diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6784f295..6a293d693 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -446,6 +446,12 @@ rabbitmq_exchange { 'myexchange@myhost':
   password => 'bar',
   type     => 'topic',
   ensure   => present,
+  internal => false,
+  auto_delete => false,
+  durable => true,
+  arguments => {
+    hash-header => 'message-distribution-hash'
+  }
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin.rb
index 3651dc9cf..c1cff0957 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def self.all_vhosts
   def self.all_exchanges(vhost)
     exchanges = []
     self.run_with_retries {
-      rabbitmqctl('-q', 'list_exchanges', '-p', vhost, 'name', 'type')
+      rabbitmqctl('-q', 'list_exchanges', '-p', vhost, 'name', 'type', 'internal', 'durable', 'auto_delete', 'arguments')
     }.split(/\n/).each do |exchange|
       exchanges.push(exchange)
     end
@@ -47,17 +47,30 @@ def self.instances
     resources = []
     all_vhosts.each do |vhost|
         all_exchanges(vhost).each do |line|
-            name, type = line.split()
+            name, type, internal, durable, auto_delete, arguments = line.split()
             if type.nil?
                 # if name is empty, it will wrongly get the type's value.
                 # This way type will get the correct value
                 type = name
                 name = ''
             end
+            # Convert output of arguments from the rabbitmqctl command to a json string.
+            if !arguments.nil?
+              arguments = arguments.gsub(/^\[(.*)\]$/, "").gsub(/\{("(?:.|\\")*?"),/, '{\1:').gsub(/\},\{/, ",")
+              if arguments == ""
+                arguments = '{}'
+              end
+            else
+              arguments = '{}'
+            end
             exchange = {
               :type   => type,
               :ensure => :present,
+              :internal => internal,
+              :durable => durable,
+              :auto_delete => auto_delete,
               :name   => "%s@%s" % [name, vhost],
+              :arguments => JSON.parse(arguments),
             }
             resources << new(exchange) if exchange[:type]
         end
@@ -81,7 +94,11 @@ def exists?
   def create
     vhost_opt = should_vhost ? "--vhost=#{should_vhost}" : ''
     name = resource[:name].split('@')[0]
-    rabbitmqadmin('declare', 'exchange', vhost_opt, "--user=#{resource[:user]}", "--password=#{resource[:password]}", "name=#{name}", "type=#{resource[:type]}", '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
+    arguments = resource[:arguments]
+    if arguments.nil?
+      arguments = {}
+    end
+    rabbitmqadmin('declare', 'exchange', vhost_opt, "--user=#{resource[:user]}", "--password=#{resource[:password]}", "name=#{name}", "type=#{resource[:type]}", "internal=#{resource[:internal]}", "durable=#{resource[:durable]}", "auto_delete=#{resource[:auto_delete]}", "arguments=#{arguments.to_json}", '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
     @property_hash[:ensure] = :present
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange.rb b/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange.rb
index 6a96520c6..b2e88a8de 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@
     newvalues(/^\S+$/)
   end
 
+  newparam(:durable) do
+    desc 'Exchange durability to be set *on creation*'
+    newvalues(/^\S+$/)
+  end
+
+  newparam(:auto_delete) do
+    desc 'Exchange auto delete option to be set *on creation*'
+    newvalues(/^\S+$/)
+  end
+
+  newparam(:internal) do
+    desc 'Exchange internal option to be set *on creation*'
+    newvalues(/^\S+$/)
+  end
+
+  newparam(:arguments) do
+    desc 'Exchange arguments example: {"hash-header": "message-distribution-hash"}'
+    defaultto {}
+  end
+
   newparam(:user) do
     desc 'The user to use to connect to rabbitmq'
     defaultto('guest')
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin_spec.rb
index 6e956fe8b..10e39acfa 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_exchange/rabbitmqadmin_spec.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@
 describe provider_class do
   before :each do
     @resource = Puppet::Type::Rabbitmq_exchange.new(
-      {:name => 'amq.direct@/',
-       :type => :topic}
+      {:name => 'test.headers@/',
+       :type => :headers,
+       :internal => :false,
+       :durable => :true,
+       :auto_delete => :false,
+       :arguments => {
+        "hash-headers" => "message-distribution-hash" 
+        },
+      }
     )
     @provider = provider_class.new(@resource)
   end
@@ -17,44 +24,51 @@
     provider_class.expects(:rabbitmqctl).with('-q', 'list_vhosts').returns <<-EOT
 /
 EOT
-    provider_class.expects(:rabbitmqctl).with('-q', 'list_exchanges', '-p', '/', 'name', 'type').returns <<-EOT
-        direct
-	amq.direct      direct
-	amq.fanout      fanout
-	amq.headers     headers
-	amq.match       headers
-	amq.rabbitmq.log        topic
-	amq.rabbitmq.trace      topic
-	amq.topic       topic
+    provider_class.expects(:rabbitmqctl).with('-q', 'list_exchanges', '-p', '/', 'name', 'type', 'internal', 'durable', 'auto_delete', 'arguments').returns <<-EOT
+        direct  false   true    false   []
+amq.direct      direct  false   true    false   []
+amq.fanout      fanout  false   true    false   []
+amq.headers     headers false   true    false   []
+amq.match       headers false   true    false   []
+amq.rabbitmq.log        topic   true    true    false   []
+amq.rabbitmq.trace      topic   true    true    false   []
+amq.topic       topic   false   true    false   []
+test.headers    x-consistent-hash       false   true    false   [{"hash-header","message-distribution-hash"}]
 EOT
     instances = provider_class.instances
-    instances.size.should == 8
+    instances.size.should == 9
   end
 
-  it 'should call rabbitmqadmin to create' do
-    @provider.expects(:rabbitmqadmin).with('declare', 'exchange', '--vhost=/', '--user=guest', '--password=guest', 'name=amq.direct', 'type=topic', '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
+  it 'should call rabbitmqadmin to create as guest' do
+    @provider.expects(:rabbitmqadmin).with('declare', 'exchange', '--vhost=/', '--user=guest', '--password=guest', 'name=test.headers', 'type=headers', 'internal=false', 'durable=true', 'auto_delete=false', 'arguments={"hash-headers":"message-distribution-hash"}', '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
     @provider.create
   end
 
   it 'should call rabbitmqadmin to destroy' do
-    @provider.expects(:rabbitmqadmin).with('delete', 'exchange', '--vhost=/', '--user=guest', '--password=guest', 'name=amq.direct', '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
+    @provider.expects(:rabbitmqadmin).with('delete', 'exchange', '--vhost=/', '--user=guest', '--password=guest', 'name=test.headers', '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
     @provider.destroy
   end
 
   context 'specifying credentials' do
     before :each do
       @resource = Puppet::Type::Rabbitmq_exchange.new(
-        {:name => 'amq.direct@/',
-        :type => :topic,
+        {:name => 'test.headers@/',
+        :type => :headers,
+        :internal => 'false',
+        :durable => 'true',
+        :auto_delete => 'false',
         :user => 'colin',
         :password => 'secret',
-        }
+        :arguments => {
+          "hash-header" => "message-distribution-hash"
+        },
+      }
       )
       @provider = provider_class.new(@resource)
     end
 
-    it 'should call rabbitmqadmin to create' do
-      @provider.expects(:rabbitmqadmin).with('declare', 'exchange', '--vhost=/', '--user=colin', '--password=secret', 'name=amq.direct', 'type=topic', '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
+    it 'should call rabbitmqadmin to create with credentials' do
+      @provider.expects(:rabbitmqadmin).with('declare', 'exchange', '--vhost=/', '--user=colin', '--password=secret', 'name=test.headers', 'type=headers', 'internal=false', 'durable=true', 'auto_delete=false', 'arguments={"hash-header":"message-distribution-hash"}', '-c', '/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmqadmin.conf')
       @provider.create
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange_spec.rb
index c4c2caa98..1500122cd 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/type/rabbitmq_exchange_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
   before :each do
     @exchange = Puppet::Type.type(:rabbitmq_exchange).new(
       :name => 'foo@bar',
-      :type => :topic
+      :type => :topic,
+      :internal => false,
+      :auto_delete => false,
+      :durable => true
     )
   end
   it 'should accept an exchange name' do