diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/amqp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/amqp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c4f170901d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/amqp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ buildPecl, lib, rabbitmq-c }:
+
+buildPecl {
+  pname = "amqp";
+
+  version = "1.11.0beta";
+  sha256 = "sha256-HbVLN6fg2htYZgAFw+IhYHP+XN8j7cTLG6S0YHHOC14=";
+
+  buildInputs = [ rabbitmq-c ];
+
+  AMQP_DIR = rabbitmq-c;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "PHP extension to communicate with any AMQP compliant server";
+    license = licenses.php301;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/php-amqp/php-amqp";
+    maintainers = teams.php.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 3ceaf784af3..afcee93c3b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   # or php.withExtensions to extend the functionality of the PHP
   # interpreter.
   extensions = {
+    amqp = callPackage ../development/php-packages/amqp { };
+
     apcu = callPackage ../development/php-packages/apcu { };
 
     apcu_bc = callPackage ../development/php-packages/apcu_bc { };