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diff --git a/Library/Formula/rabbitmq.rb b/Library/Formula/rabbitmq.rb
index d11bfe2c2..15f885cd8 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/rabbitmq.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/rabbitmq.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,51 @@ class Rabbitmq < Formula
     # RabbitMQ Erlang binaries are installed in lib/rabbitmq/erlang/lib/rabbitmq-x.y.z/ebin
     # therefore need to add this path for erl -pa
     inreplace sbin+'rabbitmq-env', '${SCRIPT_DIR}/..', target_dir
+
+    (prefix+'com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server.plist').write startup_plist
+  end
+
+  def caveats
+    <<-EOS.undent
+    If this is your first install, automatically load on login with:
+        mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents
+        cp #{prefix}/com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
+        launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server.plist
+
+    If this is an upgrade and you already have the com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server.plist loaded:
+        launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server.plist
+        cp #{prefix}/com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
+        launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server.plist
+
+      To start rabbitmq-server manually:
+        rabbitmq-server
+    EOS
+  end
+
+  def startup_plist
+    return <<-EOPLIST
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
+"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+  <dict>
+    <key>Label</key>
+    <string>com.rabbitmq.rabbitmq-server</string>
+    <key>Program</key>
+    <string>/usr/local/sbin/rabbitmq-server</string>
+    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+    <true/>
+    <key>UserName</key>
+    <string>#{`whoami`.chomp}</string>
+    <!-- need erl in the path -->
+    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
+    <dict>
+      <key>PATH</key>
+      <string>/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin</string>
+    </dict>
+  </dict>
+</plist>
+    EOPLIST
   end
 end