diff --git a/config/scout.php b/config/scout.php
index e8a3bdda..b823b1e5 100644
--- a/config/scout.php
+++ b/config/scout.php
@@ -37,12 +37,17 @@
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
     | This option allows you to control if the operations that sync your data
-    | with your search engines are queued. When this is set to "true" then
-    | all automatic data syncing will get queued for better performance.
+    | with your search engines are queued. When enabled, all automatic data
+    | syncing will get queued for better performance. You can also specify
+    | the queue connection and queue name to use.
     |
     */
 
-    'queue' => env('SCOUT_QUEUE', false),
+    'queue' => [
+        'enable' => env('SCOUT_QUEUE', false),
+        'connection' => env('SCOUT_QUEUE_CONNECTION'),
+        'queue' => env('SCOUT_QUEUE_NAME'),
+    ],
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Searchable.php b/src/Searchable.php
index e7c64f66..f5517e08 100644
--- a/src/Searchable.php
+++ b/src/Searchable.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public function queueMakeSearchable($models)
             return;
         }
 
-        if (! config('scout.queue')) {
+        if (! config('scout.queue.enable')) {
             return $this->syncMakeSearchable($models);
         }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public function queueRemoveFromSearch($models)
             return;
         }
 
-        if (! config('scout.queue')) {
+        if (! config('scout.queue.enable')) {
             return $this->syncRemoveFromSearch($models);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/SearchableTest.php b/tests/Feature/SearchableTest.php
index f3b63e1a..a91891e6 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/SearchableTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/SearchableTest.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public function test_overridden_make_searchable_is_dispatched()
     {
         Queue::fake();
 
-        config()->set('scout.queue', true);
+        config()->set('scout.queue.enable', true);
         Scout::makeSearchableUsing(OverriddenMakeSearchable::class);
 
         $collection = m::mock();
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public function test_overridden_remove_from_search_is_dispatched()
     {
         Queue::fake();
 
-        config()->set('scout.queue', true);
+        config()->set('scout.queue.enable', true);
         Scout::removeFromSearchUsing(OverriddenRemoveFromSearch::class);
 
         $collection = m::mock();