diff --git a/docs/user-manual/en/examples.md b/docs/user-manual/en/examples.md
index 1780eaa601..251eeaa0c1 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/en/examples.md
+++ b/docs/user-manual/en/examples.md
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ OpenWire
The `Openwire` example shows how to configure an Apache ActiveMQ Artemis server to
communicate with an Apache ActiveMQ Artemis JMS client that uses open-wire protocol.
-You will find the queue example for open wire, and the chat example.
+You will find the queue example for open wire, and the chat example. The virtual-topic-mapping examples shows how to
+map the ActiveMQ 5.x Virtual Topic naming convention to work with the Artemis Address model.
Paging
------
diff --git a/docs/user-manual/en/protocols-interoperability.md b/docs/user-manual/en/protocols-interoperability.md
index 8ce73c4d7d..7904e45e23 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/en/protocols-interoperability.md
+++ b/docs/user-manual/en/protocols-interoperability.md
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ In an acceptor url it would be:
This will translate ```Consumer.A.VirtualTopic.Orders``` into a FQQN of ```VirtualTopic.Orders::Consumer.A``` using the
int component ```2``` of the configuration to identify the consumer queue as the first two paths of the destination.
-```virtualTopicConsumerWildcards``` is multi valued using a ```,``` separator.
+```virtualTopicConsumerWildcards``` is multi valued using a ```,``` separator.
+
+Please see Virtual Topic Mapping example contained in the OpenWire [examples](examples.md).
## MQTT
diff --git a/examples/protocols/openwire/pom.xml b/examples/protocols/openwire/pom.xml
index e4d2486e2a..b96a1f653d 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/openwire/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/protocols/openwire/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ under the License.
queue
message-listener
message-recovery
+ virtual-topic-mapping
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ under the License.
queue
message-listener
message-recovery
+ virtual-topic-mapping
diff --git a/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/pom.xml b/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22ea7fafc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/pom.xml
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+
+
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+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ org.apache.activemq.examples.openwire
+ openwire-examples
+ 2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ virtual-topic-mapping
+ jar
+ ActiveMQ Artemis OpenWire Virtual Topic Mapping Example
+
+
+ ${project.basedir}/../../../..
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.geronimo.specs
+ geronimo-jms_1.1_spec
+ 1.1
+
+
+ org.apache.activemq
+ activemq-client
+ ${activemq5-version}
+
+
+ org.slf4j
+ slf4j-nop
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.activemq
+ artemis-maven-plugin
+
+
+ create
+
+ create
+
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+ ${noServer}
+
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+ start
+
+ cli
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+
+ true
+ ${noServer}
+ tcp://localhost:61616
+
+ run
+
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+
+
+ runClient
+
+ runClient
+
+
+ org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.example.VirtualTopicMappingExample
+
+
+
+ stop
+
+ cli
+
+
+ ${noServer}
+
+ stop
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.activemq.examples.openwire
+ virtual-topic-mapping
+ ${project.version}
+
+
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+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-clean-plugin
+
+
+
+
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+ release
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+
+
+ com.vladsch.flexmark
+ markdown-page-generator-plugin
+
+
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+
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diff --git a/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/readme.md b/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e96724d798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# OpenWire Virtual Topic Mapping Example
+
+To run the example, simply type **mvn verify** from this directory, or **mvn -PnoServer verify** if you want to start
+and create the broker manually.
+
+Using ActiveMQ 5.x virtual topics, messages that are sent to a virtual topic can be consumed from a set of backing queues.
+This is similar to using an Artemis Address with a multicast binding and consuming from directly from the underlying
+queue using a FQQN (Fully Qualified Queue Name).
+
+In ActiveMQ 5.x the relation between the virtual topic and its backing queues is established by following a naming convention.
+For more details on Virtual Topics please see http://activemq.apache.org/virtual-destinations.html
+
+This example shows you how to map a virtual topic naming convention (from ActiveMQ 5.x) to use the Artemis Address model .
+The Artemis broker is configured to recognise the Virtual Topic Naming convention, using `virtualTopicConsumerWildcards`
+acceptor parameter and the consumer will be mapped internally to consume from the appropriate FQQN rather than the specified
+Address.
+
+The example sends a message to a topic (using openwire protocol) and an openwire consumer listens on the backing queue
+using the ActiveMQ 5.x virtual topic naming convention. Due to the acceptor url parameter `virtualTopicConsumerWildcards`,
+(see below), Artemis maps the consumer consuming from `Consumer.A.VirtualTopic.Orders` to actually consume from
+FQQN of `VirtualTopic.Orders::Consumer.A`
+
+
+```xml
+tcp://0.0.0.0:61616?virtualTopicConsumerWildcards=Consumer.*.%3E%3B2
+```
+
diff --git a/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/VirtualTopicMappingExample.java b/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/VirtualTopicMappingExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d0e2714dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/VirtualTopicMappingExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+ *
+ * http://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.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.example;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Queue;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.TextMessage;
+import javax.jms.Topic;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+
+/**
+ * The example sends a message to a topic (using openwire protocol) and an openwire consumer listens on the backing queue
+ * using the ActiveMQ 5.x virtual topic naming convention. Due to the acceptor parameter virtualTopicConsumerWildcards
+ * Artemis maps the consumer consuming from "Consumer.A.VirtualTopic.Orders" to actually consume from
+ * FQQN "VirtualTopic.Orders::Consumer.A"
+ */
+public class VirtualTopicMappingExample {
+
+ public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+ Connection connection = null;
+ try {
+
+ ConnectionFactory cf = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory();
+
+ connection = cf.createConnection();
+ Session session = connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+
+ //create consumer on queue that is used by the Virtual Topic
+ Queue queue = session.createQueue("Consumer.A.VirtualTopic.Orders");
+ MessageConsumer messageConsumer = session.createConsumer(queue);
+ connection.start();
+
+
+ //send message to virtual topic
+ Topic topic = session.createTopic("VirtualTopic.Orders");
+ MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(topic);
+ TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage("This is a text message");
+ producer.send(message);
+
+ System.out.println("Sent message with ID: " + message.getJMSMessageID() + " to Topic: " + topic.getTopicName());
+
+ //consume the message from the backing queue
+ TextMessage messageReceived = (TextMessage) messageConsumer.receive(5000);
+
+ if (messageReceived != null) {
+ System.out.println("Received message with ID: " + messageReceived.getJMSMessageID() + " from Queue: " + queue.getQueueName());
+ } else {
+ //unexpected outcome
+ throw new RuntimeException("EXAMPLE FAILED - No message received from Queue: " + queue.getQueueName());
+ }
+ } finally {
+ if (connection != null) {
+ connection.close();
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml b/examples/protocols/openwire/virtual-topic-mapping/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml
new file mode 100644
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+
+ VirtualTopicMappingExample
+
+ ./data/paging
+
+ ./data/bindings
+
+ ./data/journal
+
+ ./data/large-messages
+
+
+
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