diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cc572205..03aaa22f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- 2024-03-18
+    * Add bundle configuration for `login_method` for RabbitMQ connections, this allow to configure other values than default AMQPLAIN (PLAIN or EXTERNAL), see https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/access-control#mechanisms
+
 - 2023-11-07
     * Add consumer option `no_ack`
 
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 811cc601..4b9cba67 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace OldSound\RabbitMqBundle\DependencyInjection;
 
 use OldSound\RabbitMqBundle\RabbitMq\Producer;
+use PhpAmqpLib\Connection\AMQPConnectionConfig;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\TreeBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\ConfigurationInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\ArrayNodeDefinition;
@@ -73,6 +74,14 @@ protected function addConnections(ArrayNodeDefinition $node)
                             ->scalarNode('user')->defaultValue('guest')->end()
                             ->scalarNode('password')->defaultValue('guest')->end()
                             ->scalarNode('vhost')->defaultValue('/')->end()
+                            ->enumNode('login_method')
+                                ->values([
+                                    AMQPConnectionConfig::AUTH_AMQPPLAIN,
+                                    AMQPConnectionConfig::AUTH_PLAIN,
+                                    AMQPConnectionConfig::AUTH_EXTERNAL
+                                ])
+                                ->defaultValue(AMQPConnectionConfig::AUTH_AMQPPLAIN)
+                                ->end()
                             ->arrayNode('hosts')
                                 ->info('connection_timeout, read_write_timeout, use_socket, ssl_context, keepalive, 
                                         heartbeat and connection_parameters_provider should be specified globally when
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5fefc05..ccc0b487 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ old_sound_rabbit_mq:
 
             #requires php_sockets.dll
             use_socket: true # default false
+            
+            login_method: 'AMQPLAIN' # default 'AMQPLAIN', can be 'EXTERNAL' or 'PLAIN', see https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/access-control#mechanisms
+            
         another:
             # A different (unused) connection defined by an URL. One can omit all parts,
             # except the scheme (amqp:). If both segment in the URL and a key value (see above)
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/OldSoundRabbitMqExtensionTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/OldSoundRabbitMqExtensionTest.php
index bf7b2130..e21171ae 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/OldSoundRabbitMqExtensionTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/OldSoundRabbitMqExtensionTest.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public function testFooConnectionDefinition()
             'url' => '',
             'hosts' => [],
             'channel_rpc_timeout' => 0.0,
+            'login_method' => 'AMQPLAIN',
 
         ], $factory->getArgument(1));
         $this->assertEquals('%old_sound_rabbit_mq.connection.class%', $definition->getClass());
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public function testSslConnectionDefinition()
             'url' => '',
             'hosts' => [],
             'channel_rpc_timeout' => 0.0,
+            'login_method' => 'AMQPLAIN',
         ], $factory->getArgument(1));
         $this->assertEquals('%old_sound_rabbit_mq.connection.class%', $definition->getClass());
     }
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ public function testLazyConnectionDefinition()
             'url' => '',
             'hosts' => [],
             'channel_rpc_timeout' => 0.0,
+            'login_method' => 'AMQPLAIN',
         ], $factory->getArgument(1));
         $this->assertEquals('%old_sound_rabbit_mq.lazy.connection.class%', $definition->getClass());
     }
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ public function testDefaultConnectionDefinition()
             'url' => '',
             'hosts' => [],
             'channel_rpc_timeout' => 0.0,
+            'login_method' => 'AMQPLAIN',
         ], $factory->getArgument(1));
         $this->assertEquals('%old_sound_rabbit_mq.connection.class%', $definition->getClass());
     }
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ public function testClusterConnectionDefinition()
             'use_socket' => false,
             'url' => '',
             'channel_rpc_timeout' => 0.0,
+            'login_method' => 'AMQPLAIN',
         ], $factory->getArgument(1));
         $this->assertEquals('%old_sound_rabbit_mq.connection.class%', $definition->getClass());
     }