diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index df8461ea..30bd47cd 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -82,3 +82,32 @@ rabbitmq_management_rates_mode: basic
 
 # Precompile RabbitMQ with HiPE
 rabbitmq_hipe_compile: False
+
+# RabbitMQ policies
+# Used to tune performance characteristics of OpenStack messaging
+#
+# Example override that uses HA queues only for telemetry and sets message
+# expiry for RPC messages
+#
+# rabbitmq_policies:
+#   - name: "heat_rpc_expire"
+#     pattern: '^heat-engine-listener\\.'
+#     tags: "expires=3600000"
+#     priority: 1
+#   - name: "results_expire"
+#     pattern: '^results\\.'
+#     tags: "expires=3600000"
+#     priority: 1
+#   - name: "tasks_expire"
+#     pattern: '^results\\.'
+#     tags: "expires=3600000"
+#     priority: 1
+#   - name: "ha-notif"
+#     pattern: '^(event|metering|notifications)\.'
+#     tags: "ha-sync-mode=automatic"
+#     priority: 0
+#
+rabbitmq_policies:
+  - name: "HA"
+    pattern: '^(?!amq\.).*'
+    tags: "ha-mode=all"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/policy-override-522df5699f09c417.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/policy-override-522df5699f09c417.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d5fc1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/policy-override-522df5699f09c417.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - The ``rabbitmq_server`` role now supports deployer override of the
+    RabbitMQ policies applied to the cluster. Deployers can
+    override the ``rabbitmq_policies`` variable, providing a list of
+    desired policies.
diff --git a/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml b/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml
index 4b6b1e77..3255ccb4 100644
--- a/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/rabbitmq_post_install.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 - name: Enable queue mirroring
   rabbitmq_policy:
     node: "rabbit@{{ ansible_hostname }}"
-    name: "HA"
-    pattern: '^(?!amq\.).*'
-    tags: "ha-mode=all"
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    pattern: "{{ item.pattern }}"
+    priority: "{{ item.priority | default(0) }}"
+    tags: "{{ item.tags }}"
   register: rabbitmq_queue_mirror
+  with_items: "{{ rabbitmq_policies }}"
   tags:
     - rabbitmq-config
     - rabbitmq-cluster
diff --git a/tests/test-rabbitmq-server-functional.yml b/tests/test-rabbitmq-server-functional.yml
index d9a8366c..bf2f9374 100644
--- a/tests/test-rabbitmq-server-functional.yml
+++ b/tests/test-rabbitmq-server-functional.yml
@@ -65,3 +65,12 @@
     - name: Ensure expected version of rabbitmq is running
       assert:
         that: rabbitmqctl_status.stdout | search ("rabbit,\"RabbitMQ\",\"{{ rabbitmq_release_version }}\"")
+    - name: Get the policy list
+      command: rabbitmqctl -q list_policies
+      register: rabbitmq_policies_output
+    - debug:
+        var: rabbitmq_policies.stdout
+    # Expected policy: "/       HA      all     ^(?!amq\\.).*   {"ha-mode":"all"}       0"
+    - name: Validate that the expected policies are present
+      assert:
+        that: rabbitmq_policies_output.stdout | search("amq")