diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Schedule.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Schedule.php
index 01c2d17f9428..d787967b71e7 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Schedule.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Schedule.php
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Console\Scheduling;
 
+use Closure;
 use DateTimeInterface;
 use Illuminate\Console\Application;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\Dispatcher;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedClosure;
 use Illuminate\Support\ProcessUtils;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
+use RuntimeException;
 
 class Schedule
 {
@@ -34,6 +39,13 @@ class Schedule
      */
     protected $schedulingMutex;
 
+    /**
+     * The job dispatcher implementation.
+     *
+     * @var \Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\Dispatcher
+     */
+    protected $dispatcher;
+
     /**
      * The timezone the date should be evaluated on.
      *
@@ -51,6 +63,12 @@ public function __construct($timezone = null)
     {
         $this->timezone = $timezone;
 
+        if (! class_exists(Container::class)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(
+                'The container implementation is required to use the scheduler. Please install illuminate/container.'
+            );
+        }
+
         $container = Container::getInstance();
 
         $this->eventMutex = $container->bound(EventMutex::class)
@@ -107,18 +125,52 @@ public function command($command, array $parameters = [])
     public function job($job, $queue = null, $connection = null)
     {
         return $this->call(function () use ($job, $queue, $connection) {
-            $job = is_string($job) ? resolve($job) : $job;
+            $job = is_string($job) ? Container::getInstance()->make($job) : $job;
 
             if ($job instanceof ShouldQueue) {
-                dispatch($job)
-                    ->onConnection($connection ?? $job->connection)
-                    ->onQueue($queue ?? $job->queue);
+                $this->dispatchToQueue($job, $queue ?? $job->queue, $connection ?? $job->connection);
             } else {
-                dispatch_now($job);
+                $this->dispatchNow($job);
             }
         })->name(is_string($job) ? $job : get_class($job));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Dispatch the given job to the queue.
+     *
+     * @param  object  $job
+     * @param  string|null  $queue
+     * @param  string|null  $connection
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function dispatchToQueue($job, $queue, $connection)
+    {
+        if ($job instanceof Closure) {
+            if (! class_exists(CallQueuedClosure::class)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(
+                    'To enable support for closure jobs, please install illuminate/queue.'
+                );
+            }
+
+            $job = CallQueuedClosure::create($job);
+        }
+
+        $this->getDispatcher()->dispatch(
+            $job->onConnection($connection)->onQueue($queue)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Dispatch the given job right now.
+     *
+     * @param  object  $job
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function dispatchNow($job)
+    {
+        $this->getDispatcher()->dispatchNow($job);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add a new command event to the schedule.
      *
@@ -209,4 +261,26 @@ public function useCache($store)
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the job dispatcher, if available.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\Dispatcher
+     */
+    protected function getDispatcher()
+    {
+        if ($this->dispatcher === null) {
+            try {
+                $this->dispatcher = Container::getInstance()->make(Dispatcher::class);
+            } catch (BindingResolutionException $e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(
+                    'Unable to resolve the dispatcher from the service container. Please bind it or install illuminate/bus.',
+                    $e->getCode(),
+                    $e
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $this->dispatcher;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/composer.json b/src/Illuminate/Console/composer.json
index f746b351fd7f..55f104571a7f 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/composer.json
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/composer.json
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@
         }
     },
     "suggest": {
-        "dragonmantank/cron-expression": "Required to use scheduling component (^2.0).",
+        "dragonmantank/cron-expression": "Required to use scheduler (^2.0).",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "Required to use the ping methods on schedules (^6.0|^7.0).",
-        "illuminate/filesystem": "Required to use the generator command (^6.0)"
+        "illuminate/bus": "Required to use the scheduled job dispatcher (^6.0)",
+        "illuminate/container": "Required to use the scheduler (^6.0)",
+        "illuminate/filesystem": "Required to use the generator command (^6.0)",
+        "illuminate/queue": "Required to use closures for scheduled jobs (^6.0)"
     },
     "config": {
         "sort-packages": true
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
index 805377da3c0e..e1a901bc80de 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Mix;
 use Illuminate\Http\Exceptions\HttpResponseException;
 use Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedClosure;
-use Illuminate\Queue\SerializableClosure;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
 use Illuminate\Support\HtmlString;
 use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalThrowableError;
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ function decrypt($value, $unserialize = true)
     function dispatch($job)
     {
         if ($job instanceof Closure) {
-            $job = new CallQueuedClosure(new SerializableClosure($job));
+            $job = CallQueuedClosure::create($job);
         }
 
         return new PendingDispatch($job);
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/CallQueuedClosure.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/CallQueuedClosure.php
index c0f45004443c..53359dbe1d10 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/CallQueuedClosure.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/CallQueuedClosure.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Queue;
 
+use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\Container;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
@@ -37,6 +38,17 @@ public function __construct(SerializableClosure $closure)
         $this->closure = $closure;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a new job instance.
+     *
+     * @param  \Closure  $closure
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public static function create(Closure $job)
+    {
+        return new self(new SerializableClosure($job));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Execute the job.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Console/JobSchedulingTest.php b/tests/Integration/Console/JobSchedulingTest.php
index 1b54307f001f..7f2c51d52aaa 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Console/JobSchedulingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Console/JobSchedulingTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
+use Illuminate\Container\Container;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;