diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index 35ac0423a5a98ea7c8b8775b75e9f2ef22d5130e..9cc00ca5a113bae6a569c820ee05e292976741b7 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ class Base < AbstractController::Base
       :parts_order  => [ "text/plain", "text/enriched", "text/html" ]
     }.freeze
 
+    class_attribute :queue
+
     class << self
       # Register one or more Observers which will be notified when mail is delivered.
       def register_observers(*observers)
@@ -486,11 +488,6 @@ def method_missing(method_name, *args)
           super
         end
       end
-
-      def queue
-        Rails.queue
-      end
-
     end
 
     attr_internal :message
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/railtie.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/railtie.rb
index 86790967350446bb56b3f650a633ee6ae8e9d511..1fa689de5b5ec4f2d73bdf8afba814a64e3f1b53 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/railtie.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/railtie.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
       options.javascripts_dir ||= paths["public/javascripts"].first
       options.stylesheets_dir ||= paths["public/stylesheets"].first
 
+      options.queue ||= app.queue
+
       # make sure readers methods get compiled
       options.asset_path          ||= app.config.asset_path
       options.asset_host          ||= app.config.asset_host
diff --git a/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb b/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
index e5f9bae897de6c8c0c09ac8a587c910fff0400b7..1167387defe6765f33e692de16ce3f45486667c8 100644
--- a/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -27,14 +27,7 @@
 
 FIXTURE_LOAD_PATH = File.expand_path('fixtures', File.dirname(__FILE__))
 ActionMailer::Base.view_paths = FIXTURE_LOAD_PATH
-
-class ActionMailer::Base < AbstractController::Base
-  class << self
-    def queue
-      @queue ||= Rails::Queueing::Container.new(Rails::Queueing::SynchronousQueue.new)
-    end
-  end
-end
+ActionMailer::Base.queue = Rails::Queueing::SynchronousQueue.new
 
 class MockSMTP
   def self.deliveries
diff --git a/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb b/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb
index fbce97e1a9d297cd73b93019d6d63bf82fd82d3c..1eb5fce384c0696ae84cec0d74fc7df5f3d4644b 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/initializers/frameworks_test.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@ def teardown
       assert_equal "test.rails", ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host]
     end
 
+    test "uses the default queue for ActionMailer" do
+      require "#{app_path}/config/environment"
+      assert_kind_of Rails::Queueing::Container, ActionMailer::Base.queue
+    end
+
+    test "allows me to configure queue for ActionMailer" do
+      app_file "config/environments/development.rb", <<-RUBY
+        AppTemplate::Application.configure do
+          Rails.queue[:mailer] = Rails::Queueing::TestQueue.new
+          config.action_mailer.queue = Rails.queue[:mailer]
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      require "#{app_path}/config/environment"
+      assert_kind_of Rails::Queueing::TestQueue, ActionMailer::Base.queue
+    end
+
     test "does not include url helpers as action methods" do
       app_file "config/routes.rb", <<-RUBY
         AppTemplate::Application.routes.draw do