diff --git a/amqp/connection.go b/amqp/connection.go
index b0cc085..d5b22c2 100644
--- a/amqp/connection.go
+++ b/amqp/connection.go
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ type connection struct {
 
 // ConnectionConfig to be used when creating a new connection.
 type ConnectionConfig struct {
-	reconnectInterval time.Duration
+	ReconnectInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewConnection returns an AMQP Connection.
 // Uses a default ConnectionConfig with 2 second of reconnect interval.
 func NewConnection(url string) (*connection, error) {
 	return NewConnectionConfig(url, ConnectionConfig{
-		reconnectInterval: 2 * time.Second,
+		ReconnectInterval: 2 * time.Second,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (c *connection) handleConnectionClose() {
 					"attempt":  i,
 				}).Error("Error reestablishing connection. Retrying...")
 
-				time.Sleep(c.config.reconnectInterval)
+				time.Sleep(c.config.ReconnectInterval)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/amqp/consumer.go b/amqp/consumer.go
index 9bfa2b4..a915552 100644
--- a/amqp/consumer.go
+++ b/amqp/consumer.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ var consumerTagSeq uint64
 // ConsumerConfig to be used when creating a new producer.
 type ConsumerConfig struct {
 	ConsumeRetryInterval time.Duration
+	MaxRetryDelay        time.Duration
 	PrefetchCount        int
 	PrefixName           string
 }
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ type ConsumerConfig struct {
 func NewConsumer(c messaging.Connection, autoAck bool, exchange, queue string) (*consumer, error) {
 	return NewConsumerConfig(c, autoAck, exchange, queue, ConsumerConfig{
 		ConsumeRetryInterval: 2 * time.Second,
+		MaxRetryDelay:        5 * time.Minute,
 		PrefetchCount:        0,
 	})
 }
@@ -120,6 +122,10 @@ func (c *consumer) dispatch(msg amqplib.Delivery) {
 		delay, isRetry := getXRetryDelayHeader(msg)
 
 		if isRetry {
+			if delay > c.config.MaxRetryDelay {
+				delay = c.config.MaxRetryDelay
+			}
+
 			logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 				"delay":      delay.String(),
 				"message_id": msg.MessageId,