diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/Amqp.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/Amqp.credentials.ts
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index 0000000000..ff6b23ed1f
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+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/Amqp.credentials.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import {
+	ICredentialType,
+	NodePropertyTypes,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+
+export class Amqp implements ICredentialType {
+	name = 'amqp';
+	displayName = 'AMQP';
+	properties = [
+		{
+			displayName: 'Hostname',
+			name: 'hostname',
+			type: 'string' as NodePropertyTypes,
+			default: '',
+		},
+		{
+			displayName: 'Port',
+			name: 'port',
+			type: 'number' as NodePropertyTypes,
+			default: 5672,
+		},
+		{
+			displayName: 'User',
+			name: 'username',
+			type: 'string' as NodePropertyTypes,
+			default: '',
+		},
+		{
+			displayName: 'Password',
+			name: 'password',
+			type: 'string' as NodePropertyTypes,
+			typeOptions: {
+				password: true,
+			},
+			default: '',
+		},
+	];
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/Amqp.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/Amqp.node.ts
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index 0000000000..66ed1aa25d
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+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/Amqp.node.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { ContainerOptions, Delivery } from 'rhea';
+
+import { IExecuteSingleFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
+import {
+	INodeExecutionData,
+	INodeType,
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+export class Amqp implements INodeType {
+	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
+		displayName: 'AMQP Sender',
+		name: 'amqpSender',
+		icon: 'file:amqp.png',
+		group: ['transform'],
+		version: 1,
+		description: 'Sends a raw-message via AMQP 1.0, executed once per item',
+		defaults: {
+			name: 'AMQP Sender',
+			color: '#00FF00',
+		},
+		inputs: ['main'],
+		outputs: ['main'],
+		credentials: [{
+			name: 'amqp',
+			required: true,
+		}],
+		properties: [
+			{
+				displayName: 'Queue / Topic',
+				name: 'sink',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: '',
+				placeholder: 'topic://sourcename.something',
+				description: 'name of the queue of topic to publish to',
+			},
+			// Header Parameters
+			{
+				displayName: 'Headers',
+				name: 'headerParametersJson',
+				type: 'json',
+				default: '',
+				description: 'Header parameters as JSON (flat object). Sent as application_properties in amqp-message meta info.',
+			}
+		]
+	};
+
+	async executeSingle(this: IExecuteSingleFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData> {
+		const item = this.getInputData();
+
+		const credentials = this.getCredentials('amqp');
+		if (!credentials) {
+			throw new Error('Credentials are mandatory!');
+		}
+
+		const sink = this.getNodeParameter('sink', '') as string;
+		const applicationProperties = this.getNodeParameter('headerParametersJson', {}) as string | object;
+
+		let headerProperties = applicationProperties;
+		if(typeof applicationProperties === 'string' && applicationProperties !== '') {
+			headerProperties = JSON.parse(applicationProperties);
+		}
+
+		if (sink === '') {
+			throw new Error('Queue or Topic required!');
+		}
+
+		const container = require('rhea');
+
+		const connectOptions: ContainerOptions = {
+			host: credentials.hostname,
+			port: credentials.port,
+			reconnect: true,		// this id the default anyway
+			reconnect_limit: 50,	// try for max 50 times, based on a back-off algorithm
+		};
+		if (credentials.username || credentials.password) {
+			container.options.username = credentials.username;
+			container.options.password = credentials.password;
+		}
+
+		const allSent = new Promise(( resolve ) => {
+			container.on('sendable', (context: any) => { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
+
+				const message = {
+					application_properties: headerProperties,
+					body: JSON.stringify(item)
+				};
+
+				const sendResult = context.sender.send(message);
+
+				resolve(sendResult);
+			});
+		});
+
+		container.connect(connectOptions).open_sender(sink);
+
+		const sendResult: Delivery = await allSent as Delivery;	// sendResult has a a property that causes circular reference if returned
+
+		return { json: { id: sendResult.id } } as INodeExecutionData;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/AmqpTrigger.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/AmqpTrigger.node.ts
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index 0000000000..91a4eff552
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+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/AmqpTrigger.node.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+import { ContainerOptions } from 'rhea';
+
+import { ITriggerFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
+import {
+	INodeType,
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+	ITriggerResponse,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+
+export class AmqpTrigger implements INodeType {
+	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
+		displayName: 'AMQP Trigger',
+		name: 'amqpTrigger',
+		icon: 'file:amqp.png',
+		group: ['trigger'],
+		version: 1,
+		description: 'Listens to AMQP 1.0 Messages',
+		defaults: {
+			name: 'AMQP Trigger',
+			color: '#00FF00',
+		},
+		inputs: [],
+		outputs: ['main'],
+		credentials: [{
+			name: 'amqp',
+			required: true,
+		}],
+		properties: [
+			// Node properties which the user gets displayed and
+			// can change on the node.
+			{
+				displayName: 'Queue / Topic',
+				name: 'sink',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: '',
+				placeholder: 'topic://sourcename.something',
+				description: 'name of the queue of topic to listen to',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Clientname',
+				name: 'clientname',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: '',
+				placeholder: 'for durable/persistent topic subscriptions, example: "n8n"',
+				description: 'Leave empty for non-durable topic subscriptions or queues. ',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Subscription',
+				name: 'subscription',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: '',
+				placeholder: 'for durable/persistent topic subscriptions, example: "order-worker"',
+				description: 'Leave empty for non-durable topic subscriptions or queues',
+			},
+		]
+	};
+
+
+	async trigger(this: ITriggerFunctions): Promise<ITriggerResponse> {
+
+		const credentials = this.getCredentials('amqp');
+		if (!credentials) {
+			throw new Error('Credentials are mandatory!');
+		}
+
+		const sink = this.getNodeParameter('sink', '') as string;
+		const clientname = this.getNodeParameter('clientname', '') as string;
+		const subscription = this.getNodeParameter('subscription', '') as string;
+
+		if (sink === '') {
+			throw new Error('Queue or Topic required!');
+		}
+		let durable = false;
+		if(subscription && clientname) {
+			durable = true;
+		}
+
+		const container = require('rhea');
+		const connectOptions: ContainerOptions = {
+			host: credentials.hostname,
+			port: credentials.port,
+			reconnect: true,		// this id the default anyway
+			reconnect_limit: 50,	// try for max 50 times, based on a back-off algorithm
+			container_id: (durable ? clientname : null)
+		};
+		if (credentials.username || credentials.password) {
+			container.options.username = credentials.username;
+			container.options.password = credentials.password;
+		}
+
+		let lastMsgId: number | undefined = undefined;
+		const self = this;
+
+		container.on('message', (context: any) => { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
+			if (context.message.message_id && context.message.message_id === lastMsgId) {
+				// ignore duplicate message check, don't think it's necessary, but it was in the rhea-lib example code
+				lastMsgId = context.message.message_id;
+				return;
+			}
+			self.emit([self.helpers.returnJsonArray([context.message])]);
+		});
+
+		const connection = container.connect(connectOptions);
+		let clientOptions = undefined;
+		if (durable) {
+			clientOptions = {
+				name: subscription,
+				source: {
+					address: sink,
+					durable: 2,
+					expiry_policy: 'never'
+				},
+				credit_window: 1	// prefetch 1
+			};
+		} else {
+			clientOptions = {
+				source: {
+					address: sink,
+				},
+				credit_window: 1	// prefetch 1
+			};
+		}
+		connection.open_receiver(clientOptions);
+
+
+		// The "closeFunction" function gets called by n8n whenever
+		// the workflow gets deactivated and can so clean up.
+		async function closeFunction() {
+			connection.close();
+		}
+
+		// The "manualTriggerFunction" function gets called by n8n
+		// when a user is in the workflow editor and starts the
+		// workflow manually.
+		// for AMQP it doesn't make much sense to wait here but
+		// for a new user who doesn't know how this works, it's better to wait and show a respective info message
+		async function manualTriggerFunction() {
+			await new Promise(( resolve, reject ) => {
+				const timeoutHandler = setTimeout(() => {
+					reject(new Error('Aborted, no message received within 30secs. This 30sec timeout is only set for "manually triggered execution". Active Workflows will listen indefinitely.'));
+				}, 30000);
+				container.on('message', (context: any) => { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
+					clearTimeout(timeoutHandler);
+					resolve(true);
+				});
+			});
+		}
+
+		return {
+			closeFunction,
+			manualTriggerFunction,
+		};
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/amqp.png b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Amqp/amqp.png
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diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/package.json b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
index aa2af1805f..2e36690692 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "credentials": [
             "dist/credentials/ActiveCampaignApi.credentials.js",
             "dist/credentials/AirtableApi.credentials.js",
+            "dist/credentials/Amqp.credentials.js",
             "dist/credentials/AsanaApi.credentials.js",
             "dist/credentials/Aws.credentials.js",
             "dist/credentials/ChargebeeApi.credentials.js",
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@
         "nodes": [
             "dist/nodes/ActiveCampaign/ActiveCampaign.node.js",
             "dist/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.js",
+            "dist/nodes/Amqp/Amqp.node.js",
+            "dist/nodes/Amqp/AmqpTrigger.node.js",
             "dist/nodes/Asana/Asana.node.js",
             "dist/nodes/Asana/AsanaTrigger.node.js",
             "dist/nodes/Aws/AwsLambda.node.js",
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@
         "pdf-parse": "^1.1.1",
         "pg-promise": "^9.0.3",
         "redis": "^2.8.0",
+        "rhea": "^1.0.11",
         "rss-parser": "^3.7.0",
         "vm2": "^3.6.10",
         "xlsx": "^0.14.3",