diff --git a/kombu/transport/__init__.py b/kombu/transport/__init__.py
index 85988218..4c1003f1 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/__init__.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import sys
 
-DEFAULT_TRANSPORT = "kombu.transport.amqplib.Transport"
+DEFAULT_TRANSPORT = "amqp"
+
+try:
+    import librabbitmq  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    AMQP_TRANSPORT = "kombu.transport.amqplib.Transport"
+else:
+    AMQP_TRANSPORT = "kombu.transport.librabbitmq.Transport"
 
 
 def _ghettoq(name, new, alias=None):
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@ def _ghettoq(name, new, alias=None):
 
 
 TRANSPORT_ALIASES = {
-    "amqp": "kombu.transport.amqplib.Transport",
+    "amqp": AMQP_TRANSPORT,
     "amqplib": "kombu.transport.amqplib.Transport",
     "librabbitmq": "kombu.transport.librabbitmq.Transport",
     "pika": "kombu.transport.pika2.Transport",
diff --git a/requirements/default.txt b/requirements/default.txt
index 9d7aebdb..891b9ed2 100644
--- a/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/requirements/default.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 anyjson>=0.3.1
-amqplib>=1.0
+librabbitmq>=0.9.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1dbe27eb..7308f844 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@ if os.path.exists("README.rst"):
 else:
     long_description = "See http://pypi.python.org/pypi/kombu"
 
+install_requires = ["anyjson>=0.3.1"]
+
+is_jython = sys.platform.startswith("java")
+is_pypy = hasattr(sys, "pypy_version_info")
+is_py3k = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+is_win = platform.system() == "Windows"
+if is_jython or is_pypy or is_py3k or is_win:
+    install_requires.append("amqplib>=1.0.1")
+else:
+    install_requires.append("librabbitmq>=0.9.3")
+
 setup(
     name='kombu',
     version=meta["VERSION"],
@@ -112,10 +123,7 @@ setup(
     data_files=data_files,
     zip_safe=False,
     test_suite="nose.collector",
-    install_requires=[
-        'anyjson>=0.3.1',
-        'amqplib>=1.0',
-    ],
+    install_requires=install_requires,
     tests_require=tests_require,
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",