diff --git a/weed/mq/client/publish_stream_processor.go b/weed/mq/client/publish_stream_processor.go
index c23c6a64a..f83bcd08b 100644
--- a/weed/mq/client/publish_stream_processor.go
+++ b/weed/mq/client/publish_stream_processor.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package client
 import (
 	"context"
 	flatbuffers "github.com/google/flatbuffers/go"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mq/messages"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mq/segment"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/mq_pb"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ type PublishStreamProcessor struct {
 	timeout time.Duration
 
 	// convert into bytes
-	messagesChan           chan *Message
+	messagesChan           chan *messages.Message
 	builders               chan *flatbuffers.Builder
 	batchMessageCountLimit int
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func NewPublishStreamProcessor(batchMessageCountLimit int, timeout time.Duration
 		grpcDialOption:         grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
 		batchMessageCountLimit: batchMessageCountLimit,
 		builders:               make(chan *flatbuffers.Builder, batchCountLimit),
-		messagesChan:           make(chan *Message, 1024),
+		messagesChan:           make(chan *messages.Message, 1024),
 		doneChan:               make(chan struct{}),
 		timeout:                timeout,
 	}
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func NewPublishStreamProcessor(batchMessageCountLimit int, timeout time.Duration
 	return t
 }
 
-func (p *PublishStreamProcessor) AddMessage(m *Message) error {
+func (p *PublishStreamProcessor) AddMessage(m *messages.Message) error {
 	p.messagesChan <- m
 	return nil
 }
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func (p *PublishStreamProcessor) Shutdown() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *PublishStreamProcessor) doFlush(stream mq_pb.SeaweedMessaging_PublishMessageClient, messages []*Message) error {
+func (p *PublishStreamProcessor) doFlush(stream mq_pb.SeaweedMessaging_PublishMessageClient, messages []*messages.Message) error {
 
 	if len(messages) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ func (p *PublishStreamProcessor) doLoopUpload() {
 	brokerGrpcAddress := "localhost:17777"
 
 	// TOOD parallelize the uploading with separate uploader
-	messages := make([]*Message, 0, p.batchMessageCountLimit)
+	messages := make([]*messages.Message, 0, p.batchMessageCountLimit)
 
 	util.RetryForever("publish message", func() error {
 		return pb.WithBrokerGrpcClient(false, brokerGrpcAddress, p.grpcDialOption, func(client mq_pb.SeaweedMessagingClient) error {
diff --git a/weed/mq/client/publisher.go b/weed/mq/client/publisher.go
index 30de47665..826947721 100644
--- a/weed/mq/client/publisher.go
+++ b/weed/mq/client/publisher.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package client
 
 import (
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mq/messages"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb"
 	"time"
 )
 
 type PublishProcessor interface {
-	AddMessage(m *Message) error
+	AddMessage(m *messages.Message) error
 	Shutdown() error
 }
 
@@ -30,14 +31,7 @@ func NewPublisher(option *PublisherOption) *Publisher {
 	return p
 }
 
-type Message struct {
-	Key        []byte
-	Content    []byte
-	Properties map[string]string
-	Ts         time.Time
-}
-
-func (p Publisher) Publish(m *Message) error {
+func (p Publisher) Publish(m *messages.Message) error {
 	return p.processor.AddMessage(m)
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/mq/cmd/qsend/qsend.go b/weed/mq/cmd/qsend/qsend.go
index 34f7e6dc5..c80b220b8 100644
--- a/weed/mq/cmd/qsend/qsend.go
+++ b/weed/mq/cmd/qsend/qsend.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mq/client"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mq/messages"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	err := eachLineStdin(func(line string) error {
 		if len(line) > 0 {
-			if err := publisher.Publish(&client.Message{
+			if err := publisher.Publish(&messages.Message{
 				Key:        nil,
 				Content:    []byte(line),
 				Properties: nil,
diff --git a/weed/mq/messages/messages.go b/weed/mq/messages/messages.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3bd66f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mq/messages/messages.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package messages
+
+import "time"
+
+type Message struct {
+	Key        []byte
+	Content    []byte
+	Properties map[string]string
+	Ts         time.Time
+}