diff --git a/clockwork.gemspec b/clockwork.gemspec
index db983ef..c9d14b4 100644
--- a/clockwork.gemspec
+++ b/clockwork.gemspec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'tzinfo'
   s.add_dependency 'activesupport', '>= 6.0', '< 7.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'redlock'
 
   s.add_development_dependency "bundler"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake"
diff --git a/lib/clockwork.rb b/lib/clockwork.rb
index 1eb0e5e..6b8d860 100644
--- a/lib/clockwork.rb
+++ b/lib/clockwork.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'logger'
 require 'active_support'
 require 'active_support/time'
+require 'redlock'
 
 require 'clockwork/at'
 require 'clockwork/event'
diff --git a/lib/clockwork/manager.rb b/lib/clockwork/manager.rb
index bf6efe3..fec95d5 100644
--- a/lib/clockwork/manager.rb
+++ b/lib/clockwork/manager.rb
@@ -60,13 +60,26 @@ def fire_callbacks(event, *args)
 
     def run
       log "Starting clock for #{@events.size} events: [ #{@events.map(&:to_s).join(' ')} ]"
+
+      lock_info = lock_manager.lock('clockwork_distributed_lock', lock_timeout)
       loop do
-        tick
+        if lock_info
+          # tick
+          p 'ticking'
+        else
+          p 'lock is acuired by someone else, leaving'
+        end
         interval = config[:sleep_timeout] - Time.now.subsec + 0.001
         sleep(interval) if interval > 0
+
+        # Lock timeout is unknown here, it depends
+        # how much time we spend on lock acquire - should determine how long can lock_manage.lock run
+        # how much time we spend on tick
+        lock_info = lock_manager.lock('clockwork_distributed_lock', lock_timeout, extend: lock_info)
       end
     end
 
+
     def tick(t=Time.now)
       if (fire_callbacks(:before_tick))
         events = events_to_run(t)
@@ -81,6 +94,10 @@ def tick(t=Time.now)
       events
     end
 
+    def lock_manager
+      @lock_manager ||= Redlock::Client.new(['redis://localhost:6379'])
+    end
+
     def log_error(e)
       config[:logger].error(e)
     end
@@ -94,6 +111,11 @@ def log(msg)
     end
 
     private
+
+    def lock_timeout
+      (config[:sleep_timeout] + 10) * 1000
+    end
+
     def events_to_run(t)
       @events.select{ |event| event.run_now?(t) }
     end