diff --git a/ghost/core/core/boot.js b/ghost/core/core/boot.js
index 3be81d2b25..b56ed128c6 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/boot.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/boot.js
@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ async function initCore({ghostServer, config, bootLogger, frontend}) {
         });
         debug('End: Job Service');
 
+        // Mentions Job Service allows mentions to be processed in the background
+        debug('Begin: Mentions Job Service');
+        const mentionsJobService = require('./server/services/mentions-jobs');
+
+        if (config.get('server:testmode')) {
+            mentionsJobService.initTestMode();
+        }
+
+        ghostServer.registerCleanupTask(async () => {
+            await mentionsJobService.shutdown();
+        });
+        debug('End: Mentions Job Service');
+
         ghostServer.registerCleanupTask(async () => {
             await urlService.shutdown();
         });
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions-jobs/index.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions-jobs/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e761b6e7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions-jobs/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('./job-service');
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions-jobs/job-service.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions-jobs/job-service.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b8298e73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions-jobs/job-service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * Minimal wrapper around our external lib
+ * Intended for passing any Ghost internals such as logging and config
+ */
+
+const JobManager = require('@tryghost/job-manager');
+const logging = require('@tryghost/logging');
+const models = require('../../models');
+const sentry = require('../../../shared/sentry');
+const domainEvents = require('@tryghost/domain-events');
+
+const errorHandler = (error, workerMeta) => {
+    logging.info(`Capturing error for worker during execution of job: ${workerMeta.name}`);
+    logging.error(error);
+    sentry.captureException(error);
+};
+
+const workerMessageHandler = ({name, message}) => {
+    if (typeof message === 'string') {
+        logging.info(`Worker for job ${name} sent a message: ${message}`);
+    }
+};
+
+const initTestMode = () => {
+    // Output job queue length every 5 seconds
+    setInterval(() => {
+        logging.warn(`${jobManager.queue.length()} jobs in the queue. Idle: ${jobManager.queue.idle()}`);
+
+        const runningScheduledjobs = Object.keys(jobManager.bree.workers);
+        if (Object.keys(jobManager.bree.workers).length) {
+            logging.warn(`${Object.keys(jobManager.bree.workers).length} jobs running: ${runningScheduledjobs}`);
+        }
+
+        const scheduledJobs = Object.keys(jobManager.bree.intervals);
+        if (Object.keys(jobManager.bree.intervals).length) {
+            logging.warn(`${Object.keys(jobManager.bree.intervals).length} scheduled jobs: ${scheduledJobs}`);
+        }
+
+        if (runningScheduledjobs.length === 0 && scheduledJobs.length === 0) {
+            logging.warn('No scheduled or running jobs');
+        }
+    }, 5000);
+};
+
+const jobManager = new JobManager({errorHandler, workerMessageHandler, JobModel: models.Job, domainEvents});
+
+module.exports = jobManager;
+module.exports.initTestMode = initTestMode;
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions/service.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions/service.js
index 592ab36909..714d805d4e 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions/service.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/mentions/service.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const outputSerializerUrlUtil = require('../../../server/api/endpoints/utils/ser
 const urlService = require('../url');
 const settingsCache = require('../../../shared/settings-cache');
 const DomainEvents = require('@tryghost/domain-events');
-const jobsService = require('../jobs');
+const jobsService = require('../mentions-jobs');
 
 function getPostUrl(post) {
     const jsonModel = {};
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js
index 2085393a2c..37b22bb2e3 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/webmentions/webmentions.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const models = require('../../../core/server/models');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const urlUtils = require('../../../core/shared/url-utils');
 const nock = require('nock');
-const jobsService = require('../../../core/server/services/jobs');
+const jobsService = require('../../../core/server/services/mentions-jobs');
 const DomainEvents = require('@tryghost/domain-events');
 
 describe('Webmentions (receiving)', function () {
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-server/services/mentions.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-server/services/mentions.test.js
index 7ea2cb5da7..92de47227f 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-server/services/mentions.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-server/services/mentions.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const nock = require('nock');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const markdownToMobiledoc = require('../../utils/fixtures/data-generator').markdownToMobiledoc;
 const dnsPromises = require('dns').promises;
-const jobsService = require('../../../core/server/services/jobs');
+const jobsService = require('../../../core/server/services/mentions-jobs');
 
 let agent;
 let mentionUrl = new URL('https://www.otherghostsite.com/');