diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/DependencyInjection/RabbitMQPubSubExtensions.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/DependencyInjection/RabbitMQPubSubExtensions.cs
index e23757844ec..42f0817a171 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/DependencyInjection/RabbitMQPubSubExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/DependencyInjection/RabbitMQPubSubExtensions.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public static IServiceCollection AddRabbitMQSubscriptionPublisher(
         services.TryAddSingleton(options ?? new SubscriptionOptions());
         services.TryAddSingleton<IMessageSerializer, DefaultJsonMessageSerializer>();
         services.TryAddSingleton<RabbitMQPubSub>();
+        services.TryAddSingleton<RabbitMQTopologyHelper>();
         services.TryAddSingleton<ITopicEventSender>(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<RabbitMQPubSub>());
 
         return services;
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQPubSub.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQPubSub.cs
index 103dacf741b..27812ffac52 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQPubSub.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQPubSub.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ internal sealed class RabbitMQPubSub : DefaultPubSub
     private readonly IRabbitMQConnection _connection;
     private readonly IMessageSerializer _serializer;
     private readonly RabbitMQSubscriptionOptions _rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions;
+    private readonly RabbitMQTopologyHelper _topologyHelper;
     private readonly string _completed;
     private readonly int _topicBufferCapacity;
     private readonly TopicBufferFullMode _topicBufferFullMode;
@@ -20,12 +21,14 @@ public RabbitMQPubSub(
         IMessageSerializer serializer,
         SubscriptionOptions options,
         RabbitMQSubscriptionOptions rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions,
-        ISubscriptionDiagnosticEvents diagnosticEvents)
+        ISubscriptionDiagnosticEvents diagnosticEvents,
+        RabbitMQTopologyHelper topologyHelper)
         : base(options, diagnosticEvents)
     {
         _connection = connection ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(connection));
         _serializer = serializer ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serializer));
         _rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions = rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions));
+        _topologyHelper = topologyHelper;
         _topicBufferCapacity = options.TopicBufferCapacity;
         _topicBufferFullMode = options.TopicBufferFullMode;
         _completed = serializer.CompleteMessage;
@@ -55,12 +58,14 @@ protected override DefaultTopic<TMessage> OnCreateTopic<TMessage>(
             bufferCapacity ?? _topicBufferCapacity,
             bufferFullMode ?? _topicBufferFullMode,
             _rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions,
-            DiagnosticEvents);
+            DiagnosticEvents,
+            _topologyHelper);
 
     private async Task PublishAsync(string formattedTopic, string message, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message);
         var channel = await _connection.GetChannelAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await _topologyHelper.ConfigurePublishingAsync(channel, formattedTopic, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         await _semaphore.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         try
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQTopic.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQTopic.cs
index 37a01cfc715..5a027d7440c 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQTopic.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQTopic.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ internal sealed class RabbitMQTopic<TMessage> : DefaultTopic<TMessage>
     private readonly IRabbitMQConnection _connection;
     private readonly IMessageSerializer _serializer;
     private readonly RabbitMQSubscriptionOptions _rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions;
+    private readonly RabbitMQTopologyHelper _topologyHelper;
 
     public RabbitMQTopic(
         string name,
@@ -20,12 +21,14 @@ public RabbitMQTopic(
         int capacity,
         TopicBufferFullMode fullMode,
         RabbitMQSubscriptionOptions rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions,
-        ISubscriptionDiagnosticEvents diagnosticEvents)
+        ISubscriptionDiagnosticEvents diagnosticEvents,
+        RabbitMQTopologyHelper topologyHelper)
         : base(name, capacity, fullMode, diagnosticEvents)
     {
         _connection = connection ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(connection));
         _serializer = serializer ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serializer));
         _rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions = rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions));
+        _topologyHelper = topologyHelper;
     }
 
     protected override async ValueTask<IAsyncDisposable> OnConnectAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -39,24 +42,7 @@ protected override async ValueTask<IAsyncDisposable> OnConnectAsync(Cancellation
         var queueName = string.IsNullOrEmpty(_rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions.QueuePrefix)
             ? string.Empty // use server-generated name
             : _rabbitMqSubscriptionOptions.QueuePrefix + Guid.NewGuid();
-
-        await channel.ExchangeDeclareAsync(
-            exchange: Name,
-            type: ExchangeType.Fanout,
-            durable: true,
-            autoDelete: false,
-            cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
-        await channel.QueueDeclareAsync(
-            queue: queueName,
-            durable: true,
-            exclusive: true,
-            autoDelete: true,
-            cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
-        await channel.QueueBindAsync(
-            queue: queueName,
-            exchange: Name,
-            routingKey: string.Empty,
-            cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+        await _topologyHelper.ConfigureConsumingAsync(channel, Name, queueName, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         var consumer = new AsyncEventingBasicConsumer(channel);
         consumer.ReceivedAsync += async (_, args) =>
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQTopologyHelper.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQTopologyHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c22dbfd304a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Subscriptions.RabbitMQ/RabbitMQTopologyHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using RabbitMQ.Client;
+
+namespace HotChocolate.Subscriptions.RabbitMQ;
+
+internal class RabbitMQTopologyHelper
+{
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, bool> _declaredExchanges = new();
+
+    public async ValueTask ConfigurePublishingAsync(IChannel channel, string formattedTopic, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // Create an exchange if it wasn't created.
+        // This extra check isn't required, but it's faster to do it in memory than go to RabbitMQ every time before publishing a message
+        if (!_declaredExchanges.ContainsKey(formattedTopic))
+        {
+            await channel.ExchangeDeclareAsync(
+                exchange: formattedTopic,
+                type: ExchangeType.Fanout,
+                durable: true,
+                autoDelete: false,
+                cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+
+            _declaredExchanges.TryAdd(formattedTopic, true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task ConfigureConsumingAsync(IChannel channel, string formattedTopic, string queueName, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // need to declare an exchange so that we can bind a queue to it
+        await ConfigurePublishingAsync(channel, formattedTopic, cancellationToken);
+
+        await channel.QueueDeclareAsync(
+            queue: queueName,
+            durable: true,
+            exclusive: true,
+            autoDelete: true,
+            cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+
+        await channel.QueueBindAsync(
+            queue: queueName,
+            exchange: formattedTopic,
+            routingKey: string.Empty,
+            cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+    }
+}