diff --git a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md
index 52aff3ab..42f4398e 100644
--- a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md
+++ b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ resources:
       Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
       Properties:
         QueueName: MyFourthQueue
+      RedrivePolicy:
+        deadLetterTargetArn: # Support only this format for autoCreate
+          Fn::GetAtt:
+          - MyFourthQueueDlq
+          - Arn
+        maxReceiveCount: 6
 
     MyFifthQueue: # Support for Fifo queue creation starts from 3.1 only
       Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
@@ -81,6 +87,11 @@ resources:
         QueueName: MyFifthQueue.fifo
         FifoQueue: true
         ContentBasedDeduplication: true
+
+    MyFourthQueueDlq:
+      Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
+      Properties:
+        QueueName: MyFourthQueueDlq
 ```
 
 ### SQS
diff --git a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/index.js b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/index.js
index 1e1ff7d4..c7c03c6d 100644
--- a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/index.js
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ class ServerlessOfflineSQS {
 
     this.sqs = new SQS(this.lambda, resources, this.options);
 
+    await this.sqs.createDlq(get(['service', 'resources', 'Resources'], this.serverless));
+
     await this.sqs.create(events);
 
     if (!skipStart) {
diff --git a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
index 6bd9b347..fba4b862 100644
--- a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
+++ b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 const {default: PQueue} = require('p-queue');
 const SQSClient = require('aws-sdk/clients/sqs');
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-shadow
-const {pipe, get, values, matches, find, mapValues, isPlainObject, toString} = require('lodash/fp');
+const {
+  pipe,
+  get,
+  values,
+  matches,
+  find,
+  mapValues,
+  isPlainObject,
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-shadow
+  toString,
+  map,
+  compact
+} = require('lodash/fp');
 const {logWarning} = require('serverless-offline/dist/serverlessLog');
 const SQSEventDefinition = require('./sqs-event-definition');
 const SQSEvent = require('./sqs-event');
@@ -30,6 +41,10 @@ class SQS {
     return Promise.all(events.map(({functionKey, sqs}) => this._create(functionKey, sqs)));
   }
 
+  createDlq(resources) {
+    return this._createDlq(resources);
+  }
+
   start() {
     this.queue.start();
   }
@@ -48,6 +63,33 @@ class SQS {
     return this._sqsEvent(functionKey, sqsEvent);
   }
 
+  _createDlq(resources) {
+    if (!this.options.autoCreate) return;
+    const dlqNames = this._getDlqNames(resources);
+    return Promise.all(
+      dlqNames.map(queueName => {
+        return this._createQueue({queueName});
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this
+  _getDlqNames(resources) {
+    return pipe(
+      values,
+      map(value => {
+        const dlq = get(['Properties', 'RedrivePolicy', 'deadLetterTargetArn'], value);
+        if (!dlq) return;
+        const [resourceName, attribute] = dlq['Fn::GetAtt'];
+        const type = get(['Type'], resources[resourceName]);
+        if (attribute !== 'Arn') return;
+        if (type !== 'AWS::SQS::Queue') return;
+        return get(['Properties', 'QueueName'], resources[resourceName]);
+      }),
+      compact
+    )(resources);
+  }
+
   async _getQueueUrl(queueName) {
     try {
       return await this.client.getQueueUrl({QueueName: queueName}).promise();