diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57a7206..f3c2be1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -345,6 +345,17 @@ queue.get((err, msg) => {
 })
 ```
 
+You can also reset the job tries, effectively creating an atomic ack + add for the
+same job using `resetTries`:
+
+```js
+queue.get((err, msg) => {
+    queue.ping(msg.ack, { resetTries: true }, (err, id) => {
+        // This message now has 0 tries
+    })
+})
+```
+
 ### .total() ###
 
 Returns the total number of messages that has ever been in the queue, including
diff --git a/mongodb-queue.js b/mongodb-queue.js
index a712f1c..20d3833 100644
--- a/mongodb-queue.js
+++ b/mongodb-queue.js
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ Queue.prototype.ping = function(ack, opts, callback) {
             visible : nowPlusSecs(visibility)
         }
     }
+
+    if (opts.resetTries) {
+        update.$set.tries = 0
+    }
+
     self.col.findOneAndUpdate(query, update, { returnOriginal : false }, function(err, msg, blah) {
         if (err) return callback(err)
         if ( !msg.value ) {
diff --git a/test/ping.js b/test/ping.js
index 298786a..5c61593 100644
--- a/test/ping.js
+++ b/test/ping.js
@@ -174,6 +174,61 @@ test("ping: check visibility option overrides the queue visibility", function(t)
         )
     })
 
+    test("ping: reset tries", function(t) {
+        var queue = mongoDbQueue(db, 'ping', { visibility: 3 })
+        var msg
+
+        async.series(
+            [
+                function(next) {
+                    queue.add('Hello, World!', function(err, id) {
+                        t.ok(!err, 'There is no error when adding a message.')
+                        t.ok(id, 'There is an id returned when adding a message.')
+                        next()
+                    })
+                },
+                function(next) {
+                    queue.get(function(err, thisMsg) {
+                        msg = thisMsg
+                        // message should reset in three seconds
+                        t.ok(msg.id, 'Got a msg.id (sanity check)')
+                        setTimeout(next, 2 * 1000)
+                    })
+                },
+                function(next) {
+                    queue.ping(msg.ack, { resetTries: true }, function(err, id) {
+                        t.ok(!err, 'No error when pinging a message')
+                        t.ok(id, 'Received an id when acking this message')
+                        // wait until the msg has returned to the queue
+                        setTimeout(next, 6 * 1000)
+                    })
+                },
+                function(next) {
+                    queue.get(function(err, msg) {
+                        t.equal(msg.tries, 1, 'Tries were reset')
+                        queue.ack(msg.ack, function(err) {
+                            t.ok(!err, 'No error when acking the message')
+                            next()
+                        })
+                    })
+                },
+                function(next) {
+                    queue.get(function(err, msg) {
+                        // no more messages
+                        t.ok(!err, 'No error when getting no messages')
+                        t.ok(!msg, 'No msg received')
+                        next()
+                    })
+                }
+            ],
+            function(err) {
+                if (err) t.fail(err)
+                t.pass('Finished test ok')
+                t.end()
+            }
+        )
+    })
+
     test('client.close()', function(t) {
         t.pass('client.close()')
         client.close()