diff --git a/modules/rabbitmq/rmq_servers.c b/modules/rabbitmq/rmq_servers.c
index 0f3972d267b..fff89819943 100644
--- a/modules/rabbitmq/rmq_servers.c
+++ b/modules/rabbitmq/rmq_servers.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "../../ut.h"
 
 #include "rmq_servers.h"
+#include <amqp_framing.h>
 
 #if defined AMQP_VERSION && AMQP_VERSION >= 0x00040000
   #define AMQP_VERSION_v04
@@ -520,3 +521,111 @@ void rmq_connect_servers(void)
 					srv->uri.host, srv->uri.port);
 	}
 }
+
+static inline int amqp_check_status(struct rmq_server *srv, int r, int* retry)
+{
+#ifndef AMQP_VERSION_v04
+	if (r != 0) {
+		LM_ERR("[%.*s] unknown AMQP error [%d] while sending\n",
+				srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s, r);
+		/* we close the connection here to be able to re-connect later */
+		/* TODO: close the connection */
+		return r;
+	}
+	return 0;
+#else
+	switch (r) {
+		case AMQP_STATUS_OK:
+			return 0;
+
+		case AMQP_STATUS_TIMER_FAILURE:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] timer failure\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			goto no_close;
+
+		case AMQP_STATUS_NO_MEMORY:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] no more memory\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			goto no_close;
+
+		case AMQP_STATUS_TABLE_TOO_BIG:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] a table in the properties was too large to fit in "
+					"a single frame\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			goto no_close;
+
+		case AMQP_STATUS_HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] heartbeat timeout\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			break;
+
+		case AMQP_STATUS_CONNECTION_CLOSED:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] connection closed\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			break;
+
+		/* this should not happened since we do not use ssl */
+		case AMQP_STATUS_SSL_ERROR:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] SSL error\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			break;
+
+		case AMQP_STATUS_TCP_ERROR:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] TCP error: %s(%d)\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s,
+					strerror(errno), errno);
+			break;
+
+		/* This is happening on rabbitmq server restart */
+		case AMQP_STATUS_SOCKET_ERROR:
+			LM_WARN("[%.*s] socket error\n", srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] unknown AMQP error[%d]: %s(%d)\n",
+					srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s, r, strerror(errno), errno);
+			break;
+	}
+	/* we close the connection here to be able to re-connect later */
+	rmq_close_server(srv);
+no_close:
+	if (retry && *retry > 0) {
+		(*retry)--;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return r;
+#endif
+}
+
+int rmq_send(struct rmq_server *srv, str *rkey, str *body, str *ctype)
+{
+	int ret;
+	amqp_bytes_t akey;
+	amqp_bytes_t abody;
+	amqp_basic_properties_t props;
+	int retries = srv->retries;
+
+	akey.len = rkey->len;
+	akey.bytes = rkey->s;
+	abody.len = body->len;
+	abody.bytes = body->s;
+	memset(&props, 0, sizeof props);
+
+	if (ctype) {
+		props._flags |= AMQP_BASIC_CONTENT_TYPE_FLAG;
+		props.content_type.len = ctype->len;
+		props.content_type.bytes = ctype->s;
+	}
+	if (!(srv->flags & RMQF_NOPER)) {
+		props.delivery_mode = 2;
+		props._flags |= AMQP_BASIC_DELIVERY_MODE_FLAG;
+	}
+
+	do {
+		if (rmq_reconnect(srv) < 0) {
+			LM_ERR("[%.*s] cannot send RabbitMQ message\n",
+					srv->cid.len, srv->cid.s);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		ret = amqp_basic_publish(srv->conn, 1, srv->exchange, akey, \
+				(srv->flags & RMQF_MAND), (srv->flags & RMQF_IMM),
+				&props, abody);
+		ret = amqp_check_status(srv, ret, &retries);
+	} while (ret > 0);
+
+	return ret;
+}