diff --git a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationView.java b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationView.java
index db0c67f0d8..c695fb4ce4 100644
--- a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationView.java
+++ b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationView.java
@@ -341,7 +341,22 @@ public class DestinationView implements DestinationViewMBean {
 
     @Override
     public String sendTextMessageWithProperties(String properties) throws Exception {
-        String[] kvs = properties.split(",");
+        Map<String, String> props = parseProps(properties, ",");
+        return sendTextMessage(props, props.remove("body"), props.remove("username"), props.remove("password"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String sendTextMessageWithProperties(String properties, String delimiter) throws Exception {
+        if (delimiter == null || delimiter.isEmpty()) {
+            return sendTextMessageWithProperties(properties);
+        } else {
+            Map<String, String> props = parseProps(properties, delimiter);
+            return sendTextMessage(props, props.remove("body"), props.remove("username"), props.remove("password"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, String> parseProps(String properties, String delimiter) {
+        String[] kvs = properties.split(delimiter);
         Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<String, String>();
         for (String kv : kvs) {
             String[] it = kv.split("=");
@@ -349,7 +364,7 @@ public class DestinationView implements DestinationViewMBean {
                 props.put(it[0],it[1]);
             }
         }
-        return sendTextMessage(props, props.remove("body"), props.remove("username"), props.remove("password"));
+        return props;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationViewMBean.java b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationViewMBean.java
index 526e6480d1..644595c798 100644
--- a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationViewMBean.java
+++ b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/DestinationViewMBean.java
@@ -188,13 +188,30 @@ public interface DestinationViewMBean {
     /**
      * Sends a TextMessage to the destination.
      *
-     * @param properties the message properties to set as a comma sep name=value list. Can only
-     *                contain Strings maped to primitive types or JMS properties. eg: body=hi,JMSReplyTo=Queue2
+     * @param properties the message properties to set as name=value list separated
+     *                   by a comma. Can only contain Strings mapped to primitive
+     *                   types or JMS properties. eg: body=hi,JMSReplyTo=Queue2
      * @return the message id of the message sent.
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    @MBeanInfo("Sends a TextMessage to the destination.")
-    public String sendTextMessageWithProperties(String properties) throws Exception;
+    @MBeanInfo("Sends a TextMessage to the destination using comma separeted properties list. Example properties: body=value,header=value")
+    public String sendTextMessageWithProperties(@MBeanInfo("properties") String properties) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a TextMessage to the destination.
+     *
+     * @param properties the message properties to set as name=value list separated
+     *                   by a custom delimiter. Can only contain Strings mapped to
+     *                   primitive types or JMS properties. eg:
+     *                   body=hi,JMSReplyTo=Queue2
+     * @param delimiter  The delimiter that separates each property. Defaults to
+     *                   comma if none is provided.
+     * @return the message id of the message sent.
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @MBeanInfo("Sends a TextMessage to the destination using properties separeted by arbetrary delimiter. Example properties: body=value;header=value")
+    public String sendTextMessageWithProperties(@MBeanInfo("properties") String properties,
+            @MBeanInfo("delimiter") String delimiter) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Sends a TextMesage to the destination.
diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java
index 8ecfee3c32..b059f44a76 100644
--- a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ import javax.management.ObjectName;
 import javax.management.openmbean.CompositeData;
 import javax.management.openmbean.TabularData;
 
-import junit.textui.TestRunner;
-
 import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection;
 import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQPrefetchPolicy;
@@ -69,6 +67,9 @@ import org.apache.activemq.util.Wait;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import junit.textui.TestRunner;
+
+
 /**
  * A test case of the various MBeans in ActiveMQ. If you want to look at the
  * various MBeans after the test has been run then run this test case as a
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ public class MBeanTest extends EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport {
         // messages on a queue
         assertSendViaMBean();
         assertSendCsnvViaMBean();
+        assertSendTextMessageWithCustomDelimitedPropsViaMBean();
         assertQueueBrowseWorks();
         assertCreateAndDestroyDurableSubscriptions();
         assertConsumerCounts();
@@ -728,6 +730,42 @@ public class MBeanTest extends EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport {
         browseAndVerifyTypes(proxy, true);
     }
 
+    protected void assertSendTextMessageWithCustomDelimitedPropsViaMBean() throws Exception {
+        String queueName = getDestinationString() + ".SendMBBean";
+
+        ObjectName brokerName = assertRegisteredObjectName(domain + ":type=Broker,brokerName=localhost");
+        echo("Create QueueView MBean...");
+        BrokerViewMBean broker = MBeanServerInvocationHandler.newProxyInstance(mbeanServer, brokerName, BrokerViewMBean.class, true);
+        broker.addQueue(queueName);
+
+        ObjectName queueViewMBeanName = assertRegisteredObjectName(domain + ":type=Broker,brokerName=localhost,destinationType=Queue,destinationName=" + queueName);
+
+        echo("Create QueueView MBean...");
+        QueueViewMBean proxy = MBeanServerInvocationHandler.newProxyInstance(mbeanServer, queueViewMBeanName, QueueViewMBean.class, true);
+
+        proxy.purge();
+
+        int count = 5;
+
+        String delimiter = ";";
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+            String props = String.join(delimiter,
+                    "body=message:" + i,
+                    "JMSCorrelationID=MyCorrId",
+                    "JMSDeliveryMode=1",
+                    "JMSXGroupID=MyGroupID",
+                    "JMSXGroupSeq=1234",
+                    "JMSPriority=" + (i + 1),
+                    "JMSType=MyType",
+                    "MyHeader=" + i,
+                    "MyStringHeader=StringHeader" + i);
+
+            proxy.sendTextMessageWithProperties(props, delimiter);
+        }
+
+        browseAndVerifyTypes(proxy, true);
+    }
+
     protected void assertComplexData(int messageIndex, CompositeData cdata, String name, Object expected) {
         Object value = cdata.get(name);
         assertEquals("Message " + messageIndex + " CData field: " + name, expected, value);