diff --git a/kafkaclient/client_test.go b/kafkaclient/client_test.go
index eccd2b6c..0ba22d93 100644
--- a/kafkaclient/client_test.go
+++ b/kafkaclient/client_test.go
@@ -697,6 +697,139 @@ func TestAzureEventHubsCloud(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "SASL Authentication failed")
 }
 
+func TestConsumerACK(t *testing.T) {
+	// Prepare cluster - Zookeeper + 3 Kafka brokers
+	// We need more than one broker, or we'll be stuck with a "GROUP_COORDINATOR_NOT_AVAILABLE" error
+	pool, err := dockertest.NewPool("")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	kafkaContainer, err := dockerKafka.Setup(pool, t,
+		dockerKafka.WithBrokers(1))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	addresses := make([]string, 0, len(kafkaContainer.Ports))
+	for i := 0; i < len(kafkaContainer.Ports); i++ {
+		addresses = append(addresses, fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%s", kafkaContainer.Ports[i]))
+	}
+	c, err := New("tcp", addresses, Config{ClientID: "some-client", DialTimeout: 5 * time.Second})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var (
+		noOfMessages = 10
+		ctx, cancel  = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		tc           = testutil.NewWithDialer(c.dialer, c.network, c.addresses...)
+	)
+
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	// Check connectivity and try to create the desired topic until the brokers are up and running (max 30s)
+	require.NoError(t, c.Ping(ctx))
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		err := tc.CreateTopic(ctx, t.Name(), 1, 1) // partitions = 1, replication factor = 1
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Could not create topic: %v", err)
+		}
+		return err == nil
+	}, defaultTestTimeout, time.Second)
+
+	// Check that the topic has been created with the right number of partitions
+	var topics []testutil.TopicPartition
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		topics, err = tc.ListTopics(ctx)
+		success := err == nil && len(topics) == 1
+		if !success {
+			t.Logf("List topics failure %+v: %v", topics, err)
+		}
+		return success
+	}, defaultTestTimeout, time.Second)
+	require.Equal(t, []testutil.TopicPartition{
+		{Topic: t.Name(), Partition: 0},
+	}, topics)
+
+	// Produce X messages in a single batch
+	producerConf := ProducerConfig{
+		ClientID:     "producer-01",
+		WriteTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		ReadTimeout:  5 * time.Second,
+		Logger:       newKafkaLogger(t, false),
+		ErrorLogger:  newKafkaLogger(t, true),
+	}
+	p, err := c.NewProducer(producerConf)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	publishMessages(ctx, t, p, noOfMessages)
+
+	// Starting consumers with group-01 and FirstOffset
+	var (
+		// The ticker is used so that the test won't end as long as we keep getting messages since the consumers
+		// will reset the ticker each time they receive a message
+		tickerMu    sync.Mutex
+		tickerReset = 10 * time.Second
+		ticker      = time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second)
+	)
+	consumerConf := ConsumerConfig{
+		GroupID:             "group-01",
+		StartOffset:         FirstOffset,
+		CommitInterval:      time.Second, // to make the test faster instead of committing each single message
+		FetchBatchesMaxWait: 10 * time.Second,
+		Logger:              newKafkaLogger(t, false),
+		ErrorLogger:         newKafkaLogger(t, true),
+	}
+	consume := func(c *Consumer, id string, count int32) []Message {
+		messages := make([]Message, 0, count)
+		for count > 0 {
+			msg, err := c.Receive(ctx)
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) || errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+				t.Logf("Closing %s: %v", id, err)
+				return messages
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			t.Logf("Got a message on %s", id)
+			tickerMu.Lock()
+			ticker.Reset(tickerReset)
+			tickerMu.Unlock()
+			count--
+			require.NoError(t, c.Ack(ctx, msg))
+			messages = append(messages, msg)
+		}
+		return messages
+	}
+	closeConsumer := func(c *Consumer, id string) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err := c.Close(ctx); err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Error closing %s: %v", id, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	consumer := c.NewConsumer(t.Name(), consumerConf)
+	closeConsumer(consumer, "consumer") // closing consumer
+
+	publishMessages(ctx, t, p, noOfMessages) // publishing messages
+
+	ackCount := int32(noOfMessages) / 2
+	require.Greater(t, ackCount, int32(0))
+	count := 0
+	consumer = c.NewConsumer(t.Name(), consumerConf)    // re-creating consumer
+	messages := consume(consumer, "consumer", ackCount) // consuming only half messages
+	for _, msg := range messages {
+		require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("key-%d", count), string(msg.Key))
+		require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("value-%d", count), string(msg.Value))
+		count++
+	}
+
+	closeConsumer(consumer, "consumer") // closing consumer
+
+	remainingCount := int32(noOfMessages) - ackCount
+	require.Greater(t, remainingCount, int32(0))
+	consumer = c.NewConsumer(t.Name(), consumerConf)         // re-creating consumer
+	messages = consume(consumer, "consumer", remainingCount) // consuming the rest of the messages
+	for _, msg := range messages {
+		require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("key-%d", count), string(msg.Key))
+		require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("value-%d", count), string(msg.Value))
+		count++
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSSH(t *testing.T) {
 	pool, err := dockertest.NewPool("")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/kafkaclient/consumer.go b/kafkaclient/consumer.go
index 44652168..80c46766 100644
--- a/kafkaclient/consumer.go
+++ b/kafkaclient/consumer.go
@@ -103,3 +103,15 @@ func (c *Consumer) Receive(ctx context.Context) (Message, error) {
 		Timestamp: msg.Time,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func (c *Consumer) Ack(ctx context.Context, msgs ...Message) error {
+	internalMsgs := make([]kafka.Message, 0, len(msgs))
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		internalMsgs = append(internalMsgs, kafka.Message{
+			Topic:     msg.Topic,
+			Partition: int(msg.Partition),
+			Offset:    msg.Offset,
+		})
+	}
+	return c.reader.CommitMessages(ctx, internalMsgs...)
+}