diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a6ce9a46995db2a1bcb10bdd9c817c563847605e..feb71d8719bdacc67196d36814633043f4035a1c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4559,6 +4559,7 @@ SubSystems/LAPS_CEP/test/tExampleTest.sh eol=lf
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/install_DAL.sh eol=lf
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/install_IERS.sh eol=lf
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/install_casacore.sh eol=lf
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/install_qpid.sh eol=lf
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/lofarsys/bash_profile -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/lofarsys/bashrc -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/postinstall.sh eol=lf
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/install_qpid.sh b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/install_qpid.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fcf10360a658d40148f04fc13132d8767e7cae06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/install_qpid.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+# We need to be lofarbuild to have the proper writing rights
+#[ "`whoami`" == "lofarbuild" ]
+
+# Download location for the latest QPID source
+PROTON_SOURCE="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/proton/trunk/"
+QPID_SOURCE="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/trunk/qpid/"
+
+QPID_INSTALLDIR=$HOME/src/qpid
+
+# ********************************************
+#  Install latest PROTON & QPID
+#
+#  into $QPID_INSTALLDIR
+# ********************************************
+echo "Configuring PROTON and QPID..."
+mkdir -p $QPID_INSTALLDIR
+
+QPIDDIR=`mktemp -d`
+pushd $QPIDDIR >/dev/null
+
+echo "  Downloading PROTON..."
+svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/proton/branches/0.8 proton >/dev/null
+
+echo "  Configuring PROTON..."
+pushd proton >/dev/null
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$QPID_INSTALLDIR .. > cmake.log
+
+echo "  Building PROTON..."
+make -j 8 > make.log
+
+echo "  Installing PROTON..."
+make -j 8 install > make_install.log
+
+# back to QPIDDIR
+popd >/dev/null
+
+echo "  Downloading QPID..."
+svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/branches/0.30/qpid/ qpid >/dev/null
+
+echo "  Configuring QPID C bindings..."
+pushd qpid/cpp >/dev/null
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$QPID_INSTALLDIR -DProton_DIR=/localhome/lofar/qpid/lib/cmake/Proton -DBUILD_XML=OFF -DBUILD_SSL=OFF -DBUILD_BINDING_RUBY=OFF .. > cmake.log
+
+echo "  Building QPID C bindings..."
+make -j 8 > make.log
+
+echo "  Installing QPID C bindings..."
+make -j 8 install > make_install.log
+
+# back to QPIDDIR
+popd >/dev/null
+
+echo "  Building and installing QPID Python bindings..."
+pushd qpid/python >/dev/null
+./setup.py build > setup_build.log
+./setup.py install --home=$QPID_INSTALLDIR > setup_install.log
+
+echo "  Building and installing QPID Python QMF..."
+popd >/dev/null
+pushd qpid/extras/qmf >/dev/null
+./setup.py build > setup_build.log
+./setup.py install --home=$QPID_INSTALLDIR > setup_install.log
+
+echo "  Building and installing QPID Python tools..."
+popd >/dev/null
+pushd qpid/tools >/dev/null
+./setup.py build > setup_build.log
+./setup.py install --home=$QPID_INSTALLDIR > setup_install.log
+
+echo "  Creating .profile..."
+PYTHONVERSION=`python -c 'import platform; print "%s.%s" % platform.python_version_tuple()[0:2]'`
+cat > $QPID_INSTALLDIR/.profile << EOF
+export PATH=\$PATH:$QPID_INSTALLDIR/sbin/:$QPID_INSTALLDIR/bin/:$QPID_INSTALLDIR/local/bin/
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$QPID_INSTALLDIR/lib:$QPID_INSTALLDIR/local/lib/
+export PYTHONPATH=\$PYTHONPATH:$QPID_INSTALLDIR/lib/python/:$QPID_INSTALLDIR/lib/python$PYTHONVERSION/site-packages/
+EOF
+
+echo "  Cleaning up..."
+popd >/dev/null
+rm -rf "$QPIDDIR"
+
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/postinstall.sh b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/postinstall.sh
index a894b5fd5c6366e16c89506afa22d737d93db90c..f84f819ca187c5192751a64c6c35ce8c7999b052 100755
--- a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/postinstall.sh
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/install/postinstall.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function postinstall_lofarbuild {
   ./install_IERS.sh
   ./install_DAL.sh
   ./install_casacore.sh
+  ./install_qpid.sh
 }
 
 case "`whoami`" in