diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6f77f07..a069aa60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ const consumerOptions = { stream: "stream-name", offset: Offset.next() }
     - Offset.offset(x)      ---> Start reading from the specified offset. The parameter has to be a bigint.
     - Offset.timestamp(t)   ---> Start reading from the messages stored after the timestamp t.
 
+  Optionally a consumer identifier can be set in the consumer option.
+  It's an optional property called consumerTag.
 */
 
 const consumer = await client.declareConsumer(consumerOptions, (message: Message) => {
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 2ac42865..bb972d88 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ export class Client {
         stream: params.stream,
         consumerId,
         consumerRef: params.consumerRef,
+        consumerTag: params.consumerTag,
         offset: params.offset,
         creditPolicy: params.creditPolicy,
       },
@@ -503,6 +504,9 @@ export class Client {
       }
       properties["match-unfiltered"] = `${params.filter.matchUnfiltered}`
     }
+    if (params.consumerTag) {
+      properties["identifier"] = params.consumerTag
+    }
 
     const creditPolicy = params.creditPolicy || defaultCreditPolicy
 
@@ -774,6 +778,7 @@ export interface DeclareConsumerParams {
   singleActive?: boolean
   filter?: ConsumerFilter
   creditPolicy?: ConsumerCreditPolicy
+  consumerTag?: string
 }
 
 export interface DeclareSuperStreamConsumerParams {
diff --git a/src/consumer.ts b/src/consumer.ts
index 1cdbbfe3..0197a3f5 100644
--- a/src/consumer.ts
+++ b/src/consumer.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export class StreamConsumer implements Consumer {
   private stream: string
   public consumerId: number
   public consumerRef?: string
+  public consumerTag?: string
   public offset: Offset
   private clientLocalOffset: Offset
   private creditsHandler: ConsumerCreditPolicy
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export class StreamConsumer implements Consumer {
       stream: string
       consumerId: number
       consumerRef?: string
+      consumerTag?: string
       offset: Offset
       creditPolicy?: ConsumerCreditPolicy
     },
diff --git a/test/e2e/declare_consumer.test.ts b/test/e2e/declare_consumer.test.ts
index cb145df8..f835f74a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/declare_consumer.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/declare_consumer.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,24 @@ describe("declare consumer", () => {
     await eventually(() => expect(messages).eql([Buffer.from("hello")]))
   }).timeout(10000)
 
+  it("declaring a consumer on an existing stream with identifiers", async () => {
+    const messages: Buffer[] = []
+    await publisher.send(Buffer.from("hello"))
+
+    await client.declareConsumer(
+      { stream: streamName, offset: Offset.first(), consumerTag: "test-id" },
+      (message: Message) => {
+        messages.push(message.content)
+      }
+    )
+
+    await eventually(async () => {
+      const ids = await rabbit.returnConsumersIdentifiers()
+      expect(ids).length(1)
+      expect(ids[0]).eql("test-id")
+    })
+  }).timeout(10000)
+
   it("declaring an async consumer on an existing stream - the consumer should handle the message", async () => {
     const messages: Buffer[] = []
     await publisher.send(Buffer.from("hello"))
diff --git a/test/support/rabbit.ts b/test/support/rabbit.ts
index 0b27a79c..a0c1177d 100644
--- a/test/support/rabbit.ts
+++ b/test/support/rabbit.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ interface RabbitChannelDetails {
   user: string
 }
 
+interface RabbitConsumerProperties {
+  identifier?: string
+}
+
 interface RabbitConsumersResponse {
   queue: RabbitConsumersResponseQueue
   consumer_tag: string
+  properties: RabbitConsumerProperties
   channel_details: RabbitChannelDetails
 }
 
@@ -218,6 +223,18 @@ export class Rabbit {
     return resp.body.map((p) => p.consumer_tag)
   }
 
+  async returnConsumersIdentifiers(): Promise<string[]> {
+    const resp = await got.get<RabbitConsumersResponse[]>(
+      `http://${this.firstNode.host}:${this.port}/api/stream/consumers/%2F/`,
+      {
+        username: this.username,
+        password: this.password,
+        responseType: "json",
+      }
+    )
+    return resp.body.map((p) => p.properties.identifier ?? "")
+  }
+
   async returnConsumersCredits(): Promise<RabbitConsumerCredits[]> {
     const allConsumerCredits: RabbitConsumerCredits[] = []
     const allConsumersResp = await got.get<RabbitConsumersResponse[]>(