diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_contract.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_contract.adoc
index 23376d1d31..cea2cec30f 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_contract.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/verifier_contract.adoc
@@ -1559,6 +1559,11 @@ Next to that the request and path matchers are skipped during the conversion.
 When using a date, time or datetime value generator with a given format,
 the given format will be skipped and the ISO format will be used.
 
+In order to properly support the Spring Cloud Contract way of doing messaging
+with Pact you'll have to provide some additional meta data entries. Below you can find a list of such entries:
+
+- to define the destination to which a message gets sent, you have to
+set a `metaData` entry in the Pact file, with key `sentTo` equal to the destination to which a message is to be sent. E.g. `"metaData": { "sentTo": "activemq:output" }`
 
 ==== Pact Contract
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/MessagingSCContractCreator.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/MessagingSCContractCreator.groovy
index d7da02f98b..e0f4c24a86 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/MessagingSCContractCreator.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/MessagingSCContractCreator.groovy
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ import au.com.dius.pact.model.v3.messaging.Message
 import au.com.dius.pact.model.v3.messaging.MessagePact
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.PackageScope
+
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.JsonPaths
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.JsonToJsonPathsConverter
-
 /**
  * Creator of {@link Contract} instances
  *
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.JsonToJsonPathsConverter
 class MessagingSCContractCreator {
 
 	private static final String FULL_BODY = '$'
+	private static final String DESTINATION_KEY = "sentTo"
+	private static final List<String> NON_HEADER_META_DATA = [DESTINATION_KEY]
 
 	Collection<Contract> convertFrom(MessagePact pact) {
 		return pact.messages.collect({ Message message ->
@@ -68,7 +70,6 @@ class MessagingSCContractCreator {
 									if (ruleGroup.ruleLogic != RuleLogic.AND) {
 										throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Currently only the AND combination rule logic is supported")
 									}
-
 									if (FULL_BODY == key) {
 										JsonPaths jsonPaths = JsonToJsonPathsConverter.transformToJsonPathWithStubsSideValuesAndNoArraySizeCheck(message.contents.value)
 										jsonPaths.each {
@@ -127,15 +128,16 @@ class MessagingSCContractCreator {
 							message.metaData.each { String k, String v ->
 								if (k.equalsIgnoreCase("contentType")) {
 									messagingContentType(v)
-								} else {
+								} else if (!NON_HEADER_META_DATA.contains(k)) {
 									header(k, v)
 								}
 							}
 						}
 					}
-
-                                        sentTo(guessDestination(message));
-
+					String dest = findDestination(message)
+					if (dest) {
+						sentTo(dest)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -150,12 +152,8 @@ class MessagingSCContractCreator {
 				.uncapitalize() + "()"
 	}
 
-	private String guessDestination(Message message) {
-		String[] outcomeParts = message.description.split(' ')
-		if (outcomeParts.length > 0) { 
-			return outcomeParts[outcomeParts.length - 1]		
-		}
-		return ''
+	private String findDestination(Message message) {
+		return message.metaData.get(DESTINATION_KEY) ?: ""
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/PactContractConverterSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/PactContractConverterSpec.groovy
index 5933950e3b..2bc0c2adc3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/PactContractConverterSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/spec/pact/PactContractConverterSpec.groovy
@@ -650,10 +650,10 @@ class PactContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 	}
 
 	def "should convert from pact v3 messaging to one SC message contract"() {
-
 		given:
 			Collection<Contract> expectedContracts = [
 					Contract.make {
+						description()
 						label 'message sent to activemq:output'
 						input {
 							triggeredBy('bookReturnedTriggered()')
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/resources/pact/pact_v3_messaging.json b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/resources/pact/pact_v3_messaging.json
index 443495f733..64a43ad48f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/resources/pact/pact_v3_messaging.json
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/src/test/resources/pact/pact_v3_messaging.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     {
       "description":"message sent to activemq:output",
       "metaData":{
+        "sentTo": "activemq:output",
         "BOOK-NAME":"foo",
         "contentType":"application/json"
       },