diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/AbstractBaseInstrumentation.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/AbstractBaseInstrumentation.java
index 17e887f362..a73cc84df3 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/AbstractBaseInstrumentation.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/AbstractBaseInstrumentation.java
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ protected static boolean captureHeaderKey(String key) {
         return !WildcardMatcher.isAnyMatch(coreConfiguration.getSanitizeFieldNames(), key);
     }
 
+    protected static MessagingConfiguration.RabbitMQNamingMode getRabbitMQNamingMode() {
+        return messagingConfiguration.getRabbitMQNamingMode();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Captures queue name and optional timestamp
      *
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpTransactionHelper.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpTransactionHelper.java
index 6aa8d6627e..19ae60bd55 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpTransactionHelper.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpTransactionHelper.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.tracer.Transaction;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.rabbitmq.header.SpringRabbitMQTextHeaderGetter;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.sdk.internal.util.PrivilegedActionUtils;
+import co.elastic.apm.agent.tracer.configuration.MessagingConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessageProperties;
 
@@ -37,12 +38,12 @@ public SpringAmqpTransactionHelper(Tracer tracer) {
 
     @Nullable
     public Transaction<?> createTransaction(Message message, String transactionNamePrefix) {
-        String exchange = null;
+        String exchangeOrQueue = null;
         MessageProperties messageProperties = message.getMessageProperties();
         if (messageProperties != null) {
-            exchange = messageProperties.getReceivedExchange();
+            exchangeOrQueue = getExchangeOrQueue(messageProperties);
         }
-        if (exchange != null && AbstractBaseInstrumentation.isIgnored(exchange)) {
+        if (exchangeOrQueue != null && AbstractBaseInstrumentation.isIgnored(exchangeOrQueue)) {
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public Transaction<?> createTransaction(Message message, String transactionNameP
         transaction.withType("messaging")
             .withName(transactionNamePrefix)
             .appendToName(" RECEIVE from ")
-            .appendToName(AbstractBaseInstrumentation.normalizeExchangeName(exchange));
+            .appendToName(AbstractBaseInstrumentation.normalizeExchangeName(exchangeOrQueue));
 
         transaction.setFrameworkName("Spring AMQP");
 
@@ -67,12 +68,20 @@ public Transaction<?> createTransaction(Message message, String transactionNameP
             String receivedRoutingKey = messageProperties.getReceivedRoutingKey();
             transaction.getContext().getMessage().withAge(timestamp).withRoutingKey(receivedRoutingKey);
         }
-        if (exchange != null) {
-            transaction.getContext().getMessage().withQueue(exchange);
+        if (exchangeOrQueue != null) {
+            transaction.getContext().getMessage().withQueue(exchangeOrQueue);
         }
 
         // only capture incoming messages headers for now (consistent with other messaging plugins)
         AbstractBaseInstrumentation.captureHeaders(messageProperties != null ? messageProperties.getHeaders() : null, transaction.getContext().getMessage());
         return transaction.activate();
     }
+
+    private static String getExchangeOrQueue(MessageProperties messageProperties) {
+        if (MessagingConfiguration.RabbitMQNamingMode.QUEUE == AbstractBaseInstrumentation.getRabbitMQNamingMode()) {
+            return messageProperties.getConsumerQueue();
+        } else {
+            return messageProperties.getReceivedExchange();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apm-agent-tracer/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/tracer/configuration/MessagingConfiguration.java b/apm-agent-tracer/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/tracer/configuration/MessagingConfiguration.java
index 0710c877a7..5bc1171e21 100644
--- a/apm-agent-tracer/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/tracer/configuration/MessagingConfiguration.java
+++ b/apm-agent-tracer/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/tracer/configuration/MessagingConfiguration.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package co.elastic.apm.agent.tracer.configuration;
 
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.common.util.WildcardMatcher;
-import co.elastic.apm.agent.tracer.configuration.WildcardMatcherValueConverter;
 import org.stagemonitor.configuration.ConfigurationOption;
 import org.stagemonitor.configuration.ConfigurationOptionProvider;
 import org.stagemonitor.configuration.converter.ListValueConverter;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ public class MessagingConfiguration extends ConfigurationOptionProvider {
     private static final String MESSAGE_POLLING_TRANSACTION_STRATEGY = "message_polling_transaction_strategy";
     private static final String MESSAGE_BATCH_STRATEGY = "message_batch_strategy";
 
-    private ConfigurationOption<JmsStrategy> messagePollingTransactionStrategy = ConfigurationOption.enumOption(JmsStrategy.class)
+    private final ConfigurationOption<JmsStrategy> messagePollingTransactionStrategy = ConfigurationOption.enumOption(JmsStrategy.class)
         .key(MESSAGE_POLLING_TRANSACTION_STRATEGY)
         .configurationCategory(MESSAGING_CATEGORY)
         .tags("internal")
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ public class MessagingConfiguration extends ConfigurationOptionProvider {
         .dynamic(true)
         .buildWithDefault(JmsStrategy.HANDLING);
 
-    private ConfigurationOption<BatchStrategy> messageBatchStrategy = ConfigurationOption.enumOption(BatchStrategy.class)
+    private final ConfigurationOption<BatchStrategy> messageBatchStrategy = ConfigurationOption.enumOption(BatchStrategy.class)
         .key(MESSAGE_BATCH_STRATEGY)
         .configurationCategory(MESSAGING_CATEGORY)
         .tags("internal")
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ public class MessagingConfiguration extends ConfigurationOptionProvider {
         .dynamic(true)
         .buildWithDefault(BatchStrategy.BATCH_HANDLING);
 
-    private ConfigurationOption<Boolean> collectQueueAddress = ConfigurationOption.booleanOption()
+    private final ConfigurationOption<Boolean> collectQueueAddress = ConfigurationOption.booleanOption()
         .key("collect_queue_address")
         .configurationCategory(MESSAGING_CATEGORY)
         .tags("internal")
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ public class MessagingConfiguration extends ConfigurationOptionProvider {
             "\n" +
             WildcardMatcher.DOCUMENTATION)
         .dynamic(true)
-        .buildWithDefault(Collections.<WildcardMatcher>emptyList());
+        .buildWithDefault(Collections.emptyList());
 
     private final ConfigurationOption<Boolean> endMessagingTransactionOnPoll = ConfigurationOption.booleanOption()
         .key("end_messaging_transaction_on_poll")
@@ -107,7 +106,14 @@ public class MessagingConfiguration extends ConfigurationOptionProvider {
             "Starting from version 1.43.0, the classes that are part of the 'application_packages' option are also included in the list of classes considered."
         )
         .dynamic(false)
-        .buildWithDefault(Collections.<String>emptyList());
+        .buildWithDefault(Collections.emptyList());
+
+    private final ConfigurationOption<RabbitMQNamingMode> rabbitMQNamingMode = ConfigurationOption.enumOption(RabbitMQNamingMode.class)
+        .key("rabbitmq_naming_mode")
+        .configurationCategory(MESSAGING_CATEGORY)
+        .description("Defines whether the agent should use the exchanges or the queue for the naming of RabbitMQ Transactions.")
+        .dynamic(true)
+        .buildWithDefault(RabbitMQNamingMode.EXCHANGE);
 
     public JmsStrategy getMessagePollingTransactionStrategy() {
         return messagePollingTransactionStrategy.get();
@@ -133,6 +139,10 @@ public Collection<String> getJmsListenerPackages() {
         return jmsListenerPackages.get();
     }
 
+    public RabbitMQNamingMode getRabbitMQNamingMode() {
+        return rabbitMQNamingMode.get();
+    }
+
     public enum JmsStrategy {
         /**
          * Create a transaction capturing JMS {@code receive} invocations
@@ -164,4 +174,15 @@ public enum BatchStrategy {
          */
         BATCH_HANDLING
     }
+
+    public enum RabbitMQNamingMode {
+        /**
+         * Use exchange in transaction names
+         */
+        EXCHANGE,
+        /**
+         * Use queue in transaction names
+         */
+        QUEUE,
+    }
 }