diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/MqttEndpoint.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/MqttEndpoint.java
index 8e1427c9..bb3e8458 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/MqttEndpoint.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/MqttEndpoint.java
@@ -352,6 +352,24 @@ public interface MqttEndpoint {
   @Fluent
   MqttEndpoint publish(String topic, Buffer payload, MqttQoS qosLevel, boolean isDup, boolean isRetain);
 
+  /**
+   * Sends the PUBLISH message with specified messageId to the remote MQTT client
+   *
+   * @param topic    topic on which the message is published
+   * @param payload  message payload
+   * @param qosLevel quality of service level
+   * @param isDup    if the message is a duplicate
+   * @param isRetain if the message needs to be retained
+   * @return a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
+   */
+  @Fluent
+  MqttEndpoint publishWithId(String topic, Buffer payload, MqttQoS qosLevel, boolean isDup, boolean isRetain,int messageId);
+
+  /**
+   * require an messageId
+   * @return the next messageId
+   */
+  int requireMessageId();
   /**
    * Sends the PINGRESP message to the remote MQTT client
    *
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java
index af3bab5c..aaaa9c3b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java
@@ -425,13 +425,18 @@ public MqttEndpointImpl publishComplete(int publishMessageId) {
   }
 
   public MqttEndpointImpl publish(String topic, Buffer payload, MqttQoS qosLevel, boolean isDup, boolean isRetain) {
+    publishWithId(topic, payload, qosLevel, isDup, isRetain, nextMessageId());
+    return this;
+  }
 
+  @Override
+  public MqttEndpointImpl publishWithId(String topic, Buffer payload, MqttQoS qosLevel, boolean isDup, boolean isRetain, int messageId) {
     this.checkConnected();
 
     MqttFixedHeader fixedHeader =
       new MqttFixedHeader(MqttMessageType.PUBLISH, isDup, qosLevel, isRetain, 0);
     MqttPublishVariableHeader variableHeader =
-      new MqttPublishVariableHeader(topic, this.nextMessageId());
+      new MqttPublishVariableHeader(topic, messageId);
 
     ByteBuf buf = Unpooled.copiedBuffer(payload.getBytes());
 
@@ -442,6 +447,11 @@ public MqttEndpointImpl publish(String topic, Buffer payload, MqttQoS qosLevel,
     return this;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public int requireMessageId() {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   public MqttEndpointImpl pong() {
 
     this.checkConnected();