diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/index.ts
index 6c9c017c5e..20b5ebd5d5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/index.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ export * from './http';
 export * from './os';
 export * from './rpc';
 export * from './faas';
+export * from './messaging';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/messaging.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/messaging.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5266a60a2
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+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/trace/messaging.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * messaging attribute names defined by the Opetelemetry Semantic Conventions specification
+ * https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/master/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/messaging.md
+ */
+export const MessagingAttribute = {
+  /**
+   * A string identifying the messaging system.
+   * example: kafka, rabbitmq, sqs, sns
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Required.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_SYSTEM: 'messaging.system',
+
+  /**
+   * The message destination name. This might be equal to the span name but is required nevertheless.
+   * example: MyQueue, MyTopic
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Required.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_DESTINATION: 'messaging.destination',
+
+  /**
+   * The kind of message destination
+   * allowed values: queue, topic,
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Required only if the message destination is either a queue or topic.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_DESTINATION_KIND: 'messaging.destination_kind',
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean that is true if the message destination is temporary
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Conditional If missing, it is assumed to be false.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_TEMP_DESTINATION: 'messaging.temp_destination',
+
+  /**
+   * The kind of message destination
+   * allowed values: queue, topic,
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Required only if the message destination is either a queue or topic.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_PROTOCOL: 'messaging.protocol',
+
+  /**
+   * The version of the transport protocol.
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Optional.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_PROTOCOL_VERSION: 'messaging.protocol_version',
+
+  /**
+   * Connection string.
+   * example: https://queue.amazonaws.com/80398EXAMPLE/MyQueue
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Optional.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_URL: 'messaging.url',
+
+  /**
+   * A value used by the messaging system as an identifier for the message, represented as a string.
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Optional.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID: 'messaging.message_id',
+
+  /**
+   * The conversation ID identifying the conversation to which the message belongs, represented as a string. Sometimes called "Correlation ID".
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Optional.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_CONVERSATION_ID: 'messaging.conversation_id',
+
+  /**
+   * The (uncompressed) size of the message payload in bytes. Also use this attribute if it is unknown whether the compressed or uncompressed payload size is reported.
+   * Should be number.
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Optional.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_MESSAGE_PAYLOAD_SIZE_BYTES: 'messaging.message_payload_size_bytes',
+
+  /**
+   * The compressed size of the message payload in bytes.
+   * Should be number.
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Optional.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_MESSAGE_PAYLOAD_COMPRESSED_SIZE_BYTES:
+    'messaging.message_payload_compressed_size_bytes',
+
+  /**
+   * For message consumers only.
+   * allowed values: receive, process,
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * Optional.
+   */
+  MESSAGING_OPERATION: 'messaging.operation',
+
+  // System specific attributes
+  MESSAGING_RABBITMQ_ROUTING_KEY: 'messaging.rabbitmq.routing_key',
+  MESSAGING_KAFKA_MESSAGE_KEY: 'messaging.kafka.message_key',
+  MESSAGING_KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP: 'messaging.kafka.consumer_group',
+  MESSAGING_KAFKA_CLIENT_ID: 'messaging.kafka.client_id',
+  MESSAGING_KAFKA_PARTITION: 'messaging.kafka.partition',
+  MESSAGING_KAFKA_TOMBSTONE: 'messaging.kafka.tombstone',
+};
+
+export const MessagingOperationName = {
+  /**
+   *  A message is sent to a destination by a message producer/client.
+   */
+  SEND: 'send',
+
+  /**
+   *  A message is received from a destination by a message consumer/server.
+   */
+  RECEIVE: 'receive',
+
+  /**
+   *  A message that was previously received from a destination is processed by a message consumer/server.
+   */
+  PROCESS: 'process',
+};