diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/applyToPolicies-f4cb13dac7ec82b0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/applyToPolicies-f4cb13dac7ec82b0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12807a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/applyToPolicies-f4cb13dac7ec82b0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    RabbitMQ policies now support the `apply_to` parameter to e.g have a policy
+    target only classic_queues, exchanges, ...
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diff --git a/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml b/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml
index d690c2e2..f9066f3d 100644
--- a/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     node: "rabbit@{{ ansible_facts['hostname'] }}"
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     pattern: "{{ item.pattern }}"
+    apply_to: "{{ item.apply_to | default(omit) }}"
     priority: "{{ item.priority | default(0) }}"
     state: "{{ item.state | default(omit) }}"
     tags: "{{ item.tags }}"