diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
index 58f31ea889..b9adf33891 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
@@ -2741,6 +2741,7 @@ public class QueueImpl extends CriticalComponentImpl implements Queue {
 
          if (bindingList.getBindings().isEmpty()) {
             ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.errorExpiringReferencesNoBindings(expiryAddress);
+            acknowledge(tx, ref, AckReason.EXPIRED);
          } else {
             move(expiryAddress, tx, ref, true, true);
          }
@@ -2751,7 +2752,7 @@ public class QueueImpl extends CriticalComponentImpl implements Queue {
             ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.errorExpiringReferencesNoQueue(name);
          }
 
-         acknowledge(tx, ref);
+         acknowledge(tx, ref, AckReason.EXPIRED);
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/server/MessageExpirationTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/server/MessageExpirationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17609083ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/server/MessageExpirationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.integration.server;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.RoutingType;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.SimpleString;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ClientMessage;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ClientProducer;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ClientSession;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ClientSessionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServer;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.settings.impl.AddressSettings;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.junit.Wait;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.RandomUtil;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class MessageExpirationTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
+
+   private static final int EXPIRATION = 200;
+
+   private ActiveMQServer server;
+
+   private ClientSession session;
+
+   private ClientSessionFactory sf;
+
+   private ServerLocator locator;
+
+   @Test
+   public void testMessagesExpiredNoBindings() throws Exception {
+      SimpleString address = RandomUtil.randomSimpleString();
+      SimpleString queue = RandomUtil.randomSimpleString();
+      SimpleString expiryAddress = RandomUtil.randomSimpleString();
+
+      AddressSettings addressSettings = new AddressSettings().setExpiryAddress(expiryAddress);
+      server.getAddressSettingsRepository().addMatch(address.toString(), addressSettings);
+
+      session.createQueue(address, RoutingType.MULTICAST, queue, null, true);
+
+      Assert.assertEquals(0, server.locateQueue(queue).getMessagesExpired());
+
+      ClientProducer producer = session.createProducer(address);
+      ClientMessage message = session.createMessage(true);
+      message.setExpiration(System.currentTimeMillis() + EXPIRATION);
+      producer.send(message);
+
+      Assert.assertTrue(Wait.waitFor(() -> server.locateQueue(queue).getMessagesExpired() == 1, 2000, 100));
+
+      assertEquals(0, server.locateQueue(queue).getMessageCount());
+      assertEquals(0, server.locateQueue(queue).getDeliveringCount());
+
+      session.deleteQueue(queue);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testMessagesExpiredNoExpiryAddress() throws Exception {
+      SimpleString address = RandomUtil.randomSimpleString();
+      SimpleString queue = RandomUtil.randomSimpleString();
+
+      session.createQueue(address, RoutingType.MULTICAST, queue, null, true);
+
+      Assert.assertEquals(0, server.locateQueue(queue).getMessagesExpired());
+
+      ClientProducer producer = session.createProducer(address);
+      ClientMessage message = session.createMessage(true);
+      message.setExpiration(System.currentTimeMillis() + EXPIRATION);
+      producer.send(message);
+
+      Assert.assertTrue(Wait.waitFor(() -> server.locateQueue(queue).getMessagesExpired() == 1, 2000, 100));
+
+      assertEquals(0, server.locateQueue(queue).getMessageCount());
+      assertEquals(0, server.locateQueue(queue).getDeliveringCount());
+
+      session.deleteQueue(queue);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   @Before
+   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+      super.setUp();
+
+      server = createServer(false);
+
+      server.getConfiguration().setMessageExpiryScanPeriod(500);
+
+      server.start();
+      locator = createInVMNonHALocator();
+      sf = createSessionFactory(locator);
+      session = addClientSession(sf.createSession(false, true, true));
+   }
+}