diff --git a/manifests/messaging/rabbit.pp b/manifests/messaging/rabbit.pp
index 9169ecf..1003858 100644
--- a/manifests/messaging/rabbit.pp
+++ b/manifests/messaging/rabbit.pp
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 #   (port value)
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
+# [*rabbit_qos_prefetch_count*]
+#   (Optional) Specifies the number of messages to prefetch
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
 # [*rabbit_hosts*]
 #   (Optional) RabbitMQ HA cluster host:port pairs. (array value)
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ define oslo::messaging::rabbit(
   $kombu_compression                    = $::os_service_default,
   $rabbit_host                          = $::os_service_default,
   $rabbit_port                          = $::os_service_default,
+  $rabbit_qos_prefetch_count            = $::os_service_default,
   $rabbit_hosts                         = $::os_service_default,
   $rabbit_use_ssl                       = $::os_service_default,
   $rabbit_userid                        = $::os_service_default,
@@ -220,6 +225,7 @@ rabbit_password, rabbit_virtual_host parameters have been deprecated by the \
                       'oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_virtual_host' => { value => $rabbit_virtual_host },
                       'oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_hosts' => { value => $rabbit_hosts_orig },
                       'oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_port' => { value => $rabbit_port_orig },
+                      'oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_qos_prefetch_count' => { value => $rabbit_qos_prefetch_count },
                       'oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_host' => { value => $rabbit_host_orig },
                       'oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_ha_queues' => { value => $rabbit_ha_queues_orig },
                       'oslo_messaging_rabbit/ssl_ca_file' => { value => $kombu_ssl_ca_certs },
diff --git a/spec/defines/oslo_messaging_rabbit_spec.rb b/spec/defines/oslo_messaging_rabbit_spec.rb
index 99a7ec6..43f118d 100644
--- a/spec/defines/oslo_messaging_rabbit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/oslo_messaging_rabbit_spec.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe 'oslo::messaging::rabbit' do
        is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/kombu_compression').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
        is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_host').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
        is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_port').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
+       is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_qos_prefetch_count').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
        is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_hosts').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
        is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/ssl').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
        is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_userid').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ describe 'oslo::messaging::rabbit' do
         { :rabbit_host                 => 'rabbit',
           :rabbit_userid               => 'rabbit_user',
           :rabbit_port                 => '5673',
+          :rabbit_qos_prefetch_count   => '10',
           :rabbit_password             => 'password',
           :heartbeat_timeout_threshold => '60',
           :heartbeat_rate              => '10',
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ describe 'oslo::messaging::rabbit' do
         is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_host').with_value('rabbit')
         is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_password').with_value('password').with_secret(true)
         is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_port').with_value('5673')
+        is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_qos_prefetch_count').with_value('10')
         is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_userid').with_value('rabbit_user')
         is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/rabbit_virtual_host').with_value('/')
         is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('oslo_messaging_rabbit/heartbeat_timeout_threshold').with_value('60')