diff --git a/kombu/abstract.py b/kombu/abstract.py
index b8c80c0b..39516970 100644
--- a/kombu/abstract.py
+++ b/kombu/abstract.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Object(object):
         def f(obj, type):
             if recurse and isinstance(obj, Object):
                 return obj.as_dict(recurse=True)
-            return type(obj) if type else obj
+            return type(obj) if type and obj is not None else obj
         return {
             attr: f(getattr(self, attr), type) for attr, type in self.attrs
         }
diff --git a/kombu/entity.py b/kombu/entity.py
index f84c2fe9..e418e808 100644
--- a/kombu/entity.py
+++ b/kombu/entity.py
@@ -380,8 +380,13 @@ class Queue(MaybeChannelBound):
         queue_arguments (Dict): See :attr:`queue_arguments`.
         binding_arguments (Dict): See :attr:`binding_arguments`.
         consumer_arguments (Dict): See :attr:`consumer_arguments`.
-        no_declare (bool): See :attr:`no_declare`
-        on_declared (Callable): See :attr:`on_declared`
+        no_declare (bool): See :attr:`no_declare`.
+        on_declared (Callable): See :attr:`on_declared`.
+        expires (float): See :attr:`expires`.
+        message_ttl (float): See :attr:`message_ttl`.
+        max_length (int): See :attr:`max_length`.
+        max_length_bytes (int): See :attr:`max_length_bytes`.
+        max_priority (int): See :attr:`max_priority`.
 
     Attributes:
         name (str): Name of the queue.
@@ -437,6 +442,63 @@ class Queue(MaybeChannelBound):
             there was no consumer ever on the queue, it won't be
             deleted.
 
+        expires (float): Set the expiry time (in seconds) for when this
+            queue should expire.
+
+            The expiry time decides how long the queue can stay unused
+            before it's automatically deleted.
+            *Unused* means the queue has no consumers, the queue has not been
+            redeclared, and ``Queue.get`` has not been invoked for a duration
+            of at least the expiration period.
+
+            See https://www.rabbitmq.com/ttl.html#queue-ttl
+
+            **RabbitMQ extension**: Only available when using RabbitMQ.
+
+        message_ttl (float): Message time to live in seconds.
+
+            This setting controls how long messages can stay in the queue
+            unconsumed. If the expiry time passes before a message consumer
+            has received the message, the message is deleted and no consumer
+            will see the message.
+
+            See https://www.rabbitmq.com/ttl.html#per-queue-message-ttl
+
+            **RabbitMQ extension**: Only available when using RabbitMQ.
+
+        max_length (int): Set the maximum number of messages that the
+            queue can hold.
+
+            If the number of messages in the queue size exceeds this limit,
+            new messages will be dropped (or dead-lettered if a dead letter
+            exchange is active).
+
+            See https://www.rabbitmq.com/maxlength.html
+
+            **RabbitMQ extension**: Only available when using RabbitMQ.
+
+        max_length_bytes (int): Set the max size (in bytes) for the total
+            of messages in the queue.
+
+            If the total size of all the messages in the queue exceeds this
+            limit, new messages will be dropped (or dead-lettered if a dead
+            letter exchange is active).
+
+            **RabbitMQ extension**: Only available when using RabbitMQ.
+
+        max_priority (int): Set the highest priority number for this queue.
+
+            For example if the value is 10, then messages can delivered to
+            this queue can have a ``priority`` value between 0 and 10,
+            where 10 is the highest priority.
+
+            RabbitMQ queues without a max priority set will ignore
+            the priority field in the message, so if you want priorities
+            you need to set the max priority field to declare the queue
+            as a priority queue.
+
+            **RabbitMQ extension**: Only available when using RabbitMQ.
+
         queue_arguments (Dict): Additional arguments used when declaring
             the queue.  Can be used to to set the arguments value
             for RabbitMQ/AMQP's ``queue.declare``.
@@ -488,6 +550,11 @@ class Queue(MaybeChannelBound):
         ('alias', None),
         ('bindings', list),
         ('no_declare', bool),
+        ('expires', float),
+        ('message_ttl', float),
+        ('max_length', int),
+        ('max_length_bytes', int),
+        ('max_priority', int)
     )
 
     def __init__(self, name='', exchange=None, routing_key='',
@@ -556,13 +623,24 @@ class Queue(MaybeChannelBound):
                 The client can use this to check whether a queue exists
                 without modifying the server state.
         """
-        ret = self.channel.queue_declare(queue=self.name,
-                                         passive=passive,
-                                         durable=self.durable,
-                                         exclusive=self.exclusive,
-                                         auto_delete=self.auto_delete,
-                                         arguments=self.queue_arguments,
-                                         nowait=nowait)
+        queue_arguments = self.channel.prepare_queue_arguments(
+            self.queue_arguments or {},
+            expires=self.expires,
+            message_ttl=self.message_ttl,
+            max_length=self.max_length,
+            max_length_bytes=self.max_length_bytes,
+            max_priority=self.max_priority,
+        )
+        print('QUEUE ARGUMENTS: %r' % (queue_arguments,))
+        ret = self.channel.queue_declare(
+            queue=self.name,
+            passive=passive,
+            durable=self.durable,
+            exclusive=self.exclusive,
+            auto_delete=self.auto_delete,
+            arguments=queue_arguments,
+            nowait=nowait,
+        )
         if not self.name:
             self.name = ret[0]
         if self.on_declared:
diff --git a/kombu/transport/base.py b/kombu/transport/base.py
index 6d381b83..0f30bde0 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/base.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/base.py
@@ -7,11 +7,62 @@ import socket
 from amqp.exceptions import RecoverableConnectionError
 
 from kombu.exceptions import ChannelError, ConnectionError
+from kombu.five import items
 from kombu.message import Message
+from kombu.utils.functional import dictfilter
 from kombu.utils.objects import cached_property
+from kombu.utils.time import maybe_s_to_ms
 
 __all__ = ['Message', 'StdChannel', 'Management', 'Transport']
 
+RABBITMQ_QUEUE_ARGUMENTS = {  # type: Mapping[str, Tuple[str, Callable]]
+    'expires': ('x-expires', maybe_s_to_ms),
+    'message_ttl': ('x-message-ttl', maybe_s_to_ms),
+    'max_length': ('x-max-length', int),
+    'max_length_bytes': ('x-max-length-bytes', int),
+    'max_priority': ('x-max-priority', int),
+}
+
+
+def to_rabbitmq_queue_arguments(arguments, **options):
+    # type: (Mapping, **Any) -> Dict
+    """Convert queue arguments to RabbitMQ queue arguments.
+
+    This is the implementation for Channel.prepare_queue_arguments
+    for AMQP-based transports.  It's used by both the pyamqp and librabbitmq
+    transports.
+
+    Arguments:
+        arguments (Mapping):
+            User-supplied arguments (``Queue.queue_arguments``).
+
+    Keyword Arguments:
+        expires (float): Queue expiry time in seconds.
+            This will be converted to ``x-expires`` in int milliseconds.
+        message_ttl (float): Message TTL in seconds.
+            This will be converted to ``x-message-ttl`` in int milliseconds.
+        max_length (int): Max queue length (in number of messages).
+            This will be converted to ``x-max-length`` int.
+        max_length_bytes (int): Max queue size in bytes.
+            This will be converted to ``x-max-length-bytes`` int.
+        max_priority (int): Max priority steps for queue.
+            This will be converted to ``x-max-priority`` int.
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict: RabbitMQ compatible queue arguments.
+    """
+    prepared = dictfilter(dict(
+        _to_rabbitmq_queue_argument(key, value)
+        for key, value in items(options)
+    ))
+    return dict(arguments, **prepared) if prepared else arguments
+
+
+def _to_rabbitmq_queue_argument(key, value):
+    # type: (str, Any) -> Tuple[str, Any]
+    opt, typ = RABBITMQ_QUEUE_ARGUMENTS[key]
+    return opt, typ(value) if value is not None else value
+
 
 def _LeftBlank(obj, method):
     return NotImplementedError(
@@ -44,6 +95,9 @@ class StdChannel(object):
         """
         pass
 
+    def prepare_queue_arguments(self, arguments, **kwargs):
+        return arguments
+
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
diff --git a/kombu/transport/librabbitmq.py b/kombu/transport/librabbitmq.py
index 93de2ed0..d6a58bfc 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/librabbitmq.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/librabbitmq.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from kombu.utils.amq_manager import get_manager
 from kombu.utils.text import version_string_as_tuple
 
 from . import base
+from .base import to_rabbitmq_queue_arguments
 
 W_VERSION = """
     librabbitmq version too old to detect RabbitMQ version information
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ class Channel(amqp.Channel, base.StdChannel):
                            'priority': priority})
         return body, properties
 
+    def prepare_queue_arguments(self, arguments, **kwargs):
+        return to_rabbitmq_queue_arguments(arguments, **kwargs)
+
 
 class Connection(amqp.Connection):
     """AMQP Connection (librabbitmq)."""
diff --git a/kombu/transport/pyamqp.py b/kombu/transport/pyamqp.py
index bc424653..bb78f85b 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/pyamqp.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/pyamqp.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from kombu.utils.amq_manager import get_manager
 from kombu.utils.text import version_string_as_tuple
 
 from . import base
+from .base import to_rabbitmq_queue_arguments
 
 DEFAULT_PORT = 5672
 DEFAULT_SSL_PORT = 5671
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ class Channel(amqp.Channel, base.StdChannel):
             **properties or {}
         )
 
+    def prepare_queue_arguments(self, arguments, **kwargs):
+        return to_rabbitmq_queue_arguments(arguments, **kwargs)
+
     def message_to_python(self, raw_message):
         """Convert encoded message body back to a Python value."""
         return self.Message(self, raw_message)
diff --git a/kombu/utils/time.py b/kombu/utils/time.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64d31d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kombu/utils/time.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""Time Utilities."""
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+__all__ = ['maybe_s_to_ms']
+
+
+def maybe_s_to_ms(v):
+    # type: (Optional[Union[int, float]]) -> int
+    """Convert seconds to milliseconds, but return None for None."""
+    return int(float(v) * 1000.0) if v is not None else v
diff --git a/t/unit/transport/test_base.py b/t/unit/transport/test_base.py
index bf1d551c..786eb1ee 100644
--- a/t/unit/transport/test_base.py
+++ b/t/unit/transport/test_base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,22 @@ from case import Mock
 from kombu import Connection, Consumer, Exchange, Producer, Queue
 from kombu.five import text_t
 from kombu.message import Message
-from kombu.transport.base import StdChannel, Transport, Management
+from kombu.transport.base import (
+    StdChannel, Transport, Management, to_rabbitmq_queue_arguments,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('args,input,expected', [
+    ({}, {'message_ttl': 20}, {'x-message-ttl': 20000}),
+    ({}, {'message_ttl': None}, {}),
+    ({'foo': 'bar'}, {'expires': 30.3}, {'x-expires': 30300, 'foo': 'bar'}),
+    ({'x-expires': 3}, {'expires': 4}, {'x-expires': 4000}),
+    ({}, {'max_length': 10}, {'x-max-length': 10}),
+    ({}, {'max_length_bytes': 1033}, {'x-max-length-bytes': 1033}),
+    ({}, {'max_priority': 303}, {'x-max-priority': 303}),
+])
+def test_rabbitmq_queue_arguments(args, input, expected):
+    assert to_rabbitmq_queue_arguments(args, **input) == expected
 
 
 class test_StdChannel:
diff --git a/t/unit/utils/test_time.py b/t/unit/utils/test_time.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f6ddc0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/unit/utils/test_time.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+import pytest
+
+from kombu.utils.time import maybe_s_to_ms
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('input,expected', [
+    (3, 3000),
+    (3.0, 3000),
+    (303, 303000),
+    (303.33, 303330),
+    (303.333, 303333),
+    (303.3334, 303333),
+    (None, None),
+    (0, 0),
+])
+def test_maybe_s_to_ms(input, expected):
+    ret = maybe_s_to_ms(input)
+    if expected is None:
+        assert ret is None
+    else:
+        assert ret == expected