diff --git a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQComponent.java b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQComponent.java
index 7f842cf9f6..38491740d0 100644
--- a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQComponent.java
+++ b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQComponent.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.camel.component;
 
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ import org.apache.activemq.Service;
 import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
 import org.apache.camel.component.jms.JmsComponent;
 import org.apache.camel.component.jms.JmsConfiguration;
+import org.apache.camel.util.IntrospectionSupport;
+import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;
+import org.apache.camel.util.URISupport;
 import org.springframework.jms.connection.SingleConnectionFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -130,6 +135,28 @@ public class ActiveMQComponent extends JmsComponent {
         singleConnectionFactoryList.add(singleConnectionFactory);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    protected String convertPathToActualDestination(String path, Map<String, Object> parameters) {
+        // support ActiveMQ destination options using the destination. prefix
+        // http://activemq.apache.org/destination-options.html
+        Map options = IntrospectionSupport.extractProperties(parameters, "destination.");
+
+        String query;
+        try {
+            query = URISupport.createQueryString(options);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw ObjectHelper.wrapRuntimeCamelException(e);
+        }
+
+        // if we have destination options then append them to the destination name
+        if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(query)) {
+            return path + "?" + query;
+        } else {
+            return path;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void doStart() throws Exception {
         super.doStart();
diff --git a/activemq-camel/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/CamelDestinationExclusiveConsumerTest.java b/activemq-camel/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/CamelDestinationExclusiveConsumerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf6c01336a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-camel/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/CamelDestinationExclusiveConsumerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.camel;
+
+import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
+import org.apache.camel.EndpointInject;
+import org.apache.camel.component.mock.MockEndpoint;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit38.AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+public class CamelDestinationExclusiveConsumerTest extends AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests {
+
+    @Autowired
+    protected CamelContext camelContext;
+
+    @EndpointInject(uri = "mock:results")
+    protected MockEndpoint expectedEndpoint;
+
+    public void testMocksAreValid() throws Exception {
+        expectedEndpoint.expectedMessageCount(1);
+        MockEndpoint.assertIsSatisfied(camelContext);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/activemq-camel/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/camel/CamelDestinationExclusiveConsumerTest-context.xml b/activemq-camel/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/camel/CamelDestinationExclusiveConsumerTest-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7782b9e8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-camel/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/camel/CamelDestinationExclusiveConsumerTest-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    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.
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+       http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring/camel-spring.xsd
+    ">
+
+  <!-- START SNIPPET: e1 -->
+  <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">
+    <route>
+      <from uri="file://src/test/data?noop=true"/>
+      <to uri="activemq:queue:foo"/>
+    </route>
+    <route>
+      <!-- use consumer.exclusive ActiveMQ destination option, notice we have to prefix with destination. -->
+      <from uri="activemq:foo?destination.consumer.exclusive=true&amp;destination.consumer.prefetchSize=50"/>
+      <to uri="mock:results"/>
+    </route>
+  </camelContext>
+  <!-- END SNIPPET: e1 -->
+
+  <bean id="connectionFactory" class="org.apache.activemq.spring.ActiveMQConnectionFactory">
+    <property name="brokerURL" value="vm://localhost?broker.persistent=false"/>
+  </bean>
+
+</beans>