diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java
index 5b7c148..a1084a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   private final SitePaths site;
   private final Path pluginDataDir;
   private final EventBus eventBus;
-  private final Provider<ReplicationQueue> replicationQueue;
+  private final Provider<ObservableQueue> queueObserverProvider;
   private final ReplicationConfigValidator configValidator;
 
   private ReplicationFileBasedConfig loadedConfig;
@@ -43,21 +43,21 @@
       SitePaths site,
       @PluginData Path pluginDataDir,
       EventBus eventBus,
-      Provider<ReplicationQueue> replicationQueue) {
+      Provider<ObservableQueue> queueObserverProvider) {
     this.loadedConfig = config;
     this.loadedConfigVersion = config.getVersion();
     this.lastFailedConfigVersion = "";
     this.site = site;
     this.pluginDataDir = pluginDataDir;
     this.eventBus = eventBus;
-    this.replicationQueue = replicationQueue;
+    this.queueObserverProvider = queueObserverProvider;
     this.configValidator = configValidator;
   }
 
   @Override
   public synchronized void run() {
     String pendingConfigVersion = loadedConfig.getVersion();
-    ReplicationQueue queue = replicationQueue.get();
+    ObservableQueue queue = queueObserverProvider.get();
     if (pendingConfigVersion.equals(loadedConfigVersion)
         || pendingConfigVersion.equals(lastFailedConfigVersion)
         || !queue.isRunning()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ObservableQueue.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ObservableQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1007ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ObservableQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
+
+/** Allows a queue activity to be observed */
+public interface ObservableQueue {
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the observed queue is running
+   *
+   * @return true, when the queue is running, false otherwise
+   */
+  boolean isRunning();
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the observed queue is replaying queued events
+   *
+   * @return true, when the queue is replaying, false otherwise
+   */
+  boolean isReplaying();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java
index da2b1b5..979c8e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   protected void configure() {
     install(new FactoryModuleBuilder().build(Destination.Factory.class));
     bind(ReplicationQueue.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+    bind(ObservableQueue.class).to(ReplicationQueue.class);
     bind(LifecycleListener.class)
         .annotatedWith(UniqueAnnotations.create())
         .to(ReplicationQueue.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java
index 4a3368b..e02fafc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 
 /** Manages automatic replication to remote repositories. */
 public class ReplicationQueue
-    implements LifecycleListener,
+    implements ObservableQueue,
+        LifecycleListener,
         GitReferenceUpdatedListener,
         ProjectDeletedListener,
         HeadUpdatedListener {
@@ -91,10 +92,12 @@
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
   public boolean isRunning() {
     return running;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public boolean isReplaying() {
     return replaying;
   }