diff --git a/examples/playbooks/rabbitmq.yml b/examples/playbooks/rabbitmq.yml
index c205c6bd78c..09879400ebb 100644
--- a/examples/playbooks/rabbitmq.yml
+++ b/examples/playbooks/rabbitmq.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     apt: pkg=rabbitmq-server=$rabbitmq_version state=installed force=yes
 
   - name: enable rabbitmq plugins
-    rabbitmq_plugin: names=rabbitmq_management,rabbitmq_tracing state=enabled
+    rabbitmq_plugin: names=rabbitmq_management,rabbitmq_tracing,rabbitmq_federation state=enabled
     notify:
     - restart rabbitmq
 
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
   - name: ensure vhost /test is present
     rabbitmq_vhost: name=/test state=present
 
+  - name: set federation local-username
+    rabbitmq_parameter: component=federation name=local-username value='"user1"' state=present
+
   handlers:
   - name: restart rabbitmq
     service: name=rabbitmq-server state=restarted
diff --git a/library/rabbitmq_parameter b/library/rabbitmq_parameter
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2d86fb8b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/rabbitmq_parameter
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2013, Chatham Financial <oss@chathamfinancial.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: rabbitmq_parameter
+short_description: Adds or removes parameters to RabbitMQ
+description:
+  - Manage dynamic, cluster-wide parameters for RabbitMQ
+version_added: 1.1
+author: Chris Hoffman
+options:
+  component:
+    description:
+      - Name of the component of which the parameter is being set
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  name:
+    description:
+      - Name of the parameter being set
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  value:
+    description:
+      - Value of the parameter, as a JSON term
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  vhost:
+    description:
+      - vhost to apply access privileges.
+    required: false
+    default: /
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Specify if user is to be added or removed
+    required: false
+    default: present
+    choices: [present, absent]
+examples:
+  - code: rabbitmq_parameter: component=federation name=local-username value='"guest"' state=present
+    description: Add the federation parameter local_username to value of guest
+'''
+
+class RabbitMqParameter(object):
+    def __init__(self, module, component, name, value, vhost):
+        self.module = module
+        self.component = component
+        self.name = name
+        self.value = value
+        self.vhost = vhost
+
+        self._value = None
+
+        self._rabbitmqctl = module.get_bin_path('rabbitmqctl', True)
+
+    def _exec(self, args, run_in_check_mode=False):
+        if not self.module.check_mode or (self.module.check_mode and run_in_check_mode):
+            cmd = [self._rabbitmqctl, '-q']
+            rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd + args, check_rc=True)
+            return out.splitlines()
+        return list()
+
+    def get(self):
+        parameters = self._exec(['list_parameters', '-p', self.vhost], True)
+
+        for param_item in parameters:
+            component, name, value = param_item.split('\t')
+
+            if component == self.component and name == self.name:
+                self._value = value
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def set(self):
+        self._exec(['set_parameter', '-p', self.vhost, self.component, self.name, self.value])
+
+    def delete(self):
+        self._exec(['clear_parameter', '-p', self.vhost, self.component, self.name])
+
+    def has_modifications(self):
+        return self.value != self._value
+
+def main():
+    arg_spec = dict(
+        component=dict(required=True),
+        name=dict(required=True),
+        value=dict(default=None),
+        vhost=dict(default='/'),
+        state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'])
+    )
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=arg_spec,
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    component = module.params['component']
+    name = module.params['name']
+    value = module.params['value']
+    vhost = module.params['vhost']
+    state = module.params['state']
+
+    rabbitmq_parameter = RabbitMqParameter(module, component, name, value, vhost)
+
+    changed = False
+    if rabbitmq_parameter.get():
+        if state == 'absent':
+            rabbitmq_parameter.delete()
+            changed = True
+        else:
+            if rabbitmq_parameter.has_modifications():
+                rabbitmq_parameter.set()
+                changed = True
+    elif state == 'present':
+        rabbitmq_parameter.set()
+        changed = True
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed, component=component, name=name, vhost=vhost, state=state)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+main()
diff --git a/library/rabbitmq_vhost b/library/rabbitmq_vhost
index 196b8f6b1e1..f4330e3052b 100644
--- a/library/rabbitmq_vhost
+++ b/library/rabbitmq_vhost
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# (c) 2013, Matt Cordial <matt.cordial@gmail.com>
+# (c) 2013, Chatham Financial <oss@chathamfinancial.com>
 #
 # This file is part of Ansible
 #
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ module: rabbitmq_vhost
 short_description: Manage the state of a virtual host in RabbitMQ
 description:
   - Manage the state of a virtual host in RabbitMQ
+version_added: 1.1
+author: Chris Hoffman  
 options:
   name:
     description:
@@ -46,7 +48,6 @@ options:
 examples:
    - code: 'rabbitmq_vhost: name=/test state=present'
      description: Ensure that the vhost /test exists.
-author: Matt Cordial
 '''
 
 class RabbitMqVhost(object):