diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/rabbitmq.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/rabbitmq.py
index 9d4f6a5869..21f784f7e1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/rabbitmq.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/rabbitmq.py
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright: (c) 2016, Jorge Rodriguez <jorge.rodriguez@tiriel.eu>
+# Copyright: (c) 2018, John Imison <john+github@imison.net>
 #
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback
+from mimetypes import MimeTypes
+
+import json
+import os
+
+try:
+    import pika
+    from pika import spec
+    HAS_PIKA = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_PIKA = False
+
 
 def rabbitmq_argument_spec():
     return dict(
@@ -17,3 +35,161 @@ def rabbitmq_argument_spec():
         key=dict(required=False, type='path', default=None),
         vhost=dict(default='/', type='str'),
     )
+
+
+# notification/rabbitmq_basic_publish.py
+class RabbitClient():
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self.module = module
+        self.params = module.params
+        self.check_required_library()
+        self.check_host_params()
+        self.url = self.params['url']
+        self.proto = self.params['proto']
+        self.username = self.params['username']
+        self.password = self.params['password']
+        self.host = self.params['host']
+        self.port = self.params['port']
+        self.vhost = self.params['vhost']
+        self.queue = self.params['queue']
+        self.headers = self.params['headers']
+
+        if self.host is not None:
+            self.build_url()
+
+        self.connect_to_rabbitmq()
+
+    def check_required_library(self):
+        if not HAS_PIKA:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to find 'pika' Python library which is required.")
+
+    def check_host_params(self):
+        # Fail if url is specified and other conflicting parameters have been specified
+        if self.params['url'] is not None and any(self.params[k] is not None for k in ['proto', 'host', 'port', 'password', 'username', 'vhost']):
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="url and proto, host, port, vhost, username or password cannot be specified at the same time.")
+
+        # Fail if url not specified and there is a missing parameter to build the url
+        if self.params['url'] is None and any(self.params[k] is None for k in ['proto', 'host', 'port', 'password', 'username', 'vhost']):
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Connection parameters must be passed via url, or,  proto, host, port, vhost, username or password.")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def rabbitmq_argument_spec():
+        return dict(
+            url=dict(default=None, type='str'),
+            proto=dict(default=None, type='str', choices=['amqps', 'amqp']),
+            host=dict(default=None, type='str'),
+            port=dict(default=None, type='int'),
+            username=dict(default=None, type='str'),
+            password=dict(default=None, type='str', no_log=True),
+            vhost=dict(default=None, type='str'),
+            queue=dict(default=None, type='str')
+        )
+
+    ''' Consider some file size limits here '''
+    def _read_file(self, path):
+        try:
+            fh = open(path, "rb").read()
+        except IOError as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to open file %s: %s" % (path, to_native(e)))
+
+        return fh
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _check_file_mime_type(path):
+        mime = MimeTypes()
+        return mime.guess_type(path)
+
+    def build_url(self):
+        self.url = '{0}://{1}:{2}@{3}:{4}/{5}'.format(self.proto,
+                                                      self.username,
+                                                      self.password,
+                                                      self.host,
+                                                      self.port,
+                                                      self.vhost)
+
+    def connect_to_rabbitmq(self):
+        """
+        Function to connect to rabbitmq using username and password
+        """
+        try:
+            parameters = pika.URLParameters(self.url)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="URL malformed: %s" % to_native(e))
+
+        try:
+            self.connection = pika.BlockingConnection(parameters)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Connection issue: %s" % to_native(e))
+
+        try:
+            self.conn_channel = self.connection.channel()
+        except pika.exceptions.AMQPChannelError as e:
+            self.close_connection()
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Channel issue: %s" % to_native(e))
+
+    def close_connection(self):
+        try:
+            self.connection.close()
+        except pika.exceptions.AMQPConnectionError:
+            pass
+
+    def basic_publish(self):
+        self.content_type = self.params.get("content_type")
+
+        if self.params.get("body") is not None:
+            args = dict(
+                body=self.params.get("body"),
+                exchange=self.params.get("exchange"),
+                routing_key=self.params.get("routing_key"),
+                properties=pika.BasicProperties(content_type=self.content_type, delivery_mode=1, headers=self.headers))
+
+        # If src (file) is defined and content_type is left as default, do a mime lookup on the file
+        if self.params.get("src") is not None and self.content_type == 'text/plain':
+            self.content_type = RabbitClient._check_file_mime_type(self.params.get("src"))[0]
+            self.headers.update(
+                filename=os.path.basename(self.params.get("src"))
+            )
+
+            args = dict(
+                body=self._read_file(self.params.get("src")),
+                exchange=self.params.get("exchange"),
+                routing_key=self.params.get("routing_key"),
+                properties=pika.BasicProperties(content_type=self.content_type,
+                                                delivery_mode=1,
+                                                headers=self.headers
+                                                ))
+        elif self.params.get("src") is not None:
+            args = dict(
+                body=self._read_file(self.params.get("src")),
+                exchange=self.params.get("exchange"),
+                routing_key=self.params.get("routing_key"),
+                properties=pika.BasicProperties(content_type=self.content_type,
+                                                delivery_mode=1,
+                                                headers=self.headers
+                                                ))
+
+        try:
+            # If queue is not defined, RabbitMQ will return the queue name of the automatically generated queue.
+            if self.queue is None:
+                result = self.conn_channel.queue_declare(durable=self.params.get("durable"),
+                                                         exclusive=self.params.get("exclusive"),
+                                                         auto_delete=self.params.get("auto_delete"))
+                self.conn_channel.confirm_delivery()
+                self.queue = result.method.queue
+            else:
+                self.conn_channel.queue_declare(queue=self.queue,
+                                                durable=self.params.get("durable"),
+                                                exclusive=self.params.get("exclusive"),
+                                                auto_delete=self.params.get("auto_delete"))
+                self.conn_channel.confirm_delivery()
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Queue declare issue: %s" % to_native(e))
+
+        # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py#L150
+        if args['routing_key'] is None:
+            args['routing_key'] = self.queue
+
+        if args['exchange'] is None:
+            args['exchange'] = ''
+
+        return self.conn_channel.basic_publish(**args)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/notification/rabbitmq_publish.py b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/rabbitmq_publish.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a4aaa6605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/rabbitmq_publish.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2018, John Imison <john+github@imison.net>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: rabbitmq_publish
+short_description: Publish a message to a RabbitMQ queue.
+version_added: "2.8"
+description:
+   - Publish a message on a RabbitMQ queue using a blocking connection.
+options:
+  url:
+    description:
+      - An URL connection string to connect to the RabbitMQ server.
+      - I(url) and I(host)/I(port)/I(user)/I(pass)/I(vhost) are mutually exclusive, use either or but not both.
+  proto:
+    description:
+      - The protocol to use.
+    choices: [amqps, amqp]
+  host:
+    description:
+      - The RabbitMQ server hostname or IP.
+  port:
+    description:
+      - The RabbitMQ server port.
+  username:
+    description:
+      - The RabbitMQ username.
+  password:
+    description:
+      - The RabbitMQ password.
+  vhost:
+    description:
+      - The virtual host to target.
+      - If default vhost is required, use C('%2F').
+  queue:
+    description:
+      - The queue to publish a message to.  If no queue is specified, RabbitMQ will return a random queue name.
+  exchange:
+    description:
+      - The exchange to publish a message to.
+  routing_key:
+    description:
+      - The routing key.
+  body:
+    description:
+      - The body of the message.
+      - A C(body) cannot be provided if a C(src) is specified.
+  src:
+    description:
+      - A file to upload to the queue.  Automatic mime type detection is attempted if content_type is not defined (left as default).
+      - A C(src) cannot be provided if a C(body) is specified.
+      - The filename is added to the headers of the posted message to RabbitMQ. Key being the C(filename), value is the filename.
+    aliases: ['file']
+  content_type:
+    description:
+      - The content type of the body.
+    default: text/plain
+  durable:
+    description:
+      - Set the queue to be durable.
+    default: False
+    type: bool
+  exclusive:
+    description:
+      - Set the queue to be exclusive.
+    default: False
+    type: bool
+  auto_delete:
+    description:
+      - Set the queue to auto delete.
+    default: False
+    type: bool
+  headers:
+    description:
+      - A dictionary of headers to post with the message.
+    default: {}
+    type: dict
+
+
+requirements: [ pika ]
+notes:
+  - This module requires the pika python library U(https://pika.readthedocs.io/).
+  - Pika is a pure-Python implementation of the AMQP 0-9-1 protocol that tries to stay fairly independent of the underlying network support library.
+  - This plugin is tested against RabbitMQ. Other AMQP 0.9.1 protocol based servers may work but not tested/guaranteed.
+author: "John Imison (@Im0)"
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Publish a message to a queue with headers
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@192.168.0.32:5672/%2F"
+    queue: 'test'
+    body: "Hello world from ansible module rabbitmq_publish"
+    content_type: "text/plain"
+    headers:
+      myHeader: myHeaderValue
+
+
+- name: Publish a file to a queue
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@192.168.0.32:5672/%2F"
+    queue: 'images'
+    file: 'path/to/logo.gif'
+
+- name: RabbitMQ auto generated queue
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@192.168.0.32:5672/%2F"
+    body: "Hello world random queue from ansible module rabbitmq_publish"
+    content_type: "text/plain"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+result:
+  description:
+    - Contains the status I(msg), content type I(content_type) and the queue name I(queue).
+  returned: success
+  type: dict
+  sample: |
+    'result': { 'content_type': 'text/plain', 'msg': 'Successfully published to queue test', 'queue': 'test' }
+'''
+
+try:
+    import pika
+    HAS_PIKA = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_PIKA = False
+
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.rabbitmq import RabbitClient
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = RabbitClient.rabbitmq_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(
+        exchange=dict(type='str', default=''),
+        routing_key=dict(type='str', required=False),
+        body=dict(type='str', required=False),
+        src=dict(aliases=['file'], type='path', required=False),
+        content_type=dict(default="text/plain", type='str'),
+        durable=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
+        exclusive=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
+        auto_delete=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
+        headers=dict(default={}, type='dict')
+    )
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        mutually_exclusive=[['body', 'src']],
+        supports_check_mode=False
+    )
+
+    rabbitmq = RabbitClient(module)
+
+    if rabbitmq.basic_publish():
+        rabbitmq.close_connection()
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, result={"msg": "Successfully published to queue %s" % rabbitmq.queue,
+                                               "queue": rabbitmq.queue,
+                                               "content_type": rabbitmq.content_type})
+    else:
+        rabbitmq.close_connection()
+        module.fail_json(changed=False, msg="Unsuccessful publishing to queue %s" % rabbitmq.queue)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/aliases b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d0091e7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+destructive
+shippable/posix/group1
+skip/osx
+skip/freebsd
+skip/rhel
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/files/image.gif b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/files/image.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0589d2082b
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/files/image.gif differ
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05ab59000b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_rabbitmq
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..740f899805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Rabbitmq lookup
+- include: ubuntu.yml
+  when: 
+    - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+    - ansible_distribution_release != 'trusty'
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/ubuntu.yml b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/ubuntu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe8e9d000c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/ubuntu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+- name: Install requests and pika
+  pip:
+    name: requests,pika
+    state: present
+
+- name: RabbitMQ basic publish test
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    queue: 'publish_test'
+    body: "Hello world from ansible module rabbitmq_publish"
+    content_type: "text/plain"
+  register: rabbit_basic_output1
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "rabbit_basic_output1 is not failed"
+      - "'publish_test' in rabbit_basic_output1.result.msg"
+      - "'publish_test' in rabbit_basic_output1.result.queue"
+      - "'text/plain' in rabbit_basic_output1.result.content_type"
+
+
+# Testing random queue
+- name: Publish to random queue
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    body: "RANDOM QUEUE POST"
+    content_type: "text/plain"
+  register: rabbit_random_queue_output
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "rabbit_random_queue_output is not failed"
+      - "'amq.gen' in rabbit_random_queue_output.result.msg"
+      - "'amq.gen' in rabbit_random_queue_output.result.queue"
+      - "'text/plain' in rabbit_random_queue_output.result.content_type"
+
+- name: Publish binary to a queue
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    queue: publish_test
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/image.gif"
+  register: rabbitmq_publish_file
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "rabbitmq_publish_file is not failed"
+      - "'publish_test' in rabbitmq_publish_file.result.queue"
+      - "'image/gif' in rabbitmq_publish_file.result.content_type"
+
+- name: Raise error for src and body defined
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    queue: 'publish_test'
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/image.gif"
+    body: blah
+  register: rabbit_basic_fail_output1
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "rabbit_basic_fail_output1 is failed"
+      - "'parameters are mutually exclusive' in rabbit_basic_fail_output1.msg"
+
+- name: Publish a file that does not exist
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    queue: 'publish_test'
+    src: 'aaaaaaajax-loader.gif'
+  register: file_missing_fail
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "file_missing_fail is failed"
+      - "'Unable to open file' in file_missing_fail.msg"
+
+- name: Publish with proto/host/port/user/pass
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    proto: amqp
+    host: localhost
+    port: 5672
+    username: guest
+    password: guest
+    vhost: '%2F'
+    queue: publish_test
+    body: Testing with proto/host/port/username/password/vhost
+  register: host_port_output
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "host_port_output is not failed"
+
+- name: Publish with host/port/user but missing proto
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    host: localhost
+    port: 5672
+    username: guest
+    password: guest
+    vhost: '%2F'
+    queue: publish_test
+    body: Testing with proto/host/port/username/password/vhost
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  register: host_port_missing_proto_output
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "host_port_missing_proto_output is failed"
+      - "'Connection parameters must be passed via' in host_port_missing_proto_output.msg"
+
+- name: Publish with proto/host/port/user and url
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    proto: amqp
+    host: localhost
+    port: 5672
+    username: guest
+    password: guest
+    vhost: '%2F'
+    queue: publish_test
+    body: Testing with proto/host/port/username/password/vhost
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  register: host_and_url_output
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "host_and_url_output is failed"
+      - "'cannot be specified at the same time' in host_and_url_output.msg"
+
+- name: Publish headers to queue
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    queue: 'publish_test'
+    body: blah
+    headers:
+      myHeader: Value1
+      secondHeader: Value2
+  register: test_headers1
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Publish headers with file
+  rabbitmq_publish:
+    url: "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F"
+    queue: 'publish_test'
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/image.gif"
+    headers:
+      myHeader: Value1
+      secondHeader: Value2
+  register: test_headers2
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Collect all messages off the publish queue
+  set_fact:
+    messages: "{{ lookup('rabbitmq', url='amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F', queue='publish_test') }}"
+
+- name: Check contents of published messages
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - messages|length == 5
+      - "'Hello world from ansible module rabbitmq_publish' in messages[0]['msg']"
+      - "'text/plain' in messages[0]['content_type']"
+      - "'image/gif' in messages[1]['content_type']"
+      - "'image.gif' in messages[1]['headers']['filename']"
+      - "'Testing with proto/host/port/username/password/vhost' in messages[2]['msg']"
+#      - messages[3]['headers']['myHeader'] is defined
+#      - messages[4]['headers']['filename'] is defined
+#      - messages[4]['headers']['secondHeader'] is defined