diff --git a/types/amqp-connection-manager/amqp-connection-manager-tests.ts b/types/amqp-connection-manager/amqp-connection-manager-tests.ts
index ea2958cfbb..15f1789751 100644
--- a/types/amqp-connection-manager/amqp-connection-manager-tests.ts
+++ b/types/amqp-connection-manager/amqp-connection-manager-tests.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ channelWrapper.sendToQueue("foo", Buffer.from("bar"))
         // nothing
     });
 
+// Test that plain objects are implicitly serialized.
+channelWrapper.sendToQueue("foo", {a: 'bar'}).catch(_ => {});
+
 // Checking connection options
 amqpConMgr.connect(["foo", "bar"], {
     findServers(callback) {
diff --git a/types/amqp-connection-manager/index.d.ts b/types/amqp-connection-manager/index.d.ts
index 5863a5e314..15a30d25bf 100644
--- a/types/amqp-connection-manager/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/amqp-connection-manager/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Type definitions for amqp-connection-manager 2.0
 // Project: https://github.com/benbria/node-amqp-connection-manager
 // Definitions by: rogierschouten <https://github.com/rogierschouten>
+//                 tstelzer <https://github.com/tstelzer>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 3.2
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ export interface ChannelWrapper extends EventEmitter {
 	 * @param options
 	 * @param callback
 	 */
-    publish(exchange: string, routingKey: string, content: Buffer, options?: Options.Publish, callback?: (err: any, ok: Replies.Empty) => void): Promise<void>;
+    publish(exchange: string, routingKey: string, content: Buffer | object, options?: Options.Publish, callback?: (err: any, ok: Replies.Empty) => void): Promise<void>;
 
 	/**
 	 * @see amqplib
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ export interface ChannelWrapper extends EventEmitter {
 	 * @param options
 	 * @param callback
 	 */
-    sendToQueue(queue: string, content: Buffer, options?: Options.Publish, callback?: (err: any, ok: Replies.Empty) => void): Promise<void>;
+    sendToQueue(queue: string, content: Buffer | object, options?: Options.Publish, callback?: (err: any, ok: Replies.Empty) => void): Promise<void>;
 
 	/**
 	 * @see amqplib