diff --git a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
index a0db6751d..4cf063e81 100644
--- a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
+++ b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
@@ -365,23 +365,26 @@ def _query_requeue_dead_jobs(self):
                         ELSE exc_info
                     END)
             WHERE
-                id in (
-                    SELECT
-                        queue_job_id
-                    FROM
-                        queue_job_lock
-                    WHERE
-                        queue_job_id in (
-                            SELECT
-                                id
-                            FROM
-                                queue_job
-                            WHERE
-                                state IN ('enqueued','started')
-                                AND date_enqueued <
-                                (now() AT TIME ZONE 'utc' - INTERVAL '10 sec')
-                        )
-                    FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED
+                state IN ('enqueued','started')
+                AND date_enqueued < (now() AT TIME ZONE 'utc' - INTERVAL '10 sec')
+                AND (
+                    id in (
+                        SELECT
+                            queue_job_id
+                        FROM
+                            queue_job_lock
+                        WHERE
+                            queue_job_lock.queue_job_id = queue_job.id
+                        FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED
+                    )
+                    OR NOT EXISTS (
+                        SELECT
+                            1
+                        FROM
+                            queue_job_lock
+                        WHERE
+                            queue_job_lock.queue_job_id = queue_job.id
+                    )
                 )
             RETURNING uuid
             """
@@ -404,6 +407,12 @@ def requeue_dead_jobs(self):
         However, when the Odoo server crashes or is otherwise force-stopped,
         running jobs are interrupted while the runner has no chance to know
         they have been aborted.
+
+        This also handles orphaned jobs (enqueued but never started, no lock).
+        This edge case occurs when the runner marks a job as 'enqueued'
+        but the HTTP request to start the job never reaches the Odoo server
+        (e.g., due to server shutdown/crash between setting enqueued and
+        the controller receiving the request).
         """
 
         with closing(self.conn.cursor()) as cr:
diff --git a/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py b/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py
index c6c82a2f4..180e1294e 100644
--- a/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py
+++ b/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py
@@ -131,3 +131,28 @@ def test_requeue_dead_jobs(self):
         # because we committed the cursor, the savepoint of the test method is
         # gone, and this would break TransactionCase cleanups
         self.cr.execute("SAVEPOINT test_%d" % self._savepoint_id)
+
+    def test_requeue_orphaned_jobs(self):
+        uuid = "test_enqueued_job"
+        queue_job = self.create_dummy_job(uuid)
+        job_obj = Job.load(self.env, queue_job.uuid)
+
+        # Only enqueued job, don't set it to started to simulate the scenario
+        # that system shutdown before job is starting
+        job_obj.set_enqueued()
+        job_obj.date_enqueued = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=1)
+        job_obj.store()
+
+        # job is now picked up by the requeue query (which includes orphaned jobs)
+        query = Database(self.env.cr.dbname)._query_requeue_dead_jobs()
+        self.env.cr.execute(query)
+        uuids_requeued = self.env.cr.fetchall()
+        self.assertTrue(queue_job.uuid in j[0] for j in uuids_requeued)
+
+        # clean up
+        queue_job.unlink()
+        self.env.cr.commit()  # pylint: disable=E8102
+
+        # because we committed the cursor, the savepoint of the test method is
+        # gone, and this would break TransactionCase cleanups
+        self.cr.execute("SAVEPOINT test_%d" % self._savepoint_id)