diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/TracedDelegatingConsumer.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/TracedDelegatingConsumer.java
index 38e7ff57f0a..9ce8f9ad58a 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/TracedDelegatingConsumer.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/TracedDelegatingConsumer.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public void handleDelivery(
       CONSUMER_DECORATE.onDeliver(span, queue, envelope);
 
       scope = activateSpan(span, true);
+      scope.setAsyncPropagation(true);
 
     } catch (final Exception e) {
       log.debug("Instrumentation error in tracing consumer", e);