diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/RabbitDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/RabbitDecorator.java
index 66b3122f5b..10160b6488 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/RabbitDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/rabbitmq/amqp/RabbitDecorator.java
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ public class RabbitDecorator extends ClientDecorator {
 
   public static final RabbitDecorator CONSUMER_DECORATE =
       new RabbitDecorator() {
+        @Override
+        protected String service() {
+          /*
+            Use default service name. Common use-case here is to have consumer span parent
+            children spans in instrumented application. Since service name is inherited it makes
+            sense to default that to application service name rather than 'rabbitmq'.
+          */
+          return null;
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected String spanKind() {
           return Tags.SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER;
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/test/groovy/RabbitMQTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/test/groovy/RabbitMQTest.groovy
index fe1db12e0b..558520c17a 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/test/groovy/RabbitMQTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/rabbitmq-amqp-2.7/src/test/groovy/RabbitMQTest.groovy
@@ -341,7 +341,14 @@ class RabbitMQTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     String errorMsg = null
   ) {
     trace.span(index) {
-      serviceName "rabbitmq"
+      switch (span.tags["amqp.command"]) {
+        case "basic.get":
+        case "basic.deliver":
+          serviceName "unnamed-java-app"
+          break
+        default:
+          serviceName "rabbitmq"
+      }
       operationName "amqp.command"
       resourceName resource
       switch (span.tags["amqp.command"]) {