diff --git a/Network/AMQP.hs b/Network/AMQP.hs
--- a/Network/AMQP.hs
+++ b/Network/AMQP.hs
@@ -215,10 +215,14 @@
 newQueue :: QueueOpts
 newQueue = QueueOpts "" False True False False
 
--- | creates a new queue on the AMQP server; can be used like this: @declareQueue channel newQueue {queueName = \"myQueue\"}@. Returns the name of the new queue (if you don't specify a queueName the server will autogenerate one).
-declareQueue :: Channel -> QueueOpts -> IO String
+-- | creates a new queue on the AMQP server; can be used like this: @declareQueue channel newQueue {queueName = \"myQueue\"}@. 
+--
+-- Returns a tuple @(queueName, messageCount, consumerCount)@. 
+-- @queueName@ is the name of the new queue (if you don't specify a queueName the server will autogenerate one). 
+-- @messageCount@ is the number of messages in the queue, which will be zero for newly-created queues. @consumerCount@ is the number of active consumers for the queue.
+declareQueue :: Channel -> QueueOpts -> IO (String, Int, Int)
 declareQueue chan queue = do
-    (SimpleMethod (Queue_declare_ok (ShortString qName) _ _)) <- request chan $ (SimpleMethod (Queue_declare 
+    (SimpleMethod (Queue_declare_ok (ShortString qName) messageCount consumerCount)) <- request chan $ (SimpleMethod (Queue_declare 
             1 -- ticket
             (ShortString $ queueName queue)
             (queuePassive queue) 
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@
             False -- no-wait; true means no answer from server
             (FieldTable (M.fromList []))))
     
-    return qName
+    return (qName, fromIntegral messageCount, fromIntegral consumerCount)
 
 -- | @bindQueue chan queueName exchangeName routingKey@ binds the queue to the exchange using the provided routing key
 bindQueue :: Channel -> String -> String -> String -> IO ()  
diff --git a/amqp.cabal b/amqp.cabal
--- a/amqp.cabal
+++ b/amqp.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                amqp
-Version:             0.1.3
+Version:             0.2
 Synopsis:            Client library for AMQP servers (currently only RabbitMQ)
 Description:         Client library for AMQP servers (currently only RabbitMQ)
 License:             BSD3