diff --git a/projects/client/ApigenBootstrap/RabbitMQ.Client.ApigenBootstrap.csproj b/projects/client/ApigenBootstrap/RabbitMQ.Client.ApigenBootstrap.csproj
index 497575f879..ed0948a4ae 100644
--- a/projects/client/ApigenBootstrap/RabbitMQ.Client.ApigenBootstrap.csproj
+++ b/projects/client/ApigenBootstrap/RabbitMQ.Client.ApigenBootstrap.csproj
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
     <Compile Include="..\RabbitMQ.Client\src\client\api\PublicationAddress.cs">
       <Link>src\client\api\PublicationAddress.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\RabbitMQ.Client\src\client\api\QueueDeclareResult.cs">
+      <Link>src\client\api\QueueDeclareResult.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\RabbitMQ.Client\src\client\api\ShutdownEventArgs.cs">
       <Link>src\client\api\ShutdownEventArgs.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
diff --git a/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/api/IModel.cs b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/api/IModel.cs
index a4c6671f9f..690c928f48 100644
--- a/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/api/IModel.cs
+++ b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/api/IModel.cs
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ void ExchangeUnbind(string destination,
         string QueueDeclare(string queue, bool durable, bool exclusive,
                     bool autoDelete, IDictionary arguments);
 
+        ///<summary>(Spec method) Declare a queue.</summary>
+        [AmqpMethodDoNotImplement(null)]
+        QueueDeclareResult QueueDeclareFull(string queue, bool passive, bool durable, bool exclusive,
+                                            bool autoDelete, bool nowait, IDictionary arguments);
+
         ///<summary>(Spec method) Bind a queue to an exchange.</summary>
         [AmqpMethodDoNotImplement(null)]
         void QueueBind(string queue,
@@ -665,15 +670,21 @@ void _Private_ExchangeUnbind(string destination,
         ///<summary>Used to send a Queue.Declare method. Called by the
         ///public declare method.</summary>
         [AmqpMethodMapping(null, "queue", "declare")]
-        [return: AmqpFieldMapping(null, "queue")]
-        string _Private_QueueDeclare(string queue,
-                                     bool passive,
-                                     bool durable,
-                                     bool exclusive,
-                                     bool autoDelete,
-                                     [AmqpNowaitArgument(null)]
-                                     bool nowait,
-                                     IDictionary arguments);
+        [AmqpForceOneWay]
+        void _Private_QueueDeclare(string queue,
+                                   bool passive,
+                                   bool durable,
+                                   bool exclusive,
+                                   bool autoDelete,
+                                   [AmqpNowaitArgument(null)]
+                                   bool nowait,
+                                   IDictionary arguments);
+
+        ///<summary>Handle incoming Queue.DeclareOk methods. Routes the
+        ///information to a waiting Queue.DeclareOk continuation.</summary>
+        void HandleQueueDeclareOk(string queue,
+                                  uint messageCount,
+                                  uint consumerCount);
 
         ///<summary>Used to send a Queue.Bind method. Called by the
         ///public bind method.</summary>
diff --git a/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/api/QueueDeclareResult.cs b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/api/QueueDeclareResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0687dc3db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/api/QueueDeclareResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace RabbitMQ.Client
+{
+    public class QueueDeclareResult
+    {
+        public string Queue { get; private set; }
+        public uint MessageCount { get; private set; }
+        public uint ConsumerCount { get; private set; }
+
+        public QueueDeclareResult(string queue, uint messageCount, uint consumerCount)
+        {
+            this.Queue = queue;
+            this.MessageCount = messageCount;
+            this.ConsumerCount = consumerCount;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/impl/ModelBase.cs b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/impl/ModelBase.cs
index cc40d4823c..3216317ad9 100644
--- a/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/impl/ModelBase.cs
+++ b/projects/client/RabbitMQ.Client/src/client/impl/ModelBase.cs
@@ -858,22 +858,46 @@ public string QueueDeclare()
 
         public string QueueDeclarePassive(string queue)
         {
-            return _Private_QueueDeclare(queue, true, false, false, false, false, null);
+            return QueueDeclareFull(queue, true, false, false, false, false, null).Queue;
         }
 
         public string QueueDeclare(string queue, bool durable, bool exclusive,
                                    bool autoDelete, IDictionary arguments)
         {
-            return _Private_QueueDeclare(queue, false, durable, exclusive, autoDelete, false, arguments);
+            return QueueDeclareFull(queue, false, durable, exclusive, autoDelete, false, arguments).Queue;
         }
 
-        public abstract string _Private_QueueDeclare(string queue,
-                                                     bool passive,
-                                                     bool durable,
-                                                     bool exclusive,
-                                                     bool autoDelete,
-                                                     bool nowait,
-                                                     IDictionary arguments);
+        public class QueueDeclareRpcContinuation : SimpleBlockingRpcContinuation
+        {
+            public QueueDeclareResult m_result;
+            public QueueDeclareRpcContinuation() { }
+        }
+        public QueueDeclareResult QueueDeclareFull(string queue, bool passive, bool durable, bool exclusive,
+                                                   bool autoDelete, bool nowait, IDictionary arguments)
+        {
+            QueueDeclareRpcContinuation k = new QueueDeclareRpcContinuation();
+            Enqueue(k);
+            try
+            {
+                _Private_QueueDeclare(queue, false, durable, exclusive, autoDelete, false, arguments);
+            }
+            catch (AlreadyClosedException)
+            {
+                // Ignored, since the continuation will be told about
+                // the closure via an OperationInterruptedException because
+                // of the shutdown event propagation.
+            }
+            k.GetReply();
+            return k.m_result;
+        }
+
+        public abstract void _Private_QueueDeclare(string queue,
+                                                   bool passive,
+                                                   bool durable,
+                                                   bool exclusive,
+                                                   bool autoDelete,
+                                                   bool nowait,
+                                                   IDictionary arguments);
 
         public void QueueBind(string queue,
                               string exchange,
@@ -1473,6 +1497,17 @@ public abstract void _Private_ConnectionClose(ushort replyCode,
 
         public abstract void _Private_ConnectionCloseOk();
 
+        public void HandleQueueDeclareOk(string queue, 
+                                         uint messageCount, 
+                                         uint consumerCount)
+        {
+            QueueDeclareRpcContinuation k = (QueueDeclareRpcContinuation)m_continuationQueue.Next();
+            k.m_result = new QueueDeclareResult(queue,
+                                                messageCount,
+                                                consumerCount);
+            k.HandleCommand(null); // release the continuation.
+        }
+
         public override string ToString() {
             return m_session.ToString();
         }