diff --git a/include/dwarfs/worker_group.h b/include/dwarfs/worker_group.h
index ec85a2bb..ec13e261 100644
--- a/include/dwarfs/worker_group.h
+++ b/include/dwarfs/worker_group.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <future>
 #include <limits>
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ class worker_group {
   size_t size() const { return impl_->size(); }
   size_t queue_size() const { return impl_->queue_size(); }
 
+  template <typename T>
+  bool add_job(std::packaged_task<T()>&& task) {
+    return add_job([task = std::move(task)]() mutable { task(); });
+  }
+
   class impl {
    public:
     virtual ~impl() = default;