diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c6e02ce87f..656fa08f3d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 - Add Metrics API Scaler ([#1026](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1026))
 - Add cpu/memory Scaler ([#1215](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1215))
 - Add Scaling Strategy for ScaledJob ([#1227](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1227))
+- Add IBM MQ Scaler ([#1253](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/1253))
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97dfeb9282e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+package scalers
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+
+	v2beta2 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta2"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/external_metrics"
+
+	kedautil "github.com/kedacore/keda/pkg/util"
+)
+
+// Default variables and settings
+const (
+	ibmMqQueueDepthMetricName = "currentQueueDepth"
+	defaultTargetQueueDepth   = 20
+	defaultTLSDisabled        = false
+)
+
+// IBMMQScaler assigns struct data pointer to metadata variable
+type IBMMQScaler struct {
+	metadata *IBMMQMetadata
+}
+
+// IBMMQMetadata Metadata used by KEDA to query IBM MQ queue depth and scale
+type IBMMQMetadata struct {
+	host             string
+	queueManager     string
+	queueName        string
+	username         string
+	password         string
+	targetQueueDepth int
+	tlsDisabled      bool
+}
+
+// CommandResponse Full structured response from MQ admin REST query
+type CommandResponse struct {
+	CommandResponse []Response `json:"commandResponse"`
+}
+
+// Response The body of the response returned from the MQ admin query
+type Response struct {
+	Parameters Parameters `json:"parameters"`
+}
+
+// Parameters Contains the current depth of the IBM MQ Queue
+type Parameters struct {
+	Curdepth int `json:"curdepth"`
+}
+
+// NewIBMMQScaler creates a new IBM MQ scaler
+func NewIBMMQScaler(config *ScalerConfig) (Scaler, error) {
+	meta, err := parseIBMMQMetadata(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing IBM MQ metadata: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return &IBMMQScaler{metadata: meta}, nil
+}
+
+// Close closes and returns nil
+func (s *IBMMQScaler) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// parseIBMMQMetadata checks the existence of and validates the MQ connection data provided
+func parseIBMMQMetadata(config *ScalerConfig) (*IBMMQMetadata, error) {
+	meta := IBMMQMetadata{}
+
+	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["host"]; ok {
+		_, err := url.ParseRequestURI(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid URL: %s", err)
+		}
+		meta.host = val
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no host URI given")
+	}
+
+	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["queueManager"]; ok {
+		meta.queueManager = val
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no queue manager given")
+	}
+
+	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["queueName"]; ok {
+		meta.queueName = val
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no queue name given")
+	}
+
+	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["queueDepth"]; ok && val != "" {
+		queueDepth, err := strconv.Atoi(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid targetQueueDepth - must be an integer")
+		}
+		meta.targetQueueDepth = queueDepth
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("No target depth defined - setting default")
+		meta.targetQueueDepth = defaultTargetQueueDepth
+	}
+
+	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["tls"]; ok {
+		tlsDisabled, err := strconv.ParseBool(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid tls setting: %s", err)
+		}
+		meta.tlsDisabled = tlsDisabled
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("No tls setting defined - setting default")
+		meta.tlsDisabled = defaultTLSDisabled
+	}
+
+	if val, ok := config.AuthParams["username"]; ok && val != "" {
+		meta.username = val
+	} else if config.TriggerMetadata["usernameFromEnv"] != "" {
+		meta.username = config.ResolvedEnv[config.TriggerMetadata["usernameFromEnv"]]
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no username given")
+	}
+
+	if val, ok := config.AuthParams["password"]; ok && val != "" {
+		meta.password = val
+	} else if config.TriggerMetadata["passwordFromEnv"] != "" {
+		meta.password = config.ResolvedEnv[config.TriggerMetadata["passwordFromEnv"]]
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no password given")
+	}
+
+	return &meta, nil
+}
+
+// IsActive returns true if there are messages to be processed/if we need to scale from zero
+func (s *IBMMQScaler) IsActive(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	queueDepth, err := s.getQueueDepthViaHTTP()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("error inspecting IBM MQ queue depth: %s", err)
+	}
+	return queueDepth > 0, nil
+}
+
+// getQueueDepthViaHTTP returns the depth of the MQ Queue from the Admin endpoint
+func (s *IBMMQScaler) getQueueDepthViaHTTP() (int, error) {
+	queue := s.metadata.queueName
+	url := s.metadata.host
+
+	var requestJSON = []byte(`{"type": "runCommandJSON", "command": "display", "qualifier": "qlocal", "name": "` + queue + `", "responseParameters" : ["CURDEPTH"]}`)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(requestJSON))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to request queue depth: %s", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("ibm-mq-rest-csrf-token", "value")
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.SetBasicAuth(s.metadata.username, s.metadata.password)
+
+	tr := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: s.metadata.tlsDisabled},
+	}
+	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to contact MQ via REST: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to ready body of request: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	var response CommandResponse
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &response)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse JSON: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if response.CommandResponse == nil || len(response.CommandResponse) == 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse response from REST call: %s", err)
+	}
+	return response.CommandResponse[0].Parameters.Curdepth, nil
+}
+
+// GetMetricSpecForScaling returns the MetricSpec for the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
+func (s *IBMMQScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling() []v2beta2.MetricSpec {
+	targetQueueLengthQty := resource.NewQuantity(int64(s.metadata.targetQueueDepth), resource.DecimalSI)
+	externalMetric := &v2beta2.ExternalMetricSource{
+		Metric: v2beta2.MetricIdentifier{
+			Name: kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", "IBMMQ", s.metadata.queueManager, s.metadata.queueName)),
+		},
+		Target: v2beta2.MetricTarget{
+			Type:         v2beta2.AverageValueMetricType,
+			AverageValue: targetQueueLengthQty,
+		},
+	}
+	metricSpec := v2beta2.MetricSpec{External: externalMetric, Type: externalMetricType}
+	return []v2beta2.MetricSpec{metricSpec}
+}
+
+// GetMetrics returns value for a supported metric and an error if there is a problem getting the metric
+func (s *IBMMQScaler) GetMetrics(ctx context.Context, metricName string, metricSelector labels.Selector) ([]external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue, error) {
+	queueDepth, err := s.getQueueDepthViaHTTP()
+	if err != nil {
+		return []external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, fmt.Errorf("error inspecting IBM MQ queue depth: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	metric := external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{
+		MetricName: ibmMqQueueDepthMetricName,
+		Value:      *resource.NewQuantity(int64(queueDepth), resource.DecimalSI),
+		Timestamp:  metav1.Now(),
+	}
+
+	return append([]external_metrics.ExternalMetricValue{}, metric), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81d7ba92d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package scalers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Test host URLs for validation
+const (
+	testValidMQQueueURL   = "https://qmtest.qm2.eu-gb.mq.appdomain.cloud/ibmmq/rest/v2/admin/action/qmgr/QM1/mqsc"
+	testInvalidMQQueueURL = "testInvalidURL.com"
+)
+
+// Test data struct used for TestIBMMQParseMetadata
+type parseIBMMQMetadataTestData struct {
+	metadata   map[string]string
+	isError    bool
+	authParams map[string]string
+}
+
+var sampleIBMMQResolvedEnv = map[string]string{
+	username: "ibmmquser",
+	password: "ibmmqpass",
+}
+
+// Test metric identifier with test MQ data and it's name
+type IBMMQMetricIdentifier struct {
+	metadataTestData *parseIBMMQMetadataTestData
+	name             string
+}
+
+// Setting metric identifier mock name
+var IBMMQMetricIdentifiers = []IBMMQMetricIdentifier{
+	{&testIBMMQMetadata[1], "IBMMQ-testQueueManager-testQueue"},
+}
+
+// Test cases for TestIBMMQParseMetadata test
+var testIBMMQMetadata = []parseIBMMQMetadataTestData{
+	// Nothing passed
+	{map[string]string{}, true, map[string]string{}},
+	// Properly formed metadata
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "10"}, false, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+	// Invalid queueDepth using a string
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "AA"}, true, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+	// No host provided
+	{map[string]string{"queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "10"}, true, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+	//Missing queueManager
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "10"}, true, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+	// Missing queueName
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueDepth": "10"}, true, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+	// Invalid URL
+	{map[string]string{"host": testInvalidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "10"}, true, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+	// Properly formed authParams
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "10"}, false, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+	// No username provided
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "10"}, true, map[string]string{"password": "Pass123"}},
+	// No password provided
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue", "queueDepth": "10"}, true, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername"}},
+}
+
+// Test MQ Connection metadata is parsed correctly
+// should error on missing required field
+func TestIBMMQParseMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testData := range testIBMMQMetadata {
+		_, err := parseIBMMQMetadata(&ScalerConfig{ResolvedEnv: sampleIBMMQResolvedEnv, TriggerMetadata: testData.metadata, AuthParams: testData.authParams})
+		if err != nil && !testData.isError {
+			t.Error("Expected success but got error", err)
+			fmt.Println(testData)
+		}
+		if testData.isError && err == nil {
+			t.Error("Expected error but got success")
+			fmt.Println(testData)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Test case for TestParseDefaultQueueDepth test
+var testDefaultQueueDepth = []parseIBMMQMetadataTestData{
+	{map[string]string{"host": testValidMQQueueURL, "queueManager": "testQueueManager", "queueName": "testQueue"}, false, map[string]string{"username": "testUsername", "password": "Pass123"}},
+}
+
+// Test that DefaultQueueDepth is set when targetQueueDepth is not provided
+func TestParseDefaultQueueDepth(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testData := range testDefaultQueueDepth {
+		metadata, err := parseIBMMQMetadata(&ScalerConfig{ResolvedEnv: sampleIBMMQResolvedEnv, TriggerMetadata: testData.metadata, AuthParams: testData.authParams})
+		if err != nil && !testData.isError {
+			t.Error("Expected success but got error", err)
+		} else if testData.isError && err == nil {
+			t.Error("Expected error but got success")
+		} else if metadata.targetQueueDepth != defaultTargetQueueDepth {
+			t.Error("Expected default queueDepth =", defaultTargetQueueDepth, "but got", metadata.targetQueueDepth)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Create a scaler and check if metrics method is available
+func TestIBMMQGetMetricSpecForScaling(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testData := range IBMMQMetricIdentifiers {
+		metadata, err := parseIBMMQMetadata(&ScalerConfig{ResolvedEnv: sampleIBMMQResolvedEnv, TriggerMetadata: testData.metadataTestData.metadata, AuthParams: testData.metadataTestData.authParams})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("Could not parse metadata:", err)
+		}
+		mockIBMMQScaler := IBMMQScaler{metadata}
+		metricSpec := mockIBMMQScaler.GetMetricSpecForScaling()
+		metricName := metricSpec[0].External.Metric.Name
+
+		if metricName != testData.name {
+			t.Error("Wrong External metric source name:", metricName)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
index cc1308c4130..6920f7760e1 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ func buildScaler(triggerType string, config *scalers.ScalerConfig) (scalers.Scal
 		return scalers.NewPubSubScaler(config)
 	case "huawei-cloudeye":
 		return scalers.NewHuaweiCloudeyeScaler(config)
+	case "ibmmq":
+		return scalers.NewIBMMQScaler(config)
 	case "kafka":
 		return scalers.NewKafkaScaler(config)
 	case "liiklus":