diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPMessage.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPMessage.java
index d8b67ea2e3..a03ff10508 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPMessage.java
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPMessage.java
@@ -1131,4 +1131,12 @@ public class AMQPMessage extends RefCountMessage {
       this.durable = true; // it's coming from the journal, so it's durable
       parseHeaders();
    }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "AMQPMessage [durable=" + isDurable() +
+         ", messageID=" + getMessageID() +
+         ", address=" + getAddress() +
+         "]";
+   }
 }
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/BridgeImpl.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/BridgeImpl.java
index 39a2b2de46..3aa82a1bf8 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/BridgeImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/BridgeImpl.java
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ public class BridgeImpl implements Bridge, SessionFailureListener, SendAcknowled
    }
 
    /* Hook for processing message before forwarding */
-   protected Message beforeForward(final Message message) {
+   protected Message beforeForward(final Message message, final SimpleString forwardingAddress) {
       if (useDuplicateDetection) {
          // We keep our own DuplicateID for the Bridge, so bouncing back and forth will work fine
          byte[] bytes = getDuplicateBytes(nodeUUID, message.getMessageID());
@@ -519,6 +519,11 @@ public class BridgeImpl implements Bridge, SessionFailureListener, SendAcknowled
          message.putExtraBytesProperty(Message.HDR_BRIDGE_DUPLICATE_ID, bytes);
       }
 
+      if (forwardingAddress != null) {
+         // for AMQP messages this modification will be transient
+         message.setAddress(forwardingAddress);
+      }
+
       if (transformer != null) {
          final Message transformedMessage = transformer.transform(message);
          if (transformedMessage != message) {
@@ -568,8 +573,6 @@ public class BridgeImpl implements Bridge, SessionFailureListener, SendAcknowled
             refs.put(ref.getMessage().getMessageID(), ref);
          }
 
-         final Message message = beforeForward(ref.getMessage());
-
          final SimpleString dest;
 
          if (forwardingAddress != null) {
@@ -579,6 +582,8 @@ public class BridgeImpl implements Bridge, SessionFailureListener, SendAcknowled
             dest = ref.getMessage().getAddressSimpleString();
          }
 
+         final Message message = beforeForward(ref.getMessage(), dest);
+
          pendingAcks.countUp();
 
          try {
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/ClusterConnectionBridge.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/ClusterConnectionBridge.java
index cf24d0fac5..5f70d2828c 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/ClusterConnectionBridge.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/ClusterConnectionBridge.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class ClusterConnectionBridge extends BridgeImpl {
    }
 
    @Override
-   protected Message beforeForward(final Message message) {
+   protected Message beforeForward(final Message message, final SimpleString forwardingAddress) {
       // We make a copy of the message, then we strip out the unwanted routing id headers and leave
       // only
       // the one pertinent for the address node - this is important since different queues on different
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class ClusterConnectionBridge extends BridgeImpl {
 
       messageCopy.putExtraBytesProperty(Message.HDR_ROUTE_TO_IDS, queueIds);
 
-      messageCopy = super.beforeForward(messageCopy);
+      messageCopy = super.beforeForward(messageCopy, null);
 
       return messageCopy;
    }
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/AmqpSendReceiveTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/AmqpSendReceiveTest.java
index 24ca845172..a35541cdb2 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/AmqpSendReceiveTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/AmqpSendReceiveTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.amqp;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.RoutingType;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.SimpleString;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.BridgeConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.Queue;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.AddressInfo;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.protocol.amqp.proton.AmqpSupport;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.jms.Topic;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
@@ -112,6 +114,43 @@ public class AmqpSendReceiveTest extends AmqpClientTestSupport {
       connection.close();
    }
 
+   @Test(timeout = 60000)
+   public void testCoreBridge() throws Exception {
+      server.getRemotingService().createAcceptor("acceptor", "vm://0").start();
+      server.getConfiguration().addConnectorConfiguration("connector", "vm://0");
+      server.deployBridge(new BridgeConfiguration()
+                             .setName(getTestName())
+                             .setQueueName(getQueueName())
+                             .setForwardingAddress(getQueueName(1))
+                             .setConfirmationWindowSize(10)
+                             .setStaticConnectors(Arrays.asList("connector")));
+      sendMessages(getQueueName(), 1);
+
+      AmqpClient client = createAmqpClient();
+      AmqpConnection connection = addConnection(client.connect());
+      AmqpSession session = connection.createSession();
+
+      AmqpReceiver receiver = session.createReceiver(getQueueName(1));
+
+      Queue queueView = getProxyToQueue(getQueueName());
+      assertEquals(1, queueView.getConsumerCount());
+      assertEquals(0, queueView.getMessageCount());
+
+      queueView = getProxyToQueue(getQueueName(1));
+      assertEquals(1, queueView.getConsumerCount());
+      assertEquals(1, queueView.getMessageCount());
+
+      receiver.flow(1);
+      AmqpMessage message = receiver.receive(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+      assertNotNull(message);
+      message.accept();
+      receiver.close();
+
+      assertEquals(0, queueView.getMessageCount());
+
+      connection.close();
+   }
+
    @Test(timeout = 60000)
    public void testMessageDurableFalse() throws Exception {
       sendMessages(getQueueName(), 1, false);