatabaseCreator $databaseCreator
+     * @param string $databaseName
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(DatabaseCreator $databaseCreator, string $databaseName)
+    {
+        $this->databaseCreator = $databaseCreator;
+        $this->databaseName = $databaseName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the job.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $this->databaseCreator->createDatabase($databaseName);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/config/tenancy.php b/src/config/tenancy.php
index be5e00da..876c5b65 100644
--- a/src/config/tenancy.php
+++ b/src/config/tenancy.php
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ return [
         'sqlite' => 'Stancl\Tenancy\DatabaseCreators\SQLiteDatabaseCreator',
         'mysql' => 'Stancl\Tenancy\DatabaseCreators\MySQLDatabaseCreator',
     ],
+    'queue_database_creation' => false,
 ];