diff --git a/deps/rabbit/priv/schema/rabbit.schema b/deps/rabbit/priv/schema/rabbit.schema
index d18f643d56d7..097b89c65100 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/priv/schema/rabbit.schema
+++ b/deps/rabbit/priv/schema/rabbit.schema
@@ -2511,6 +2511,22 @@ end}.
   end
 }.
 
+{mapping, "default_queue_type", "rabbit.default_queue_type", [
+    {datatype, atom}
+]}.
+
+{translation, "rabbit.default_queue_type",
+fun(Conf) ->
+    case cuttlefish:conf_get("default_queue_type", Conf, rabbit_classic_queue) of
+        classic        -> rabbit_classic_queue;
+        quorum         -> rabbit_quorum_queue;
+        stream         -> rabbit_stream_queue;
+        Module         -> Module
+    end
+end}.
+
+
+
 %%
 %% Backing queue version
 %%
diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl
index 4443372458c1..61f67f738c48 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ feature_flag_name(_) ->
     undefined.
 
 default() ->
-    rabbit_classic_queue.
+    rabbit_misc:get_env(rabbit,
+                        default_queue_type,
+                        rabbit_classic_queue).
 
 %% is a specific queue type implementation enabled
 -spec is_enabled(module()) -> boolean().