diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java
index 82b223904c..0fd123117d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ public class RabbitAutoConfiguration {
 				factory.setTrustStore(ssl.getTrustStore());
 				factory.setTrustStorePassphrase(ssl.getTrustStorePassword());
 			}
+			if (config.getConnectionTimeout() != null) {
+				factory.setConnectionTimeout(config.getConnectionTimeout());
+			}
 			factory.afterPropertiesSet();
 			CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new CachingConnectionFactory(
 					factory.getObject());
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
index 82a45f04d5..d264f43b88 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ public class RabbitProperties {
 	 */
 	private boolean publisherReturns;
 
+	/**
+	 * The connection timeout, in milliseconds; zero for infinite.
+	 */
+	private Integer connectionTimeout;
+
 	/**
 	 * Cache configuration.
 	 */
@@ -222,6 +227,14 @@ public class RabbitProperties {
 		this.publisherReturns = publisherReturns;
 	}
 
+	public Integer getConnectionTimeout() {
+		return this.connectionTimeout;
+	}
+
+	public void setConnectionTimeout(Integer connectionTimeout) {
+		this.connectionTimeout = connectionTimeout;
+	}
+
 	public Cache getCache() {
 		return this.cache;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 6ddf2790ec..a777c129e4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -101,12 +101,17 @@ public class RabbitAutoConfigurationTests {
 	public void testConnectionFactoryWithOverrides() {
 		load(TestConfiguration.class, "spring.rabbitmq.host:remote-server",
 				"spring.rabbitmq.port:9000", "spring.rabbitmq.username:alice",
-				"spring.rabbitmq.password:secret", "spring.rabbitmq.virtual_host:/vhost");
+				"spring.rabbitmq.password:secret", "spring.rabbitmq.virtual_host:/vhost",
+				"spring.rabbitmq.connection-timeout:123");
 		CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory = this.context
 				.getBean(CachingConnectionFactory.class);
 		assertThat(connectionFactory.getHost()).isEqualTo("remote-server");
 		assertThat(connectionFactory.getPort()).isEqualTo(9000);
 		assertThat(connectionFactory.getVirtualHost()).isEqualTo("/vhost");
+		DirectFieldAccessor dfa = new DirectFieldAccessor(connectionFactory);
+		com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory rcf = (com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory) dfa
+				.getPropertyValue("rabbitConnectionFactory");
+		assertThat(rcf.getConnectionTimeout()).isEqualTo(123);
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index 50e468cc22..7c14584d2f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.rabbitmq.cache.channel.size= # Number of channels to retain in the cache.
 	spring.rabbitmq.cache.connection.mode=CHANNEL # Connection factory cache mode.
 	spring.rabbitmq.cache.connection.size= # Number of connections to cache.
+	spring.rabbitmq.connection-timeout= # Connection Timeout, in milliseconds.
 	spring.rabbitmq.dynamic=true # Create an AmqpAdmin bean.
 	spring.rabbitmq.host=localhost # RabbitMQ host.
 	spring.rabbitmq.listener.acknowledge-mode= # Acknowledge mode of container.