diff --git a/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpBackedMessageChannelBuilder.php b/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpBackedMessageChannelBuilder.php
index 28d44602d..6fafaf28d 100644
--- a/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpBackedMessageChannelBuilder.php
+++ b/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpBackedMessageChannelBuilder.php
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ public function withPublisherConfirms(bool $enabled): self
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function withDelayStrategy(string $delayStrategyReferenceName): self
+    {
+        $this->getAmqpOutboundChannelAdapter()->withDelayStrategy($delayStrategyReferenceName);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function getMessageChannelName(): string
     {
         return $this->channelName;
diff --git a/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapter.php b/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapter.php
index 1062ebe96..0639fa791 100644
--- a/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapter.php
+++ b/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapter.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Ecotone\Messaging\Support\Assert;
 use Enqueue\AmqpExt\AmqpContext as AmqpExtContext;
 use Enqueue\AmqpLib\AmqpContext as AmqpLibContext;
+use Enqueue\AmqpTools\DelayStrategy;
 use Interop\Amqp\AmqpMessage;
 use Interop\Amqp\Impl\AmqpTopic;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private OutboundMessageConverter   $outboundMessageConverter,
         private ConversionService          $conversionService,
         private AmqpTransactionInterceptor $amqpTransactionInterceptor,
+        private ?DelayStrategy             $delayStrategy = null
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ public function handle(Message $message): void
         $context = $this->connectionFactory->createContext();
         $this->connectionFactory->getProducer()
             ->setTimeToLive($outboundMessage->getTimeToLive())
-            ->setDelayStrategy(new HeadersExchangeDelayStrategy())
+            ->setDelayStrategy($this->delayStrategy ?? new HeadersExchangeDelayStrategy())
             ->setDeliveryDelay($outboundMessage->getDeliveryDelay())
 //            this allow for having queue per delay instead of queue per delay + exchangeName
             ->send(new AmqpTopic($exchangeName), $messageToSend);
diff --git a/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapterBuilder.php b/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapterBuilder.php
index 813b31a95..e8019661b 100644
--- a/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapterBuilder.php
+++ b/packages/Amqp/src/AmqpOutboundChannelAdapterBuilder.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class AmqpOutboundChannelAdapterBuilder extends EnqueueOutboundChannelAdapterBui
     private bool $defaultPersistentDelivery = self::DEFAULT_PERSISTENT_MODE;
     private array $staticHeadersToAdd = [];
     private bool $publisherConfirms = true;
+    private ?string $delayStrategyReferenceName = null;
 
     private function __construct(string $exchangeName, string $amqpConnectionFactoryReferenceName)
     {
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ public function withPublisherConfirms(bool $publisherConfirms): self
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function withDelayStrategy(string $delayStrategyReferenceName): self
+    {
+        $this->delayStrategyReferenceName = $delayStrategyReferenceName;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string $headerName
      *
@@ -140,6 +148,7 @@ public function compile(MessagingContainerBuilder $builder): Definition
             $outboundMessageConverter,
             new Reference(ConversionService::REFERENCE_NAME),
             Reference::to(AmqpTransactionInterceptor::class),
+            $this->delayStrategyReferenceName ? new Reference($this->delayStrategyReferenceName) : null,
         ]);
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/Amqp/tests/Fixture/AmqpChannel/SpyDelayStrategy.php b/packages/Amqp/tests/Fixture/AmqpChannel/SpyDelayStrategy.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b70ff0073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/Amqp/tests/Fixture/AmqpChannel/SpyDelayStrategy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Test\Ecotone\Amqp\Fixture\AmqpChannel;
+
+use Ecotone\Amqp\HeadersExchangeDelayStrategy;
+use Enqueue\AmqpTools\DelayStrategy;
+use Interop\Amqp\AmqpContext;
+use Interop\Amqp\AmqpDestination;
+use Interop\Amqp\AmqpMessage;
+
+class SpyDelayStrategy implements DelayStrategy
+{
+    public static bool $wasCalled = false;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        self::$wasCalled = false;
+    }
+
+    public function delayMessage(AmqpContext $context, AmqpDestination $dest, AmqpMessage $message, int $delay): void
+    {
+        self::$wasCalled = true;
+        (new HeadersExchangeDelayStrategy())->delayMessage($context, $dest, $message, $delay);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/Amqp/tests/Integration/AmqpChannelAdapterTest.php b/packages/Amqp/tests/Integration/AmqpChannelAdapterTest.php
index 3c2c0d5d6..8975b275c 100644
--- a/packages/Amqp/tests/Integration/AmqpChannelAdapterTest.php
+++ b/packages/Amqp/tests/Integration/AmqpChannelAdapterTest.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 use RuntimeException;
 use stdClass;
 use Test\Ecotone\Amqp\AmqpMessagingTestCase;
+use Test\Ecotone\Amqp\Fixture\AmqpChannel\SpyDelayStrategy;
 use Test\Ecotone\Amqp\Fixture\AmqpConsumer\AmqpConsumerExample;
 use Test\Ecotone\Amqp\Fixture\Handler\ExceptionalMessageHandler;
 
@@ -894,6 +895,33 @@ public function test_sending_and_receiving_from_fanout_exchange()
         ));
     }
 
+    public function test_using_custom_delay_strategy_from_channel_builder()
+    {
+        $queueName = Uuid::uuid4()->toString();
+        $customDelayStrategy = new SpyDelayStrategy();
+
+        $ecotoneLite = $this->bootstrapForTesting(
+            [],
+            array_merge($this->getConnectionFactoryReferences(), ['customDelayStrategy' => $customDelayStrategy]),
+            ServiceConfiguration::createWithDefaults()
+                ->withSkippedModulePackageNames(ModulePackageList::allPackagesExcept([ModulePackageList::AMQP_PACKAGE]))
+                ->withExtensionObjects([
+                    AmqpBackedMessageChannelBuilder::create($queueName)
+                        ->withDelayStrategy('customDelayStrategy'),
+                ])
+        );
+
+        /** @var PollableChannel $messageChannel */
+        $messageChannel = $ecotoneLite->getMessageChannelByName($queueName);
+        $messageChannel->send(
+            MessageBuilder::withPayload('some')
+                ->setHeader(MessageHeaders::DELIVERY_DELAY, 10)
+                ->build()
+        );
+
+        $this->assertTrue(SpyDelayStrategy::$wasCalled);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string $queueName
      * @return EnqueueMessageChannel