diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
index 44750b1c44..b20d1075c7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
@@ -503,6 +503,11 @@ public class RabbitProperties {
 		 */
 		private Boolean defaultRequeueRejected;
 
+		/**
+		 * How often to publish idle container events.
+		 */
+		private Long idleEventInterval;
+
 		/**
 		 * Optional properties for a retry interceptor.
 		 */
@@ -565,6 +570,14 @@ public class RabbitProperties {
 			this.defaultRequeueRejected = defaultRequeueRejected;
 		}
 
+		public Long getIdleEventInterval() {
+			return idleEventInterval;
+		}
+
+		public void setIdleEventInterval(Long idleEventInterval) {
+			this.idleEventInterval = idleEventInterval;
+		}
+
 		public ListenerRetry getRetry() {
 			return this.retry;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index 037e86601b..a54835a50b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ public final class SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 		if (listenerConfig.getDefaultRequeueRejected() != null) {
 			factory.setDefaultRequeueRejected(listenerConfig.getDefaultRequeueRejected());
 		}
+		if (listenerConfig.getIdleEventInterval() != null) {
+			factory.setIdleEventInterval(listenerConfig.getIdleEventInterval());
+		}
 		ListenerRetry retryConfig = listenerConfig.getRetry();
 		if (retryConfig.isEnabled()) {
 			RetryInterceptorBuilder<?> builder = (retryConfig.isStateless()
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
index a0c54db8fd..bc9c877fbe 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ public class RabbitAutoConfigurationTests {
 				"spring.rabbitmq.listener.maxConcurrency:10",
 				"spring.rabbitmq.listener.prefetch:40",
 				"spring.rabbitmq.listener.defaultRequeueRejected:false",
+				"spring.rabbitmq.listener.idleEventInterval:5",
 				"spring.rabbitmq.listener.transactionSize:20");
 		SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory rabbitListenerContainerFactory = this.context
 				.getBean("rabbitListenerContainerFactory",
@@ -319,6 +320,7 @@ public class RabbitAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.isSameAs(this.context.getBean("myMessageConverter"));
 		assertThat(dfa.getPropertyValue("defaultRequeueRejected"))
 				.isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+		assertThat(dfa.getPropertyValue("idleEventInterval")).isEqualTo(5L);
 		Advice[] adviceChain = (Advice[]) dfa.getPropertyValue("adviceChain");
 		assertThat(adviceChain).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(adviceChain.length).isEqualTo(1);