diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8937d0134..07a6d3c28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
 - Add support for $SENTRY_DEBUG and $SENTRY_SPOTLIGHT ([#2374](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2374))
+- Support human readable intervals in `sidekiq-cron` ([#2387](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2387))
 
 ## 5.19.0
 
diff --git a/sentry-sidekiq/lib/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job.rb b/sentry-sidekiq/lib/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job.rb
index 4098d7564..937fd797c 100644
--- a/sentry-sidekiq/lib/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job.rb
+++ b/sentry-sidekiq/lib/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ def save
           unless klass_const.send(:ancestors).include?(Sentry::Cron::MonitorCheckIns)
             klass_const.send(:include, Sentry::Cron::MonitorCheckIns)
             klass_const.send(:sentry_monitor_check_ins,
-                             slug: name,
-                             monitor_config: Sentry::Cron::MonitorConfig.from_crontab(cron))
+                             slug: name.to_s,
+                             monitor_config: Sentry::Cron::MonitorConfig.from_crontab(parsed_cron.original))
           end
 
           true
diff --git a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/fixtures/sidekiq-cron-schedule.yml b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/fixtures/sidekiq-cron-schedule.yml
index 65b5945a6..fe2798262 100644
--- a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/fixtures/sidekiq-cron-schedule.yml
+++ b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/fixtures/sidekiq-cron-schedule.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ manual:
   cron: "* * * * *"
   class: "SadWorkerWithCron"
 
+human_readable_cron:
+  cron: "every 5 minutes"
+  class: HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron
+
 invalid_cron:
   cron: "not a crontab"
   class: "ReportingWorker"
diff --git a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job_spec.rb b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job_spec.rb
index 44f02f86e..c0f223096 100644
--- a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/sentry/sidekiq/cron/job_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   before do
     schedule_file = 'spec/fixtures/sidekiq-cron-schedule.yml'
     schedule = Sidekiq::Cron::Support.load_yaml(ERB.new(IO.read(schedule_file)).result)
+    schedule = schedule.merge(symbol_name: { cron: '* * * * *', class: HappyWorkerWithSymbolName })
     # sidekiq-cron 2.0+ accepts second argument to `load_from_hash!` with options,
     # such as {source: 'schedule'}, but sidekiq-cron 1.9.1 (last version to support Ruby 2.6) does not.
     # Since we're not using the source option in our code anyway, it's safe to not pass the 2nd arg.
@@ -48,6 +49,23 @@
     expect(HappyWorkerForCron.sentry_monitor_config.schedule.value).to eq('* * * * *')
   end
 
+  it 'patches HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron' do
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron.ancestors).to include(Sentry::Cron::MonitorCheckIns)
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron.sentry_monitor_slug).to eq('human_readable_cron')
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron.sentry_monitor_config).to be_a(Sentry::Cron::MonitorConfig)
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron.sentry_monitor_config.schedule).to be_a(Sentry::Cron::MonitorSchedule::Crontab)
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron.sentry_monitor_config.schedule.value).to eq('*/5 * * * *')
+  end
+
+  it 'patches HappyWorkerWithSymbolName' do
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithSymbolName.ancestors).to include(Sentry::Cron::MonitorCheckIns)
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithSymbolName.sentry_monitor_slug).to eq('symbol_name')
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithSymbolName.sentry_monitor_config).to be_a(Sentry::Cron::MonitorConfig)
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithSymbolName.sentry_monitor_config.schedule).to be_a(Sentry::Cron::MonitorSchedule::Crontab)
+    expect(HappyWorkerWithSymbolName.sentry_monitor_config.schedule.value).to eq('* * * * *')
+  end
+
+
   it 'does not override SadWorkerWithCron manually set values' do
     expect(SadWorkerWithCron.ancestors).to include(Sentry::Cron::MonitorCheckIns)
     expect(SadWorkerWithCron.sentry_monitor_slug).to eq('failed_job')
diff --git a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 83e55d7da..6b2287957 100644
--- a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ class HappyWorkerForCron < HappyWorker; end
 class HappyWorkerForScheduler < HappyWorker; end
 class HappyWorkerForSchedulerWithTimezone < HappyWorker; end
 class EveryHappyWorker < HappyWorker; end
+class HappyWorkerWithHumanReadableCron < HappyWorker; end
+class HappyWorkerWithSymbolName < HappyWorker; end
 
 class HappyWorkerWithCron < HappyWorker
   include Sentry::Cron::MonitorCheckIns