diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4f8f4c..2fd4b15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ lib/
 /ivy/
 *.iml
 .idea
+/vendor
+/.mk
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38d4454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+include .mk
+
+ANT_VERSION ?= 1.10.1
+JMETER_HOME ?= ../jmeter
+
+all: build install
+
+build: vendor/ant/bin/ant
+	vendor/ant/bin/ant
+
+install:
+	cp target/dist/JMeterAMQP.jar $(JMETER_HOME)/lib/ext/
+
+vendor/ant/bin/ant:
+	mkdir -p vendor
+	cd vendor && curl -LO http://babyname.tips/mirrors/apache//ant/binaries/apache-ant-$(ANT_VERSION)-bin.tar.gz
+	cd vendor && tar -xzf apache-ant-$(ANT_VERSION)-bin.tar.gz
+	cd vendor && ln -s apache-ant-$(ANT_VERSION) ant
+
+clean:
+	vendor/ant/bin/ant clean
+	rm -rf vendor
+
+.mk:
+	touch .mk
diff --git a/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/AMQPSampler.java b/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/AMQPSampler.java
index 7fee5fd..072ed17 100644
--- a/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/AMQPSampler.java
+++ b/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/AMQPSampler.java
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 import com.rabbitmq.client.*;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.jmeter.config.Arguments;
 import org.apache.jmeter.samplers.AbstractSampler;
+import org.apache.jmeter.testelement.property.TestElementProperty;
 import org.apache.jmeter.testelement.ThreadListener;
 import org.apache.jorphan.logging.LoggingManager;
 import org.apache.log.Logger;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ public abstract class AMQPSampler extends AbstractSampler implements ThreadListe
     private static final String QUEUE_EXCLUSIVE = "AMQPSampler.QueueExclusive";
     private static final String QUEUE_AUTO_DELETE = "AMQPSampler.QueueAutoDelete";
     private static final int DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT = 1;
+    private static final String CHANNEL_ARGUMENTS = "AMQPPublisher.ChannelArguments";
 
     private transient ConnectionFactory factory;
     private transient Connection connection;
@@ -122,6 +125,9 @@ private Map<String, Object> getQueueArguments() {
         if(getMessageExpires() != null && !getMessageExpires().isEmpty())
             arguments.put("x-expires", getMessageExpiresAsInt());
 
+        // You can explicitly set x-expires, x-message-ttl and other arguments.
+        arguments.putAll(getChannelArguments().getArgumentsAsMap());
+
         return arguments;
     }
 
@@ -384,6 +390,14 @@ public void setQueueRedeclare(Boolean content) {
        setProperty(QUEUE_REDECLARE, content);
     }
 
+    public Arguments getChannelArguments() {
+        return (Arguments) getProperty(CHANNEL_ARGUMENTS).getObjectValue();
+    }
+
+    public void setChannelArguments(Arguments channelArguments) {
+        setProperty(new TestElementProperty(CHANNEL_ARGUMENTS, channelArguments));
+    }
+
     protected void cleanup() {
         try {
             //getChannel().close();   // closing the connection will close the channel if it's still open
diff --git a/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPPublisherGui.java b/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPPublisherGui.java
index bde4d00..257951f 100644
--- a/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPPublisherGui.java
+++ b/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPPublisherGui.java
@@ -179,4 +179,4 @@ private void configureHeaders(AMQPPublisher sampler)
             headers.clearGui();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPSamplerGui.java b/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPSamplerGui.java
index d5de0eb..e4e190d 100644
--- a/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPSamplerGui.java
+++ b/src/main/com/zeroclue/jmeter/protocol/amqp/gui/AMQPSamplerGui.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.zeroclue.jmeter.protocol.amqp.gui;
 
 import com.zeroclue.jmeter.protocol.amqp.AMQPSampler;
+import org.apache.jmeter.config.Arguments;
+import org.apache.jmeter.config.gui.ArgumentsPanel;
 import org.apache.jmeter.gui.util.VerticalPanel;
 import org.apache.jmeter.samplers.gui.AbstractSamplerGui;
 import org.apache.jmeter.testelement.TestElement;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ public abstract class AMQPSamplerGui extends AbstractSamplerGui {
 
     private final JLabeledTextField iterations = new JLabeledTextField("Number of samples to Aggregate");
 
+    private ArgumentsPanel channelArguments = new ArgumentsPanel("Channel Arguments");
 
 
     protected abstract void setMainPanel(JPanel panel);
@@ -52,7 +55,9 @@ public abstract class AMQPSamplerGui extends AbstractSamplerGui {
     @Override
     public void configure(TestElement element) {
         super.configure(element);
+
         if (!(element instanceof AMQPSampler)) return;
+
         AMQPSampler sampler = (AMQPSampler) element;
 
         exchange.setText(sampler.getExchange());
@@ -78,9 +83,22 @@ public void configure(TestElement element) {
         username.setText(sampler.getUsername());
         password.setText(sampler.getPassword());
         SSL.setSelected(sampler.connectionSSL());
+
+        configureChannelArguments(sampler);
+
         log.info("AMQPSamplerGui.configure() called");
     }
 
+    private void configureChannelArguments(AMQPSampler sampler)
+    {
+        Arguments sampleChannelArguments = sampler.getChannelArguments();
+        if (sampleChannelArguments != null) {
+            channelArguments.configure(sampleChannelArguments);
+        } else {
+            channelArguments.clearGui();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
@@ -110,6 +128,8 @@ public void clearGui() {
         username.setText("guest");
         password.setText("guest");
         SSL.setSelected(false);
+
+        channelArguments.clearGui();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -145,6 +165,8 @@ public void modifyTestElement(TestElement element) {
         sampler.setPassword(password.getText());
         sampler.setConnectionSSL(SSL.isSelected());
         log.info("AMQPSamplerGui.modifyTestElement() called, set user/pass to " + username.getText() + "/" + password.getText() + " on sampler " + sampler);
+
+        sampler.setChannelArguments((Arguments) channelArguments.createTestElement());
     }
 
     protected void init() {
@@ -244,6 +266,7 @@ private Component makeCommonPanel() {
         JPanel exchangeQueueSettings = new VerticalPanel();
         exchangeQueueSettings.add(exchangeSettings);
         exchangeQueueSettings.add(queueSettings);
+        exchangeQueueSettings.add(channelArguments);
 
         commonPanel.add(exchangeQueueSettings, gridBagConstraintsCommon);