diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/174-support-headers-publish.yml b/changelogs/fragments/174-support-headers-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a536ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/174-support-headers-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - rabbitmq_publish - fix support for publishing headers as a part of a message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.rabbitmq/pull/174/)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/rabbitmq.py b/plugins/module_utils/rabbitmq.py
index 5f00acc..fddf8af 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/rabbitmq.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/rabbitmq.py
@@ -190,14 +190,16 @@ def basic_publish(self):
                 result = self.conn_channel.queue_declare(queue='',
                                                          durable=self.params.get("durable"),
                                                          exclusive=self.params.get("exclusive"),
-                                                         auto_delete=self.params.get("auto_delete"))
+                                                         auto_delete=self.params.get("auto_delete"),
+                                                         arguments=self.params.get("headers"))
                 self.conn_channel.confirm_delivery()
                 self.queue = result.method.queue
             elif self.queue is not None and self.exchange is None:
                 self.conn_channel.queue_declare(queue=self.queue,
                                                 durable=self.params.get("durable"),
                                                 exclusive=self.params.get("exclusive"),
-                                                auto_delete=self.params.get("auto_delete"))
+                                                auto_delete=self.params.get("auto_delete"),
+                                                arguments=self.params.get("headers"))
                 self.conn_channel.confirm_delivery()
         except Exception as e:
             self.module.fail_json(msg="Queue declare issue: %s" % to_native(e))
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/ubuntu.yml b/tests/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/ubuntu.yml
index 4136ae1..2942c46 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/rabbitmq_publish/tasks/ubuntu.yml
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@
       - "'image/gif' in messages[1]['content_type']"
       - "'image.gif' in messages[1]['headers']['filename']"
       - "'Testing with proto/host/port/username/password/vhost' in messages[2]['msg']"
-#      - messages[3]['headers']['myHeader'] is defined
-#      - messages[4]['headers']['filename'] is defined
-#      - messages[4]['headers']['secondHeader'] is defined
-#
+      - messages[4]['headers']['myHeader'] is defined
+      - messages[4]['headers']['secondHeader'] is defined
+      - "'Value2' in messages[4]['headers']['secondHeader']"
+
 
 - name: Check that queue and exchange are mutually exclusive
   rabbitmq_publish: