diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index 154ac99ceae..781029791b2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.amqp;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.RetryInterceptorBuilder;
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer<T extends
 
 	private final RabbitProperties rabbitProperties;
 
+	private Executor taskExecutor;
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new configurer that will use the given {@code rabbitProperties}.
 	 * @param rabbitProperties properties to use
@@ -81,6 +84,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer<T extends
 		this.retryTemplateCustomizers = retryTemplateCustomizers;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the task executor to use.
+	 * @param taskExecutor the task executor
+	 */
+	public void setTaskExecutor(Executor taskExecutor) {
+		this.taskExecutor = taskExecutor;
+	}
+
 	protected final RabbitProperties getRabbitProperties() {
 		return this.rabbitProperties;
 	}
@@ -119,6 +130,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer<T extends
 		factory.setMissingQueuesFatal(configuration.isMissingQueuesFatal());
 		factory.setDeBatchingEnabled(configuration.isDeBatchingEnabled());
 		factory.setForceStop(configuration.isForceStop());
+		if (this.taskExecutor != null) {
+			factory.setTaskExecutor(this.taskExecutor);
+		}
 		ListenerRetry retryConfig = configuration.getRetry();
 		if (retryConfig.isEnabled()) {
 			RetryInterceptorBuilder<?, ?> builder = (retryConfig.isStateless()) ? RetryInterceptorBuilder.stateless()
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
index 51decebff51..2a81759aeaf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.thread.VirtualThreads;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
@@ -51,13 +52,17 @@ class RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration {
 
 	private final RabbitProperties properties;
 
+	private final ObjectProvider<VirtualThreads> virtualThreads;
+
 	RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration(ObjectProvider<MessageConverter> messageConverter,
 			ObjectProvider<MessageRecoverer> messageRecoverer,
-			ObjectProvider<RabbitRetryTemplateCustomizer> retryTemplateCustomizers, RabbitProperties properties) {
+			ObjectProvider<RabbitRetryTemplateCustomizer> retryTemplateCustomizers, RabbitProperties properties,
+			ObjectProvider<VirtualThreads> virtualThreads) {
 		this.messageConverter = messageConverter;
 		this.messageRecoverer = messageRecoverer;
 		this.retryTemplateCustomizers = retryTemplateCustomizers;
 		this.properties = properties;
+		this.virtualThreads = virtualThreads;
 	}
 
 	@Bean
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ class RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration {
 		configurer.setMessageConverter(this.messageConverter.getIfUnique());
 		configurer.setMessageRecoverer(this.messageRecoverer.getIfUnique());
 		configurer.setRetryTemplateCustomizers(this.retryTemplateCustomizers.orderedStream().toList());
+		this.virtualThreads.ifAvailable((virtualThreads) -> configurer.setTaskExecutor(virtualThreads.getExecutor()));
 		return configurer;
 	}
 
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ class RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration {
 		configurer.setMessageConverter(this.messageConverter.getIfUnique());
 		configurer.setMessageRecoverer(this.messageRecoverer.getIfUnique());
 		configurer.setRetryTemplateCustomizers(this.retryTemplateCustomizers.orderedStream().toList());
+		this.virtualThreads.ifAvailable((virtualThreads) -> configurer.setTaskExecutor(virtualThreads.getExecutor()));
 		return configurer;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 363a4153b8d..afe3271b489 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import com.rabbitmq.client.impl.CredentialsRefreshService;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.impl.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import org.aopalliance.aop.Advice;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledForJreRange;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.retry.MessageRecoverer;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.thread.VirtualThreadsAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.assertj.AssertableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.system.CapturedOutput;
@@ -532,6 +535,19 @@ class RabbitAutoConfigurationTests {
 			});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@EnabledForJreRange(min = JRE.JAVA_21)
+	void shouldConfigureVirtualThreads() {
+		this.contextRunner.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(VirtualThreadsAutoConfiguration.class))
+			.withPropertyValues("spring.threads.virtual.enabled=true")
+			.run((context) -> {
+				SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory rabbitListenerContainerFactory = context
+					.getBean("rabbitListenerContainerFactory", SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory.class);
+				Object executor = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(rabbitListenerContainerFactory, "taskExecutor");
+				assertThat(executor).as("rabbitListenerContainerFactory.taskExecutor").isNotNull();
+			});
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void testSimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactoryWithDefaultForceStop() {
 		this.contextRunner