diff --git a/src/sprout/Controllers/CronJobController.php b/src/sprout/Controllers/CronJobController.php
index 86521ada..87c2e902 100644
--- a/src/sprout/Controllers/CronJobController.php
+++ b/src/sprout/Controllers/CronJobController.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 use Kohana;
 use Sprout\Controllers\Admin\ManagedAdminController;
+use Sprout\Helpers\Mutex;
 use Sprout\Helpers\Register;
 use Sprout\Helpers\Sprout;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ public function run($schedule)
             exit(1);
         }
 
+        $mutex = Mutex::create('cron_job:' . $schedule);
+
+        if (!$mutex->acquire()) {
+            fwrite(STDERR, "Cron schedule [{$schedule}] already running" . PHP_EOL);
+            exit(0);
+        }
+
         $jobs = Register::getCronJobs($schedule);
         echo 'Num jobs: ', count($jobs), PHP_EOL;
 
@@ -102,6 +110,8 @@ public function run($schedule)
             }
         }
 
+        $mutex->release();
+
         echo PHP_EOL, 'Failures: ', $failed, PHP_EOL;
         exit($failed);
     }
diff --git a/src/sprout/Helpers/Mutex.php b/src/sprout/Helpers/Mutex.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3613aa9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sprout/Helpers/Mutex.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Karmabunny Pty Ltd.
+ *
+ * This file is a part of SproutCMS.
+ *
+ * SproutCMS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * For more information, visit <http://getsproutcms.com>.
+ */
+namespace Sprout\Helpers;
+
+use karmabunny\interfaces\MutexInterface;
+use karmabunny\pdb\PdbMutex;
+use karmabunny\rdb\RdbMutex;
+use Kohana;
+use Kohana_Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Mutex helper.
+ */
+class Mutex
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new mutex.
+     *
+     * @param string $name mutex name
+     * @param string $group config group
+     * @return MutexInterface
+     * @throws Kohana_Exception
+     */
+    public static function create(string $name, string $group = 'default'): MutexInterface
+    {
+        $config = Kohana::config('mutex.' . $group);
+
+        if ($config['driver'] === 'pdb') {
+            $pdb = Pdb::getInstance();
+            $mutex = new PdbMutex($pdb, $name);
+
+        } else if ($config['driver'] === 'redis') {
+            $rdb = Rdb::getInstance();
+            $mutex = new RdbMutex($rdb, $name);
+
+        } else {
+            throw new Kohana_Exception('Unknown mutex driver: ' . $config['driver']);
+        }
+
+        foreach ($config['config'] as $key => $value) {
+            if (property_exists($mutex, $key)) {
+                $mutex->$key = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $mutex;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/sprout/config/mutex.php b/src/sprout/config/mutex.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7941d0e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sprout/config/mutex.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+$config['default'] = [
+    'driver' => 'pdb',
+    'config' => [
+        'autoRelease' => true,
+        'uniqueLocks' => true,
+        'releaseAllLocks' => false,
+    ],
+
+    // 'driver' => 'redis',
+    // 'config' => [
+    //     'autoRelease' => true,
+    //     'prefix' => 'mutex:',
+    //     'autoExpire' => 60,
+    // ],
+];