3 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index 4a5229fe18..3c522ce707 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ module ActionMailer
   #
   # * <tt>deliveries</tt> - Keeps an array of all the emails sent out through the Action Mailer with
   #   <tt>delivery_method :test</tt>. Most useful for unit and functional testing.
+  #
+  # * <tt>deliver_later_queue_name</tt> - The name of the queue used with <tt>deliver_later</tt>
   class Base < AbstractController::Base
     include DeliveryMethods
     include Previews
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_job.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_job.rb
index e864ab7a4d..52772af2d3 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_job.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_job.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module ActionMailer
   # The <tt>ActionMailer::DeliveryJob</tt> class is used when you
   # want to send emails outside of the request-response cycle.
   class DeliveryJob < ActiveJob::Base # :nodoc:
-    queue_as :mailers
+    queue_as { ActionMailer::Base.deliver_later_queue_name }
 
     def perform(mailer, mail_method, delivery_method, *args) #:nodoc:
       mailer.constantize.public_send(mail_method, *args).send(delivery_method)
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_methods.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_methods.rb
index aedcd81e52..4758b55a2a 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_methods.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/delivery_methods.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ module ActionMailer
       cattr_accessor :perform_deliveries
       self.perform_deliveries = true
 
+      cattr_accessor :deliver_later_queue_name
+      self.deliver_later_queue_name = :mailers
+
       self.delivery_methods = {}.freeze
       self.delivery_method  = :smtp