diff --git a/eb_sqs/worker/service.py b/eb_sqs/worker/service.py
index 87a45c9..6cd3091 100644
--- a/eb_sqs/worker/service.py
+++ b/eb_sqs/worker/service.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 
 class WorkerService(object):
-    PREFIX_STR = 'prefix:'
+    _PREFIX_STR = 'prefix:'
+
+    _RECEIVE_COUNT_ATTRIBUTE = 'ApproximateReceiveCount'
 
     def process_queues(self, queue_names):
         # type: (list) -> None
@@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ def process_queues(self, queue_names):
             config=Config(retries={'max_attempts': settings.AWS_MAX_RETRIES})
         )
 
-        prefixes = list(filter(lambda qn: qn.startswith(self.PREFIX_STR), queue_names))
+        prefixes = list(filter(lambda qn: qn.startswith(self._PREFIX_STR), queue_names))
         queues = self.get_queues_by_names(sqs, list(set(queue_names) - set(prefixes)))
 
-        queue_prefixes = [prefix.split(self.PREFIX_STR)[1] for prefix in prefixes]
+        queue_prefixes = [prefix.split(self._PREFIX_STR)[1] for prefix in prefixes]
         static_queues = queues
         last_update_time = timezone.make_aware(datetime.min)
 
@@ -95,12 +97,19 @@ def poll_messages(self, queue):
         return queue.receive_messages(
             MaxNumberOfMessages=settings.MAX_NUMBER_OF_MESSAGES,
             WaitTimeSeconds=settings.WAIT_TIME_S,
+            AttributeNames=[self._RECEIVE_COUNT_ATTRIBUTE]
         )
 
     def process_message(self, msg, worker):
         # type: (Message, Worker) -> None
         logger.debug('[django-eb-sqs] Read message {}'.format(msg.message_id))
         try:
+            receive_count = int(msg.attributes[self._RECEIVE_COUNT_ATTRIBUTE])
+            if receive_count > 1:
+                logger.warning('[django-eb-sqs] SQS re-queued message {} times: Msg Id: {} Body: {}'.format(
+                    receive_count, msg.message_id, msg.body
+                ))
+
             worker.execute(msg.body)
             logger.debug('[django-eb-sqs] Processed message {}'.format(msg.message_id))
         except Exception as exc: