diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25f94f74..1706eaf0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,14 +53,16 @@ Each queue task consists of two parts:
    `Yiisoft\Queue\Message\Message`. For more complex cases you should implement the interface by your own.
 2. A message handler is a callable called by a `Yiisoft\Queue\Worker\Worker`. The handler handles each queue message.
 
-For example, if you need to download and save a file, your message may look like the following:
+For example, if you need to download and save a file, your message creation may look like the following:
+- Message handler as the first parameter
+- Message data as the second parameter
 
 ```php
 $data = [
     'url' => $url,
     'destinationFile' => $filename,
 ];
-$message = new \Yiisoft\Queue\Message\Message('file-download', $data);
+$message = new \Yiisoft\Queue\Message\Message(FileDownloader::class, $data);
 ```
 
 Then you should push it to the queue:
@@ -93,9 +95,8 @@ class FileDownloader
 The last thing we should do is to create a configuration for the `Yiisoft\Queue\Worker\Worker`:
 
 ```php
-$handlers = ['file-download' => [new FileDownloader('/path/to/save/files'), 'handle']];
 $worker = new \Yiisoft\Queue\Worker\Worker(
-    $handlers, // Here it is
+    [],
     $logger,
     $injector,
     $container
@@ -134,6 +135,28 @@ $status->isReserved();
 $status->isDone();
 ```
 
+## Custom handler names
+### Custom handler names
+
+By default, when you push a message to the queue, the message handler name is the fully qualified class name of the handler.
+This can be useful for most cases, but sometimes you may want to use a shorter name or arbitrary string as the handler name.
+This can be useful when you want to reduce the amount of data being passed or when you communicate with external systems.
+
+To use a custom handler name before message push, you can pass it as the first argument `Message` when creating it:
+```php
+new Message('handler-name', $data);
+```
+
+To use a custom handler name on message consume, you should configure handler mapping for the `Worker` class:
+```php
+$worker = new \Yiisoft\Queue\Worker\Worker(
+    ['handler-name' => FooHandler::class],
+    $logger,
+    $injector,
+    $container
+);
+```
+
 ## Different queue channels
 
 Often we need to push to different queue channels with an only application. There is the `QueueFactory` class to make
diff --git a/src/Message/MessageHandlerInterface.php b/src/Message/MessageHandlerInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a8ab1f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Message/MessageHandlerInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\Queue\Message;
+
+interface MessageHandlerInterface
+{
+    public function handle(MessageInterface $message): void;
+}
diff --git a/src/Worker/Worker.php b/src/Worker/Worker.php
index 5f8ac7bb..b369bb06 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Worker.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Throwable;
 use Yiisoft\Injector\Injector;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Exception\JobFailureException;
+use Yiisoft\Queue\Message\MessageHandlerInterface;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Message\MessageInterface;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Middleware\Consume\ConsumeFinalHandler;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Middleware\Consume\ConsumeMiddlewareDispatcher;
@@ -77,6 +78,18 @@ public function process(MessageInterface $message, QueueInterface $queue): Messa
     private function getHandler(string $name): ?callable
     {
         if (!array_key_exists($name, $this->handlersCached)) {
+            $definition = $this->handlers[$name] ?? null;
+            if ($definition === null && $this->container->has($name)) {
+                $handler = $this->container->get($name);
+                if ($handler instanceof MessageHandlerInterface) {
+                    $this->handlersCached[$name] = $handler->handle(...);
+
+                    return $this->handlersCached[$name];
+                }
+
+                return null;
+            }
+
             $this->handlersCached[$name] = $this->prepare($this->handlers[$name] ?? null);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Integration/MessageConsumingTest.php b/tests/Integration/MessageConsumingTest.php
index 6c30ba92..e5775ea0 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/MessageConsumingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/MessageConsumingTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Middleware\Consume\MiddlewareFactoryConsumeInterface;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Middleware\FailureHandling\FailureMiddlewareDispatcher;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Middleware\FailureHandling\MiddlewareFactoryFailureInterface;
+use Yiisoft\Queue\Tests\Integration\Support\TestHandler;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Tests\TestCase;
 use Yiisoft\Queue\Worker\Worker;
 
@@ -41,4 +42,27 @@ public function testMessagesConsumed(): void
 
         $this->assertEquals($messages, $this->messagesProcessed);
     }
+
+    public function testMessagesConsumedByHandlerClass(): void
+    {
+        $handler = new TestHandler();
+        $container = $this->createMock(ContainerInterface::class);
+        $container->method('get')->with(TestHandler::class)->willReturn($handler);
+        $container->method('has')->with(TestHandler::class)->willReturn(true);
+        $worker = new Worker(
+            [],
+            new NullLogger(),
+            new Injector($container),
+            $container,
+            new ConsumeMiddlewareDispatcher($this->createMock(MiddlewareFactoryConsumeInterface::class)),
+            new FailureMiddlewareDispatcher($this->createMock(MiddlewareFactoryFailureInterface::class), [])
+        );
+
+        $messages = [1, 'foo', 'bar-baz'];
+        foreach ($messages as $message) {
+            $worker->process(new Message(TestHandler::class, $message), $this->getQueue());
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals($messages, $handler->messagesProcessed);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Support/TestHandler.php b/tests/Integration/Support/TestHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce71f7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Support/TestHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\Queue\Tests\Integration\Support;
+
+use Yiisoft\Queue\Message\MessageHandlerInterface;
+use Yiisoft\Queue\Message\MessageInterface;
+
+final class TestHandler implements MessageHandlerInterface
+{
+    public function __construct(public array $messagesProcessed = [])
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function handle(MessageInterface $message): void
+    {
+        $this->messagesProcessed[] = $message->getData();
+    }
+}