diff --git a/bin/gearadmin.cc b/bin/gearadmin.cc
index d51956573..de2fb150b 100644
--- a/bin/gearadmin.cc
+++ b/bin/gearadmin.cc
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int main(int args, char *argv[])
     ("create-function", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "Create the function from the server.") 
     ("cancel-job", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "Remove a given job from the server's queue")
     ("drop-function", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "Drop the function from the server.")
-    ("show-unique-jobs", "Show unique IDs of jobs on the server.")
+    ("show-unique-jobs", "Show job handles and unique IDs of jobs on the server.")
     ("show-jobs", "Show all jobs on the server.")
     ("getpid", "Get Process ID for the server.")
     ("status", "Status for the server.")
diff --git a/docs/source/bin/gearadmin.rst b/docs/source/bin/gearadmin.rst
index e1e17dea3..ff9c9f5e3 100644
--- a/docs/source/bin/gearadmin.rst
+++ b/docs/source/bin/gearadmin.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 .. option:: --show-unique-jobs
 
-   Show unique IDs of jobs on the server.
+   Show the job handle and unique ID of each job on the server.
 
 .. option:: --show-jobs
 
diff --git a/docs/source/protocol/text.rst b/docs/source/protocol/text.rst
index 38f6b6b91..184306155 100644
--- a/docs/source/protocol/text.rst
+++ b/docs/source/protocol/text.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ The following list represents the current list of commands supported. You can is
 
 .. describe:: show unique jobs
 
-   List all of the unique job ids that the server currently is processesing or waiting to process.
+   List all of the jobs that the server currently is processing or waiting
+   to process, one per line, as the job handle followed by a tab and the
+   unique job id. The handle can be passed to ``cancel job``.
 
 .. describe:: create
 
diff --git a/libgearman-server/text.cc b/libgearman-server/text.cc
index abc10a7b2..7977773c5 100644
--- a/libgearman-server/text.cc
+++ b/libgearman-server/text.cc
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ gearmand_error_t server_run_text(gearman_server_con_st *server_con,
              server_job != NULL;
              server_job= server_job->unique_next)
         {
-          data.vec_append_printf("%.*s\n", int(server_job->unique_length), server_job->unique);
+          data.vec_append_printf("%s\t%.*s\n", server_job->job_handle,
+                                 int(server_job->unique_length), server_job->unique);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/tests/cli.cc b/tests/cli.cc
index bee37ffbf..7a7a11cb4 100644
--- a/tests/cli.cc
+++ b/tests/cli.cc
@@ -285,6 +285,72 @@ static test_return_t gearadmin_show_unique_jobs_TEST(void* object)
   return TEST_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+// issue #81: each line of --show-unique-jobs is "<job handle>\t<unique>", so
+// the handle can be passed to --cancel-job.
+static test_return_t gearadmin_show_unique_jobs_handle_TEST(void* object)
+{
+  cli::Context *context= (cli::Context*)object;
+
+  // No worker is registered for this function, so the job stays queued.
+  gearman_job_handle_t job_handle;
+  {
+    libgearman::Client client(context->port());
+    ASSERT_EQ(GEARMAN_SUCCESS,
+              gearman_client_do_background(&client,
+                                           __func__, // function
+                                           __func__, // unique
+                                           NULL, 0, // workload
+                                           job_handle));
+  }
+
+  std::string expected(job_handle);
+  expected+= "\t";
+  expected+= __func__;
+  expected+= "\n";
+
+  char port_arg[1024];
+  snprintf(port_arg, sizeof(port_arg), "--port=%d", int(context->port()));
+
+  {
+    Application app("bin/gearadmin", true);
+    app.add_option(port_arg);
+    app.add_option("--show-unique-jobs");
+    ASSERT_EQ(Application::SUCCESS, app.run());
+    ASSERT_EQ(Application::SUCCESS, app.join());
+
+    libtest::vchar_t stdout_result= app.stdout_result();
+    std::string output(stdout_result.begin(), stdout_result.end());
+    ASSERT_TRUE_(output.find(expected) != std::string::npos,
+                 "expected `%s' in `%s'", expected.c_str(), output.c_str());
+  }
+
+  std::string cancel_arg("--cancel-job=");
+  cancel_arg+= job_handle;
+  const char *cancel_args[]= { port_arg, cancel_arg.c_str(), 0 };
+  ASSERT_EQ(EXIT_SUCCESS, exec_cmdline("bin/gearadmin", cancel_args, true));
+
+  // Cancellation is lazy: the job is only marked as ignored (and freed once
+  // a worker would take it), which --show-jobs reports as
+  // "<handle>\t<retries>\t<ignore_job>\t<job_queued>".
+  std::string cancelled(job_handle);
+  cancelled+= "\t0\t1\t0\n";
+
+  {
+    Application app("bin/gearadmin", true);
+    app.add_option(port_arg);
+    app.add_option("--show-jobs");
+    ASSERT_EQ(Application::SUCCESS, app.run());
+    ASSERT_EQ(Application::SUCCESS, app.join());
+
+    libtest::vchar_t stdout_result= app.stdout_result();
+    std::string output(stdout_result.begin(), stdout_result.end());
+    ASSERT_TRUE_(output.find(cancelled) != std::string::npos,
+                 "expected `%s' in `%s'", cancelled.c_str(), output.c_str());
+  }
+
+  return TEST_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static test_return_t gearadmin_cancel_job_TEST(void* object)
 {
   cli::Context *context= (cli::Context*)object;
@@ -441,6 +507,7 @@ test_st gearadmin_tests[] ={
   {"--cancel-job", 0, gearadmin_cancel_job_TEST},
   {"--show-jobs", 0, gearadmin_show_jobs_TEST},
   {"--show-unique-jobs", 0, gearadmin_show_unique_jobs_TEST},
+  {"gearman_client_do_background() --show-unique-jobs --cancel-job", 0, gearadmin_show_unique_jobs_handle_TEST},
   {"--status", 0, gearadmin_status_TEST},
   {"--priority-status", 0, gearadmin_priority_status_TEST},
   {"gearman_client_do_background(100) --status", 0, gearadmin_status_with_jobs_TEST},