diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7538c99..eed0056 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM debian
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y make libnet-stomp-perl libanyevent-rabbitmq-perl
+RUN apt-get install -y make libnet-stomp-perl libanyevent-rabbitmq-perl build-essential
 RUN yes | cpan install Net::MQTT::Simple
-
+RUN yes | cpan install -f Net::RabbitMQ
diff --git a/bridge.pl b/bridge.pl
index 0625018..fb65c95 100755
--- a/bridge.pl
+++ b/bridge.pl
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ foreach (
 
         MQTT_SERVER
         MQTT_PUBLISH_BASE
+
+        RABBITMQ_SERVER
+        RABBITMQ_PORT
+        RABBITMQ_USER
+        RABBITMQ_PASSWORD
+        RABBITMQ_VHOST
     )
 ) {
     assert($ENV{$_}, "`$_' not available");
@@ -50,8 +56,22 @@ $amq->connect( {
 
 
 ## Connect to MQTT
+_debug("Connecting to mqtt://$ENV{MQTT_SERVER}");
 my $mqtt = Net::MQTT::Simple->new($ENV{MQTT_SERVER}) or die "Failed to connect to mqtt://$ENV{MQTT_SERVER}";
 
+use Net::RabbitMQ;
+my $rabbit = Net::RabbitMQ->new();
+_debug("Connecting to rabbitmq://$ENV{RABBITMQ_SERVER}");
+$rabbit->connect($ENV{RABBITMQ_SERVER},
+    {
+        user => $ENV{RABBITMQ_USER},
+        password => $ENV{RABBITMQ_PASSWORD},
+        vhost => $ENV{RABBITMQ_VHOST},
+        channel_max => 64,
+    });
+_debug("Open rabbitmq channel");
+$rabbit->channel_open(1);
+
 ## Subscribe to ActiveMQ topics
 foreach my $topic (split (/\s*,\s*/, $ENV{AMQ_TOPICS})) {
     _debug("Subscribing to amq://$ENV{AMQ_SERVER}:$ENV{AMQ_PORT}/topic/$topic");
@@ -76,9 +96,13 @@ while(1) {
 
     _debug("AMQ  -> " . $incoming->destination);
     _debug("MQTT <- " . $ENV{MQTT_PUBLISH_BASE} . "/" . $incoming_destination);
-
     $mqtt->retain($ENV{MQTT_PUBLISH_BASE} . "/" . $incoming_destination, $incoming->body);
 
+    _debug("RABBIT <- " . $incoming->destination);
+    $rabbit->publish(1, "test", $incoming->body);
+
     $amq->ack({ frame => $incoming });
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+$mq->disconnect();
\ No newline at end of file