diff --git a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/util/DestinationsPlugin.java b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/util/DestinationsPlugin.java
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+/**
+ * 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.broker.util;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.Broker;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerPluginSupport;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.ConnectionContext;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.Destination;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * A simple plugin that can be used to export/import runtime destinations. It's useful in security constrained
+ * environments where you want to create destinations only through the management APIs and be able to
+ * replicate them to another broker
+ *
+ * @org.apache.xbean.XBean element="destinationsPlugin"
+ */
+public class DestinationsPlugin extends BrokerPluginSupport {
+    private static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DestinationsPlugin.class);
+    HashSet<ActiveMQDestination> destinations = new HashSet<ActiveMQDestination>();
+    File location;
+
+    @Override
+    public Destination addDestination(ConnectionContext context, ActiveMQDestination destination, boolean createIfTemporary) throws Exception {
+        destinations.add(destination);
+        return super.addDestination(context, destination, createIfTemporary);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeDestination(ConnectionContext context, ActiveMQDestination destination, long timeout) throws Exception {
+        super.removeDestination(context, destination, timeout);
+        destinations.remove(destination);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() throws Exception {
+        super.start();
+        if (location == null) {
+            location = new File(getBrokerService().getBrokerDataDirectory(), "destinations");
+        }
+        importDestinations();
+        destinations.addAll(Arrays.asList(getBrokerService().getBroker().getDestinations()));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() throws Exception {
+        super.stop();
+        exportDestinations();
+    }
+
+    protected void importDestinations() throws Exception {
+        BufferedReader reader = null;
+        try {
+            if (location.exists()) {
+                reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(location));
+                String destination;
+                Broker broker = getBrokerService().getBroker();
+                while ((destination = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                    broker.addDestination(getBrokerService().getAdminConnectionContext(),
+                            ActiveMQDestination.createDestination(destination, ActiveMQDestination.QUEUE_TYPE),
+                            true);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOG.warn("Exception loading destinations", e);
+        }  finally {
+            if (reader != null) {
+                reader.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void exportDestinations() throws Exception {
+        PrintWriter pw = null;
+        try {
+            location.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(location);
+            pw = new PrintWriter(fos);
+            for (ActiveMQDestination destination : destinations) {
+                pw.println(destination);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOG.warn("Exception saving destinations", e);
+        } finally {
+            if (pw != null) {
+                pw.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public File getLocation() {
+        return location;
+    }
+
+    public void setLocation(File location) {
+        this.location = location;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/util/DestinationsPluginTest.java b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/util/DestinationsPluginTest.java
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+/**
+ * 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.broker.util;
+
+
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerPlugin;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.jmx.BrokerView;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+
+public class DestinationsPluginTest {
+
+    BrokerService broker;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        broker = createBroker();
+        broker.start();
+        broker.waitUntilStarted();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void shutdown() throws Exception {
+        broker.stop();
+        broker.waitUntilStopped();
+    }
+
+    protected BrokerService createBroker() {
+        BrokerService broker = new BrokerService();
+        broker.setPersistent(false);
+        broker.setUseJmx(true);
+        broker.setPlugins(new BrokerPlugin[]{new DestinationsPlugin()});
+        broker.setDataDirectory("target/test");
+        return broker;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDestinationSave() throws Exception {
+
+        BrokerView brokerView = broker.getAdminView();
+        brokerView.addQueue("test-queue");
+
+        broker.stop();
+        broker.waitUntilStopped();
+
+        broker = createBroker();
+        broker.start();
+        broker.waitUntilStarted();
+
+
+        ActiveMQDestination[] destinations = broker.getRegionBroker().getDestinations();
+        for (ActiveMQDestination destination : destinations) {
+            if (destination.isQueue()) {
+                assertEquals("test-queue", destination.getPhysicalName());
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}