diff --git a/lib/src/client/channel.dart b/lib/src/client/channel.dart
index 41cf8ff..09a98a3 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/channel.dart
+++ b/lib/src/client/channel.dart
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ abstract class Channel {
   ///
   /// The [autoDelete] flag will notify the server that the queue should be deleted when no more connections
   /// are using it.
+  ///
+  /// The [declare] flag can be set to false to skip the queue declaration step
+  /// for clients with read-only access to the broker.
   Future<Queue> queue(String name,
       {bool passive = false,
       bool durable = false,
       bool exclusive = false,
       bool autoDelete = false,
       bool noWait = false,
+      bool declare = true,
       Map<String, Object> arguments});
 
   /// A convenience method for allocating private queues. The client will allocate
diff --git a/lib/src/client/impl/channel_impl.dart b/lib/src/client/impl/channel_impl.dart
index 96e20e7..be33d12 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/impl/channel_impl.dart
+++ b/lib/src/client/impl/channel_impl.dart
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ class _ChannelImpl implements Channel {
       bool exclusive = false,
       bool autoDelete = false,
       bool noWait = false,
+      bool declare = true,
       Map<String, Object>? arguments}) {
     QueueDeclare queueRequest = QueueDeclare()
       ..reserved_1 = 0
@@ -480,6 +481,12 @@ class _ChannelImpl implements Channel {
       ..arguments = arguments;
 
     Completer<Queue> opCompleter = Completer<Queue>();
+
+    if (!declare) {
+      opCompleter.complete(_QueueImpl(this, name));
+      return opCompleter.future;
+    }
+
     writeMessage(queueRequest,
         completer: opCompleter,
         futurePayload: _QueueImpl(this, name),
diff --git a/test/lib/queue_test.dart b/test/lib/queue_test.dart
index 22bba0c..ffb076f 100644
--- a/test/lib/queue_test.dart
+++ b/test/lib/queue_test.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ library dart_amqp.test.queues;
 
 import "dart:async";
 
+import 'package:dart_amqp/dart_amqp.dart';
 import "package:test/test.dart";
 
 import "package:dart_amqp/src/client.dart";
@@ -106,6 +107,33 @@ main({bool enableLogger = true}) {
       return testCompleter.future;
     });
 
+    test("queue message delivery when consumer has RO access", () async {
+      Completer testCompleter = Completer();
+
+      // Use the second client to define the queue in advance and publish a
+      // message to it
+      Channel channel2 = await client2.channel();
+      Queue target = await channel2.queue("test_ro");
+      target.publish("Test payload");
+
+      // Pretend we are a RO consumer that cannot declare the queue but should
+      // still be able to consume from it.
+      Channel channel = await client.channel();
+      Queue testQueue = await channel.queue("test_ro", declare: false);
+      Consumer consumer = await testQueue.consume();
+
+      expect(consumer.channel, const TypeMatcher<Channel>());
+      expect(consumer.queue, const TypeMatcher<Queue>());
+      expect(consumer.tag, isNotEmpty);
+
+      consumer.listen(expectAsync1((AmqpMessage message) {
+        expect(message.payloadAsString, equals("Test payload"));
+        testCompleter.complete();
+      }));
+
+      return testCompleter.future;
+    });
+
     test("queue message delivery", () async {
       Completer testCompleter = Completer();