diff --git a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
index 4fad0aa2e..8fe5437d3 100644
--- a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
+++ b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
 )
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	Username string
 	Password string
 	Nodes    []string
+	Queues   []string
 }
 
 type RabbitMQ struct {
@@ -32,10 +34,21 @@ type OverviewResponse struct {
 	QueueTotals  *QueueTotals  `json:"queue_totals"`
 }
 
+type Details struct {
+	Rate float64
+}
+
 type MessageStats struct {
-	Ack     int64
-	Deliver int64
-	Publish int64
+	Ack               int64
+	AckDetails        Details `json:"ack_details"`
+	Deliver           int64
+	DeliverDetails    Details `json:"deliver_details"`
+	DeliverGet        int64
+	DeliverGetDetails Details `json:"deliver_get_details"`
+	Publish           int64
+	PublishDetails    Details `json:"publish_details"`
+	Redeliver         int64
+	RedeliverDetails  Details `json:"redeliver_details"`
 }
 
 type ObjectTotals struct {
@@ -52,6 +65,19 @@ type QueueTotals struct {
 	MessagesUnacknowledged int64 `json:"messages_unacknowledged"`
 }
 
+type Queue struct {
+	QueueTotals         // just to not repeat the same code
+	MessageStats        `json:"message_stats"`
+	Memory              int64
+	Consumers           int64
+	ConsumerUtilisation float64 `json:"consumer_utilisation"`
+	Name                string
+	Node                string
+	Vhost               string
+	Durable             bool
+	AutoDelete          bool `json:"auto_delete"`
+}
+
 type Node struct {
 	Name string
 
@@ -68,6 +94,10 @@ type Node struct {
 	SocketsUsed   int64 `json:"sockets_used"`
 }
 
+type gatherFunc func(r *RabbitMQ, serv *Server, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error)
+
+var gatherFunctions = []gatherFunc{gatherOverview, gatherNodes, gatherQueues}
+
 var sampleConfig = `
   # Specify servers via an array of tables
   [[rabbitmq.servers]]
@@ -96,13 +126,21 @@ func (r *RabbitMQ) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 		r.Client = &http.Client{}
 	}
 
+	var errChan = make(chan error, len(r.Servers))
+
+	// use localhost is no servers are specified in config
 	if len(r.Servers) == 0 {
-		r.gatherServer(localhost, acc)
-		return nil
+		r.Servers = append(r.Servers, localhost)
 	}
 
 	for _, serv := range r.Servers {
-		err := r.gatherServer(serv, acc)
+		for _, f := range gatherFunctions {
+			go f(r, serv, acc, errChan)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := 1; i <= len(r.Servers)*len(gatherFunctions); i++ {
+		err := <-errChan
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -111,81 +149,6 @@ func (r *RabbitMQ) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *RabbitMQ) gatherServer(serv *Server, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
-	overview := &OverviewResponse{}
-
-	err := r.requestJSON(serv, "/api/overview", &overview)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if overview.QueueTotals == nil || overview.ObjectTotals == nil || overview.MessageStats == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Wrong answer from rabbitmq. Probably auth issue")
-	}
-
-	tags := map[string]string{"url": serv.URL}
-	if serv.Name != "" {
-		tags["name"] = serv.Name
-	}
-
-	acc.Add("messages", overview.QueueTotals.Messages, tags)
-	acc.Add("messages_ready", overview.QueueTotals.MessagesReady, tags)
-	acc.Add("messages_unacked", overview.QueueTotals.MessagesUnacknowledged, tags)
-
-	acc.Add("channels", overview.ObjectTotals.Channels, tags)
-	acc.Add("connections", overview.ObjectTotals.Connections, tags)
-	acc.Add("consumers", overview.ObjectTotals.Consumers, tags)
-	acc.Add("exchanges", overview.ObjectTotals.Exchanges, tags)
-	acc.Add("queues", overview.ObjectTotals.Queues, tags)
-
-	acc.Add("messages_acked", overview.MessageStats.Ack, tags)
-	acc.Add("messages_delivered", overview.MessageStats.Deliver, tags)
-	acc.Add("messages_published", overview.MessageStats.Publish, tags)
-
-	nodes := make([]Node, 0)
-
-	err = r.requestJSON(serv, "/api/nodes", &nodes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		if !shouldGatherNode(node, serv) {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		tags["node"] = node.Name
-
-		acc.Add("disk_free", node.DiskFree, tags)
-		acc.Add("disk_free_limit", node.DiskFreeLimit, tags)
-		acc.Add("fd_total", node.FdTotal, tags)
-		acc.Add("fd_used", node.FdUsed, tags)
-		acc.Add("mem_limit", node.MemLimit, tags)
-		acc.Add("mem_used", node.MemUsed, tags)
-		acc.Add("proc_total", node.ProcTotal, tags)
-		acc.Add("proc_used", node.ProcUsed, tags)
-		acc.Add("run_queue", node.RunQueue, tags)
-		acc.Add("sockets_total", node.SocketsTotal, tags)
-		acc.Add("sockets_used", node.SocketsUsed, tags)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func shouldGatherNode(node Node, serv *Server) bool {
-	if len(serv.Nodes) == 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	for _, name := range serv.Nodes {
-		if name == node.Name {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 func (r *RabbitMQ) requestJSON(serv *Server, u string, target interface{}) error {
 	u = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", serv.URL, u)
 
@@ -218,6 +181,154 @@ func (r *RabbitMQ) requestJSON(serv *Server, u string, target interface{}) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func gatherOverview(r *RabbitMQ, serv *Server, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
+	overview := &OverviewResponse{}
+
+	err := r.requestJSON(serv, "/api/overview", &overview)
+	if err != nil {
+		errChan <- err
+		return
+	}
+
+	if overview.QueueTotals == nil || overview.ObjectTotals == nil || overview.MessageStats == nil {
+		errChan <- fmt.Errorf("Wrong answer from rabbitmq. Probably auth issue")
+		return
+	}
+
+	tags := map[string]string{"url": serv.URL}
+	if serv.Name != "" {
+		tags["name"] = serv.Name
+	}
+
+	acc.Add("messages", overview.QueueTotals.Messages, tags)
+	acc.Add("messages_ready", overview.QueueTotals.MessagesReady, tags)
+	acc.Add("messages_unacked", overview.QueueTotals.MessagesUnacknowledged, tags)
+
+	acc.Add("channels", overview.ObjectTotals.Channels, tags)
+	acc.Add("connections", overview.ObjectTotals.Connections, tags)
+	acc.Add("consumers", overview.ObjectTotals.Consumers, tags)
+	acc.Add("exchanges", overview.ObjectTotals.Exchanges, tags)
+	acc.Add("queues", overview.ObjectTotals.Queues, tags)
+
+	acc.Add("messages_acked", overview.MessageStats.Ack, tags)
+	acc.Add("messages_delivered", overview.MessageStats.Deliver, tags)
+	acc.Add("messages_published", overview.MessageStats.Publish, tags)
+
+	errChan <- nil
+}
+
+func gatherNodes(r *RabbitMQ, serv *Server, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
+	nodes := make([]Node, 0)
+	// Gather information about nodes
+	err := r.requestJSON(serv, "/api/nodes", &nodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		errChan <- err
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		if !shouldGatherNode(node, serv) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		tags := map[string]string{"url": serv.URL}
+		tags["node"] = node.Name
+
+		acc.Add("disk_free", node.DiskFree, tags)
+		acc.Add("disk_free_limit", node.DiskFreeLimit, tags)
+		acc.Add("fd_total", node.FdTotal, tags)
+		acc.Add("fd_used", node.FdUsed, tags)
+		acc.Add("mem_limit", node.MemLimit, tags)
+		acc.Add("mem_used", node.MemUsed, tags)
+		acc.Add("proc_total", node.ProcTotal, tags)
+		acc.Add("proc_used", node.ProcUsed, tags)
+		acc.Add("run_queue", node.RunQueue, tags)
+		acc.Add("sockets_total", node.SocketsTotal, tags)
+		acc.Add("sockets_used", node.SocketsUsed, tags)
+	}
+
+	errChan <- nil
+}
+
+func gatherQueues(r *RabbitMQ, serv *Server, acc plugins.Accumulator, errChan chan error) {
+	// Gather information about queues
+	queues := make([]Queue, 0)
+	err := r.requestJSON(serv, "/api/queues", &queues)
+	if err != nil {
+		errChan <- err
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, queue := range queues {
+		if !shouldGatherQueue(queue, serv) {
+			continue
+		}
+		tags := map[string]string{
+			"url":         serv.URL,
+			"queue":       queue.Name,
+			"vhost":       queue.Vhost,
+			"node":        queue.Node,
+			"durable":     strconv.FormatBool(queue.Durable),
+			"auto_delete": strconv.FormatBool(queue.AutoDelete),
+		}
+
+		acc.AddFields(
+			"queue",
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				// common information
+				"consumers":            queue.Consumers,
+				"consumer_utilisation": queue.ConsumerUtilisation,
+				"memory":               queue.Memory,
+				// messages information
+				"messages":                  queue.Messages,
+				"messages_ready":            queue.MessagesReady,
+				"messages_unack":            queue.MessagesUnacknowledged,
+				"messages_ack":              queue.MessageStats.Ack,
+				"messages_ack_rate":         queue.MessageStats.AckDetails.Rate,
+				"messages_deliver":          queue.MessageStats.Deliver,
+				"messages_deliver_rate":     queue.MessageStats.DeliverDetails.Rate,
+				"messages_deliver_get":      queue.MessageStats.DeliverGet,
+				"messages_deliver_get_rate": queue.MessageStats.DeliverGetDetails.Rate,
+				"messages_publish":          queue.MessageStats.Publish,
+				"messages_publish_rate":     queue.MessageStats.PublishDetails.Rate,
+				"messages_redeliver":        queue.MessageStats.Redeliver,
+				"messages_redeliver_rate":   queue.MessageStats.RedeliverDetails.Rate,
+			},
+			tags,
+		)
+	}
+
+	errChan <- nil
+}
+
+func shouldGatherNode(node Node, serv *Server) bool {
+	if len(serv.Nodes) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range serv.Nodes {
+		if name == node.Name {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func shouldGatherQueue(queue Queue, serv *Server) bool {
+	if len(serv.Queues) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range serv.Queues {
+		if name == queue.Name {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func init() {
 	plugins.Add("rabbitmq", func() plugins.Plugin {
 		return &RabbitMQ{}
diff --git a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go
index 689eb71cf..38bfb7a7d 100644
--- a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go
+++ b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 const sampleOverviewResponse = `
 {
-	"message_stats": {
+    "message_stats": {
         "ack": 5246,
         "ack_details": {
             "rate": 0.0
@@ -132,16 +132,260 @@ const sampleNodesResponse = `
     }
 ]
 `
+const sampleQueuesResponse = `
+[
+  {
+    "memory": 21960,
+    "messages": 0,
+    "messages_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "messages_ready": 0,
+    "messages_ready_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "messages_unacknowledged": 0,
+    "messages_unacknowledged_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "idle_since": "2015-11-01 8:22:15",
+    "consumer_utilisation": "",
+    "policy": "federator",
+    "exclusive_consumer_tag": "",
+    "consumers": 0,
+    "recoverable_slaves": "",
+    "state": "running",
+    "messages_ram": 0,
+    "messages_ready_ram": 0,
+    "messages_unacknowledged_ram": 0,
+    "messages_persistent": 0,
+    "message_bytes": 0,
+    "message_bytes_ready": 0,
+    "message_bytes_unacknowledged": 0,
+    "message_bytes_ram": 0,
+    "message_bytes_persistent": 0,
+    "disk_reads": 0,
+    "disk_writes": 0,
+    "backing_queue_status": {
+      "q1": 0,
+      "q2": 0,
+      "delta": [
+        "delta",
+        "undefined",
+        0,
+        "undefined"
+      ],
+      "q3": 0,
+      "q4": 0,
+      "len": 0,
+      "target_ram_count": "infinity",
+      "next_seq_id": 0,
+      "avg_ingress_rate": 0,
+      "avg_egress_rate": 0,
+      "avg_ack_ingress_rate": 0,
+      "avg_ack_egress_rate": 0
+    },
+    "name": "collectd-queue",
+    "vhost": "collectd",
+    "durable": true,
+    "auto_delete": false,
+    "arguments": {},
+    "node": "rabbit@testhost"
+  },
+  {
+    "memory": 55528,
+    "message_stats": {
+    "ack": 223654927,
+    "ack_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "deliver": 224518745,
+    "deliver_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "deliver_get": 224518829,
+    "deliver_get_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "get": 19,
+    "get_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "get_no_ack": 65,
+    "get_no_ack_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "publish": 223883765,
+    "publish_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "redeliver": 863805,
+    "redeliver_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    }
+    },
+    "messages": 24,
+    "messages_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "messages_ready": 24,
+    "messages_ready_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "messages_unacknowledged": 0,
+    "messages_unacknowledged_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "idle_since": "2015-11-01 8:22:14",
+    "consumer_utilisation": "",
+    "policy": "",
+    "exclusive_consumer_tag": "",
+    "consumers": 0,
+    "recoverable_slaves": "",
+    "state": "running",
+    "messages_ram": 24,
+    "messages_ready_ram": 24,
+    "messages_unacknowledged_ram": 0,
+    "messages_persistent": 0,
+    "message_bytes": 149220,
+    "message_bytes_ready": 149220,
+    "message_bytes_unacknowledged": 0,
+    "message_bytes_ram": 149220,
+    "message_bytes_persistent": 0,
+    "disk_reads": 0,
+    "disk_writes": 0,
+    "backing_queue_status": {
+      "q1": 0,
+      "q2": 0,
+      "delta": [
+        "delta",
+        "undefined",
+        0,
+        "undefined"
+      ],
+      "q3": 0,
+      "q4": 24,
+      "len": 24,
+      "target_ram_count": "infinity",
+      "next_seq_id": 223883765,
+      "avg_ingress_rate": 0,
+      "avg_egress_rate": 0,
+      "avg_ack_ingress_rate": 0,
+      "avg_ack_egress_rate": 0
+    },
+    "name": "telegraf",
+    "vhost": "collectd",
+    "durable": true,
+    "auto_delete": false,
+    "arguments": {},
+    "node": "rabbit@testhost"
+  },
+  {
+    "message_stats": {
+      "ack": 1296077,
+      "ack_details": {
+        "rate": 0
+      },
+      "deliver": 1513176,
+      "deliver_details": {
+        "rate": 0.4
+      },
+      "deliver_get": 1513239,
+      "deliver_get_details": {
+        "rate": 0.4
+      },
+      "disk_writes": 7976,
+      "disk_writes_details": {
+        "rate": 0
+      },
+      "get": 40,
+      "get_details": {
+        "rate": 0
+      },
+      "get_no_ack": 23,
+      "get_no_ack_details": {
+        "rate": 0
+      },
+      "publish": 1325628,
+      "publish_details": {
+        "rate": 0.4
+      },
+      "redeliver": 216034,
+      "redeliver_details": {
+        "rate": 0
+      }
+    },
+    "messages": 5,
+    "messages_details": {
+      "rate": 0.4
+    },
+    "messages_ready": 0,
+    "messages_ready_details": {
+      "rate": 0
+    },
+    "messages_unacknowledged": 5,
+    "messages_unacknowledged_details": {
+      "rate": 0.4
+    },
+    "policy": "federator",
+    "exclusive_consumer_tag": "",
+    "consumers": 1,
+    "consumer_utilisation": 1,
+    "memory": 122856,
+    "recoverable_slaves": "",
+    "state": "running",
+    "messages_ram": 5,
+    "messages_ready_ram": 0,
+    "messages_unacknowledged_ram": 5,
+    "messages_persistent": 0,
+    "message_bytes": 150096,
+    "message_bytes_ready": 0,
+    "message_bytes_unacknowledged": 150096,
+    "message_bytes_ram": 150096,
+    "message_bytes_persistent": 0,
+    "disk_reads": 0,
+    "disk_writes": 7976,
+    "backing_queue_status": {
+      "q1": 0,
+      "q2": 0,
+      "delta": [
+        "delta",
+        "undefined",
+        0,
+        "undefined"
+      ],
+      "q3": 0,
+      "q4": 0,
+      "len": 0,
+      "target_ram_count": "infinity",
+      "next_seq_id": 1325628,
+      "avg_ingress_rate": 0.19115840579934168,
+      "avg_egress_rate": 0.19115840579934168,
+      "avg_ack_ingress_rate": 0.19115840579934168,
+      "avg_ack_egress_rate": 0.1492766485341716
+    },
+    "name": "telegraf",
+    "vhost": "metrics",
+    "durable": true,
+    "auto_delete": false,
+    "arguments": {},
+    "node": "rabbit@testhost"
+  }
+]
+`
 
 func TestRabbitMQGeneratesMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		var rsp string
 
-		if r.URL.Path == "/api/overview" {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/api/overview":
 			rsp = sampleOverviewResponse
-		} else if r.URL.Path == "/api/nodes" {
+		case "/api/nodes":
 			rsp = sampleNodesResponse
-		} else {
+		case "/api/queues":
+			rsp = sampleQueuesResponse
+		default:
 			panic("Cannot handle request")
 		}
 
@@ -199,4 +443,6 @@ func TestRabbitMQGeneratesMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, metric := range nodeIntMetrics {
 		assert.True(t, acc.HasIntValue(metric))
 	}
+
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("queue"))
 }