diff --git a/debian_pkg_dirs b/debian_pkg_dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76366a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian_pkg_dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openstack/rabbitmq-server
diff --git a/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/deb_patches/0001-WRS-Allow-rabbitmqctl-to-run-as-root-and-set-root-ho.patch b/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/deb_patches/0001-WRS-Allow-rabbitmqctl-to-run-as-root-and-set-root-ho.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9621c896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/deb_patches/0001-WRS-Allow-rabbitmqctl-to-run-as-root-and-set-root-ho.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From d684a3b6c57273a78e64c77798c6f6f9eb606862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fabricio Henrique Ramos <fabriciohenrique.ramos@windriver.com>
+Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:24:06 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] WRS: Allow-rabbitmqctl-to-run-as-root-and-set-root-home.patch
+
+---
+ debian/rabbitmq-script-wrapper | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/debian/rabbitmq-script-wrapper b/debian/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
+index a622ae2..418d4a1 100755
+--- a/debian/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
++++ b/debian/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
+@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ elif [ `id -u` = `id -u rabbitmq` -o "$SCRIPT" = "rabbitmq-plugins" ] ; then
+     fi
+     /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} "$@"
+ elif [ `id -u` = 0 ] ; then
+-    su rabbitmq -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} ${CMDLINE}"
++    # WRS. Allow to run as root
++    export HOME=${HOME:-/root}
++    /bin/sh -c "/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} ${CMDLINE}"
+ else
+     /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT}
+     echo
+--
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/deb_patches/series b/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/deb_patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bcb2506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/deb_patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0001-WRS-Allow-rabbitmqctl-to-run-as-root-and-set-root-ho.patch
diff --git a/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/meta_data.yaml b/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/meta_data.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94a43ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack/rabbitmq-server/debian/meta_data.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+debname: rabbitmq-server
+debver: 3.8.9-3
+dl_path:
+  name: rabbitmq-server-debian-3.8.9-3.tar.gz
+  url: https://salsa.debian.org/openstack-team/third-party/rabbitmq-server/-/archive/debian/3.8.9-3/rabbitmq-server-debian-3.8.9-3.tar.gz
+  md5sum: 1c4dea34094984e01c7b87b63e83ba2f
+revision:
+  dist: $STX_DIST
+  PKG_GITREVCOUNT: true