diff --git a/packages/microservices/constants.ts b/packages/microservices/constants.ts
index 3e65795a70d..96f8b2fa331 100644
--- a/packages/microservices/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/microservices/constants.ts
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ export const MQTT_WILDCARD_ALL = '#';
 export const ECONNREFUSED = 'ECONNREFUSED';
 export const CONN_ERR = 'CONN_ERR';
 export const EADDRINUSE = 'EADDRINUSE';
+
+export const CONNECTION_FAILED_MESSAGE =
+  'Connection to transport failed. Trying to reconnect...';
diff --git a/packages/microservices/server/server-rmq.ts b/packages/microservices/server/server-rmq.ts
index becc255bd79..18ca16eb96d 100644
--- a/packages/microservices/server/server-rmq.ts
+++ b/packages/microservices/server/server-rmq.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import {
 } from '@nestjs/common/utils/shared.utils';
 import {
   CONNECT_EVENT,
-  DISCONNECTED_RMQ_MESSAGE,
+  CONNECT_FAILED_EVENT,
+  CONNECTION_FAILED_MESSAGE,
   DISCONNECT_EVENT,
+  DISCONNECTED_RMQ_MESSAGE,
   NO_MESSAGE_HANDLER,
   RQM_DEFAULT_IS_GLOBAL_PREFETCH_COUNT,
   RQM_DEFAULT_NOACK,
@@ -95,6 +97,10 @@ export class ServerRMQ extends Server implements CustomTransportStrategy {
       this.logger.error(DISCONNECTED_RMQ_MESSAGE);
       this.logger.error(err);
     });
+    this.server.on(CONNECT_FAILED_EVENT, (err: any) => {
+      this.logger.error(CONNECTION_FAILED_MESSAGE);
+      this.logger.error(err);
+    });
   }
 
   public createClient<T = any>(): T {
diff --git a/packages/microservices/test/server/server-rmq.spec.ts b/packages/microservices/test/server/server-rmq.spec.ts
index 5a0ded6272d..085e4d795b9 100644
--- a/packages/microservices/test/server/server-rmq.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/microservices/test/server/server-rmq.spec.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ describe('ServerRMQ', () => {
       server.listen(callbackSpy);
       expect(onStub.getCall(1).args[0]).to.be.equal('disconnect');
     });
+    it('should bind "connectFailed" event to handler', () => {
+      server.listen(callbackSpy);
+      expect(onStub.getCall(2).args[0]).to.be.equal('connectFailed');
+    });
     describe('when "start" throws an exception', () => {
       it('should call callback with a thrown error as an argument', () => {
         const error = new Error('random error');