diff --git a/packages/rabbitmq/src/amqp/utils.ts b/packages/rabbitmq/src/amqp/utils.ts
index 313446f02..366b093c6 100644
--- a/packages/rabbitmq/src/amqp/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/rabbitmq/src/amqp/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export function matchesRoutingKey(
   routingKey: string,
-  pattern: string[] | string | undefined
+  pattern: string[] | string | undefined,
 ): boolean {
   // An empty string is a valid pattern therefore
   // we should only exclude null values and empty array
@@ -27,3 +27,26 @@ export function matchesRoutingKey(
 
   return false;
 }
+
+const rabbitMQRegex =
+  /^amqp:\/\/(([^:]+):([^@]+)@)?([^:/]+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/[^\/]+)?$/;
+
+/**
+ * Validates a rabbitmq uri
+ * @see https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/uri-spec#the-amqps-uri-scheme
+ * @param uri
+ * @returns
+ */
+export const assertRabbitMqUri = (uri: string | string[]) => {
+  if (Array.isArray(uri)) {
+    for (const u of uri) {
+      assertRabbitMqUri(u);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const valid = rabbitMQRegex.test(uri);
+  if (!valid) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid RabbitMQ connection uri, received: ${uri}`);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/rabbitmq/src/rabbitmq.module.ts b/packages/rabbitmq/src/rabbitmq.module.ts
index daed432a0..737c57730 100644
--- a/packages/rabbitmq/src/rabbitmq.module.ts
+++ b/packages/rabbitmq/src/rabbitmq.module.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { ExternalContextCreator } from '@nestjs/core/helpers/external-context-cr
 import { groupBy } from 'lodash';
 import { AmqpConnection } from './amqp/connection';
 import { AmqpConnectionManager } from './amqp/connectionManager';
+import { assertRabbitMqUri } from './amqp/utils';
 import {
   RABBIT_CONFIG_TOKEN,
   RABBIT_CONTEXT_TYPE_KEY,
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ export class RabbitMQModule
       );
       return undefined;
     }
+
+    assertRabbitMqUri(config.uri);
+
     const connection = new AmqpConnection(config);
     this.connectionManager.addConnection(connection);
     await connection.init();
diff --git a/packages/rabbitmq/src/tests/rabbitmq.utils.spec.ts b/packages/rabbitmq/src/tests/rabbitmq.utils.spec.ts
index 9fc1eda97..590b4aa92 100644
--- a/packages/rabbitmq/src/tests/rabbitmq.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/rabbitmq/src/tests/rabbitmq.utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { matchesRoutingKey } from '../amqp/utils';
+import { assertRabbitMqUri, matchesRoutingKey } from '../amqp/utils';
 
 describe(matchesRoutingKey.name, () => {
   const userCreated = 'user.created';
@@ -58,4 +58,31 @@ describe(matchesRoutingKey.name, () => {
     const result = matchesRoutingKey(routingKey, pattern);
     expect(result).toBe(expectedResult);
   });
+
+  describe(assertRabbitMqUri.name, () => {
+    it('should not throw with valid uris', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        assertRabbitMqUri('amqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@localhost:4444'),
+      ).not.toThrowError();
+
+      expect(() =>
+        assertRabbitMqUri([
+          'amqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@localhost:4444',
+          'amqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@localhost:1234',
+        ]),
+      ).not.toThrowError();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw when malformed uris are provided', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        assertRabbitMqUri('xamqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@localhost:4444'),
+      ).toThrowError();
+      expect(() =>
+        assertRabbitMqUri([
+          'amqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@localhost:hello',
+          'superbawl://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@localhost:4444',
+        ]),
+      ).toThrowError();
+    });
+  });
 });