diff --git a/rabbitmq/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/rabbitmq/RabbitMQFirehoseFactory.java b/rabbitmq/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/rabbitmq/RabbitMQFirehoseFactory.java
index 2f337d357ef..71e53b5089c 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/rabbitmq/RabbitMQFirehoseFactory.java
+++ b/rabbitmq/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/rabbitmq/RabbitMQFirehoseFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ import com.metamx.common.logger.Logger;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.Channel;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.Connection;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory;
-import com.rabbitmq.client.QueueingConsumer;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.DefaultConsumer;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.Envelope;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.QueueingConsumer.Delivery;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ShutdownListener;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ShutdownSignalException;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.ConsumerCancelledException;
 import io.druid.data.input.ByteBufferInputRowParser;
 import io.druid.data.input.Firehose;
 import io.druid.data.input.FirehoseFactory;
@@ -40,6 +44,8 @@ import net.jodah.lyra.retry.RetryPolicy;
 import net.jodah.lyra.util.Duration;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 
 /**
  * A FirehoseFactory for RabbitMQ.
@@ -179,7 +185,7 @@ public class RabbitMQFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory<StringInputRowPa
        * Storing the latest delivery as a member variable should be safe since this will only be run
        * by a single thread.
        */
-      private QueueingConsumer.Delivery delivery;
+      private Delivery delivery;
 
       /**
        * Store the latest delivery tag to be able to commit (acknowledge) the message delivery up to
@@ -268,4 +274,41 @@ public class RabbitMQFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory<StringInputRowPa
   {
     return parser;
   }
+
+  private static class QueueingConsumer extends DefaultConsumer
+  {
+    private final BlockingQueue<Delivery> _queue;
+
+    public QueueingConsumer(Channel ch) {
+      this(ch, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Delivery>());
+    }
+
+    public QueueingConsumer(Channel ch, BlockingQueue<Delivery> q) {
+      super(ch);
+      this._queue = q;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void handleShutdownSignal(String consumerTag, ShutdownSignalException sig) {
+      _queue.clear();
+    }
+
+    @Override public void handleCancel(String consumerTag) throws IOException {
+      _queue.clear();
+    }
+
+    @Override public void handleDelivery(String consumerTag,
+                                         Envelope envelope,
+                                         AMQP.BasicProperties properties,
+                                         byte[] body)
+      throws IOException
+    {
+      this._queue.add(new Delivery(envelope, properties, body));
+    }
+
+    public Delivery nextDelivery()
+      throws InterruptedException, ShutdownSignalException, ConsumerCancelledException
+    {
+      return _queue.take();
+    }
+  }
 }