diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 6148b584..00d4d821 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -987,6 +987,46 @@ func Test_Client_Common(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 
+	t.Run("CancelRunningJobPollOnly", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		config, bundle := setupConfig(t)
+
+		client, err := NewClient(NewDriverPollOnly(bundle.dbPool), config)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		jobStartedChan := make(chan int64)
+
+		type JobArgs struct {
+			testutil.JobArgsReflectKind[JobArgs]
+		}
+
+		AddWorker(client.config.Workers, WorkFunc(func(ctx context.Context, job *Job[JobArgs]) error {
+			jobStartedChan <- job.ID
+			<-ctx.Done()
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}))
+
+		subscribeChan := subscribe(t, client)
+		startClient(ctx, t, client)
+		riversharedtest.WaitOrTimeout(t, client.baseStartStop.Started())
+
+		insertRes, err := client.Insert(ctx, &JobArgs{}, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		startedJobID := riversharedtest.WaitOrTimeout(t, jobStartedChan)
+		require.Equal(t, insertRes.Job.ID, startedJobID)
+
+		updatedJob, err := client.JobCancel(ctx, insertRes.Job.ID)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, rivertype.JobStateRunning, updatedJob.State)
+
+		event := riversharedtest.WaitOrTimeout(t, subscribeChan)
+		require.Equal(t, EventKindJobCancelled, event.Kind)
+		require.Equal(t, rivertype.JobStateCancelled, event.Job.State)
+		require.WithinDuration(t, time.Now(), *event.Job.FinalizedAt, 2*time.Second)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("CancelScheduledJob", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/producer.go b/producer.go
index c753814c..96cf3f7a 100644
--- a/producer.go
+++ b/producer.go
@@ -528,8 +528,11 @@ func (p *producer) fetchAndRunLoop(fetchCtx, workCtx context.Context) {
 		case msg := <-p.queueControlCh:
 			switch msg.Action {
 			case controlActionCancel:
-				// Separate this case to make linter happy:
-				p.Logger.DebugContext(workCtx, p.Name+": Unhandled queue control action", "action", msg.Action)
+				select {
+				case p.cancelCh <- msg.JobID:
+				default:
+					p.Logger.WarnContext(workCtx, p.Name+": Job cancel notification dropped due to full buffer", slog.Int64("job_id", msg.JobID))
+				}
 			case controlActionMetadataChanged:
 				p.Logger.DebugContext(workCtx, p.Name+": Queue metadata changed", slog.String("queue", p.config.Queue), slog.String("queue_in_message", msg.Queue))
 				p.testSignals.MetadataChanged.Signal(struct{}{})