diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdmin.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdmin.java
index 4cfb540d..3aa26847 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdmin.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdmin.java
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ public class RabbitAdmin implements AmqpAdmin, ApplicationContextAware, Applicat
 	@Override // NOSONAR complexity
 	public void initialize() {
 
+		redeclareManualDeclarables();
+
 		if (this.applicationContext == null) {
 			this.logger.debug("no ApplicationContext has been set, cannot auto-declare Exchanges, Queues, and Bindings");
 			return;
@@ -690,6 +692,14 @@ public class RabbitAdmin implements AmqpAdmin, ApplicationContextAware, Applicat
 			declareBindings(channel, bindings.toArray(new Binding[bindings.size()]));
 			return null;
 		});
+		this.logger.debug("Declarations finished");
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Process manual declarables.
+	 */
+	private void redeclareManualDeclarables() {
 		if (this.manualDeclarables.size() > 0) {
 			synchronized (this.manualDeclarables) {
 				this.logger.debug("Redeclaring manually declared Declarables");
@@ -706,7 +716,6 @@ public class RabbitAdmin implements AmqpAdmin, ApplicationContextAware, Applicat
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		this.logger.debug("Declarations finished");
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdminTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdminTests.java
index 9c0f2b8f..b36cc3a0 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdminTests.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/core/RabbitAdminTests.java
@@ -445,6 +445,52 @@ public class RabbitAdminTests extends NeedsManagementTests {
 		cf.destroy();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void manualDeclarationsWithoutApplicationContext() {
+		CachingConnectionFactory cf = new CachingConnectionFactory(
+				RabbitAvailableCondition.getBrokerRunning().getConnectionFactory());
+		RabbitAdmin admin = new RabbitAdmin(cf);
+		admin.setRedeclareManualDeclarations(true);
+		Map<?, ?> declarables = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(admin, "manualDeclarables", Map.class);
+		assertThat(declarables).hasSize(0);
+		RabbitTemplate template = new RabbitTemplate(cf);
+		// manual declarations
+		admin.declareQueue(new Queue("test1", false, true, true));
+		admin.declareQueue(new Queue("test2", false, true, true));
+		admin.declareExchange(new DirectExchange("ex1", false, true));
+		admin.declareBinding(new Binding("test1", DestinationType.QUEUE, "ex1", "test", null));
+		admin.deleteQueue("test2");
+		template.execute(chan -> chan.queueDelete("test1"));
+		cf.resetConnection();
+		admin.initialize();
+		assertThat(admin.getQueueProperties("test1")).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(admin.getQueueProperties("test2")).isNull();
+		assertThat(declarables).hasSize(3);
+		// verify the exchange and binding were recovered too
+		template.convertAndSend("ex1", "test", "foo");
+		Object received = template.receiveAndConvert("test1", 5000);
+		assertThat(received).isEqualTo("foo");
+		admin.resetAllManualDeclarations();
+		assertThat(declarables).hasSize(0);
+		cf.resetConnection();
+		admin.initialize();
+		assertThat(admin.getQueueProperties("test1")).isNull();
+		admin.declareQueue(new Queue("test1", false, true, true));
+		admin.declareExchange(new DirectExchange("ex1", false, true));
+		admin.declareBinding(new Binding("test1", DestinationType.QUEUE, "ex1", "test", null));
+		admin.declareExchange(new DirectExchange("ex2", false, true));
+		admin.declareBinding(new Binding("test1", DestinationType.QUEUE, "ex2", "test", null));
+		admin.declareBinding(new Binding("ex1", DestinationType.EXCHANGE, "ex2", "ex1", null));
+		assertThat(declarables).hasSize(6);
+		admin.deleteExchange("ex2");
+		assertThat(declarables).hasSize(3);
+		admin.deleteQueue("test1");
+		assertThat(declarables).hasSize(1);
+		admin.deleteExchange("ex1");
+		assertThat(declarables).hasSize(0);
+		cf.destroy();
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	public static class Config {