diff --git a/libraries/amqp/include/eosio/amqp/amqp_handler.hpp b/libraries/amqp/include/eosio/amqp/amqp_handler.hpp
index 2983d7fddb4..b6df986a657 100644
--- a/libraries/amqp/include/eosio/amqp/amqp_handler.hpp
+++ b/libraries/amqp/include/eosio/amqp/amqp_handler.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class amqp_handler {
 
    /// @param address AMQP address
    /// @param exchange_name AMQP exchange to send message to
-   /// @param exchange_type AMQP exhcnage type
+   /// @param exchange_type AMQP exchange type
    /// @param on_err callback for errors, called from amqp thread or caller thread, can be nullptr
    /// @param on_consume callback for consume on routing key name, called from amqp thread, null if no consume needed.
    ///        user required to ack/reject delivery_tag for each callback.
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ class amqp_handler {
 
    /// publish to AMQP address with routing key name
    //  on_error() called if not connected
-   void publish( std::string exchange, std::string correlation_id, std::vector<char> buf ) {
+   void publish( std::string exchange, std::string correlation_id, std::string reply_to, std::vector<char> buf ) {
       boost::asio::post( thread_pool_.get_executor(),
-            [my=this, exchange=std::move(exchange), cid=std::move(correlation_id), buf=std::move(buf)]() {
+            [my=this, exchange=std::move(exchange), cid=std::move(correlation_id), rt=std::move(reply_to),
+             buf=std::move(buf)]() mutable {
                AMQP::Envelope env( buf.data(), buf.size() );
-               env.setCorrelationID( cid );
+               if(!cid.empty()) env.setCorrelationID( std::move( cid ) );
+               if(!rt.empty()) env.setReplyTo( std::move( rt ) );
                if( my->channel_ )
                   my->channel_->publish( exchange, my->name_, env, 0 );
                else
@@ -65,12 +67,14 @@ class amqp_handler {
    /// publish to AMQP calling f() -> std::vector<char> on amqp thread
    //  on_error() called if not connected
    template<typename Func>
-   void publish( std::string exchange, std::string correlation_id, Func f ) {
+   void publish( std::string exchange, std::string correlation_id, std::string reply_to, Func f ) {
       boost::asio::post( thread_pool_.get_executor(),
-            [my=this, exchange=std::move(exchange), cid=std::move(correlation_id), f=std::move(f)]() {
+            [my=this, exchange=std::move(exchange), cid=std::move(correlation_id), rt=std::move(reply_to),
+             f=std::move(f)]() mutable {
                std::vector<char> buf = f();
                AMQP::Envelope env( buf.data(), buf.size() );
-               env.setCorrelationID( cid );
+               if(!cid.empty()) env.setCorrelationID( std::move( cid ) );
+               if(!rt.empty()) env.setReplyTo( std::move(rt) );
                if( my->channel_ )
                   my->channel_->publish( exchange, my->name_, env, 0 );
                else
diff --git a/programs/cleos/main.cpp b/programs/cleos/main.cpp
index 3edfb1674da..698f2c18cfc 100644
--- a/programs/cleos/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/cleos/main.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ string default_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8888/";
 string default_wallet_url = "unix://" + (determine_home_directory() / "eosio-wallet" / (string(key_store_executable_name) + ".sock")).string();
 string wallet_url; //to be set to default_wallet_url in main
 string amqp_address;
+string amqp_reply_to;
 bool no_verify = false;
 vector<string> headers;
 
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ fc::variant push_transaction( signed_transaction& trx, const std::vector<public_
             result = fc::mutable_variant_object()
                   ( "transaction_id", id )
                   ( "status", "submitted" );
-            qp_trx.publish( "", std::move( id ), std::move( buf ) );
+            qp_trx.publish( "", std::move( id ), amqp_reply_to, std::move( buf ) );
             return result;
          } else {
             try {
@@ -2524,6 +2525,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv ) {
    app.add_option( "-u,--url", default_url, localized( "The http/https URL where ${n} is running", ("n", node_executable_name)), true );
    app.add_option( "--wallet-url", wallet_url, localized("The http/https URL where ${k} is running", ("k", key_store_executable_name)), true );
    app.add_option( "--amqp", amqp_address, localized("The ampq URL where AMQP is running amqp://USER:PASSWORD@ADDRESS:PORT"), false );
+   app.add_option( "--amqp-reply-to", amqp_reply_to, localized("The ampq reply to string"), false );
 
    app.add_option( "-r,--header", header_opt_callback, localized("Pass specific HTTP header; repeat this option to pass multiple headers"));
    app.add_flag( "-n,--no-verify", no_verify, localized("Don't verify peer certificate when using HTTPS"));